Report NEP-LAB-2008-06-13

This is the archive for NEP-LAB, a report on new working papers in the area of Labour Economics. Stéphanie Lluis (Stephanie Lluis) issued this report. It is usually issued weekly.

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• Johannes Gernandt & Friedhelm Pfeiffer, 2008, "Wage Convergence and Inequality after Unification: (East) Germany in Transition," SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), number 107.
• Debra Shepherd, 2008, "Post-Apartheid Trends in Gender Discrimination in South Africa: Analysis through Decomposition Techniques," Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics, number 06/2008.
• D'Amuri, Francesco & Ottaviano, Gianmarco & Peri, Giovanni, 2008, "The labour market impact of immigration in Western Germany in the 1990’s," ISER Working Paper Series, Institute for Social and Economic Research, number 2008-17, Apr.
• Pedro S. Martins & Luiz A. Esteves, 2008, "Foreign Ownership, Employment and Wages in Brazil: Evidence from Acquisitions, Divestments and Job Movers," Working Papers, Queen Mary, University of London, School of Business and Management, Centre for Globalisation Research, number 15, Jun.
• Benoit Mahy & François Rycx & Mélanie Volral, 2008, "L'influence de la dispersion salariale sur la performance des grandes entreprises belges," DULBEA Working Papers, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles, number 08-13.RS, May.
• Chrysanthou, Georgios Marios, 2008, "Estimating union wage effects in Great Britain during 1991-2003," UC3M Working papers. Economics, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Departamento de Economía, number we082214, May.
• Pedro S. Martins & Luiz A. Esteves, 2008, "Is There Rent Sharing in Developing Countries? Matched-Panel Evidence from Brazil," Working Papers, Queen Mary, University of London, School of Business and Management, Centre for Globalisation Research, number 14, Jun.
• Item repec:ris:snbwpa:2008_007 is not listed on IDEAS anymore

• Pierre-Guillaume Méon & Ariane Szafarz, 2008, "Labour market discrimination as an agency cost," Working Papers CEB, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles, number 08-019.RS, Jun.
• Roy Thurik & Ingrid Verheul & Isabel Grilo, 2010, "Explaining Preferences and Actual Involvement in Self-Employment: New Insights into the role of Gender," Scales Research Reports, EIM Business and Policy Research, number H200803, Apr.
• Simon Luechinger & Stephan Meier & Alois Stutzer, 2008, "Why Does Unemployment Hurt the Employed?: Evidence from the Life Satisfaction Gap between the Public and Private Sectors," SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), number 106.
• Jonathan Heathcote & Kjetil Storesletten & Giovanni L. Violante, 2008, "The Macroeconomic Implications of Rising Wage Inequality in the United States," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 14052, Jun.
• Karin Mayr, 2008, "Optimal quota for sector-specific immigration," Economics working papers, Department of Economics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria, number 2008-07, May.
• Kamil Galuscak & Jan Pavel, 2007, "Unemployment and Inactivity Traps in the Czech Republic: Incentive Effects of Policies," Working Papers, Czech National Bank, Research and Statistics Department, number 2007/9, Dec.
• Gudrun Biffl, 2008, "Migrant Women and Youth: The Challenge of Labour Market Integration," WIFO Working Papers, WIFO, number 320, May.
• Chul Chung & Jeremy Clark & Bonggeun Kim, 2008, "Is the Growing Skill Premium a Purely Metropolitan Issue?," Working Papers in Economics, University of Canterbury, Department of Economics and Finance, number 08/10, Jan.
• Item repec:ros:wpaper:89 is not listed on IDEAS anymore

• Gupta, Abhay, 2007, "Skills Distribution, Migration and Wage Differences in Pure Service-Exchange Economy," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 9000, Jun.
• Item repec:uct:cceast:2007-apr-01 is not listed on IDEAS anymore

• Anna Matas Prats & José Luís Raymond Bara & José Luís Raymond Bara, 2008, "Job accessibility and employment probability," Working Papers, Xarxa de Referència en Economia Aplicada (XREAP), number XREAP2008-05, May, revised May 2008.
• Gürtler, Oliver & Kräkel, Matthias, 2008, "Optimal Tournament Contracts for Heterogeneous Workers," Discussion Paper Series of SFB/TR 15 Governance and the Efficiency of Economic Systems, Free University of Berlin, Humboldt University of Berlin, University of Bonn, University of Mannheim, University of Munich, number 234, May.
• Runjuan Liu & Daniel Trefler, 2008, "Much Ado About Nothing: American Jobs and the Rise of Service Outsourcing to China and India," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 14061, Jun.
• Andrew Epstein & Jonathan D. Ketcham & Sean Nicholson, 2008, "Professional Partnerships and Matching in Obstetrics," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 14070, Jun.
• Søren Leth-Petersen & Gabriel Pons Rotger, 2008, "Long-term Labour Market Performance of Whiplash Claimants," CAM Working Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics. Centre for Applied Microeconometrics, number 2008-01, Jun.
• Donggyun Shin & Gary Solon, 2008, "Trends in Men's Earnings Volatility: What Does the Panel Study of Income Dynamics Show?," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 14075, Jun.
• Item repec:bls:wpaper:ec080050 is not listed on IDEAS anymore

• Temple, L. & Marie, P. & Bakry, F. & Joubert, N., 2008, "Un déterminant de l'innovation technique en agriculture : les coordinations sur le travail dans la production bananière," Working Papers MoISA, UMR MoISA : Montpellier Interdisciplinary center on Sustainable Agri-food systems (social and nutritional sciences): CIHEAM-IAMM, CIRAD, INRAE, L'Institut Agro, Montpellier SupAgro, IRD - Montpellier, France, number 200802.
• Item repec:wdi:papers:2008-918 is not listed on IDEAS anymore

• Berna Demiralp & Johanna Francis, 2008, "Wealth, Industry and the Transition to Entrepreneurship," Fordham Economics Discussion Paper Series, Fordham University, Department of Economics, number dp2008-09.
• Jamasb, T. & Pollitt, M.G. & Triebs, T., 2008, "Productivity and Efficiency of US Gas Transmission Companies: A European Regulatory Perspective," Cambridge Working Papers in Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge, number 0812, Mar.
• Item repec:aiu:abewps:70 is not listed on IDEAS anymore

• Brian A. Jacob & Lars Lefgren & David Sims, 2008, "The Persistence of Teacher-Induced Learning Gains," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 14065, Jun.
• Chrysanthou, Georgios Marios, 2008, "Determinants of trade union membership in Great Britain during 1991-2003," UC3M Working papers. Economics, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Departamento de Economía, number we082315, May.
• Graziella Bertocchi, 2008, "The Enfranchisement of Women and the Welfare State," Discussion Papers, D.E.S. (Department of Economic Studies), University of Naples "Parthenope", Italy, number 4_2008, Feb.
• Michael D. Grubb & Paul Oyer, 2008, "Who Benefits from Tax-Advantaged Employee Benefits?: Evidence from University Parking," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 14062, Jun.
• Elizabeth Cascio & Damon Clark & Nora Gordon, 2008, "Education and the Age Profile of Literacy into Adulthood," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 14073, Jun.
• Item repec:aiu:abewps:68 is not listed on IDEAS anymore

• Liam Delaney & Caroline Rawdon & Kevin Denny & Wen Zhang & Richard A.P. Roche, 2008, "Event-Related Potentials Reveal Differential Brain Regions Implicated in Discounting in Two Tasks," Working Papers, Geary Institute, University College Dublin, number 200811, Apr.
• Sanwal, Anand, 2008, "The Myth of Best Practices," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 8973, Mar.
• Miguel Rodríguez & Xavier Labandeira, 2007, "Wide and Narrow Approaches in Climate Change Policies: The Case of Spain," Working Papers, FEDEA, number 2007-39, Dec.
• Jan Eeckhout & Philipp Kircher, 2008, "Sorting and Decentralized Price Competition," PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania, number 08-020, May.
• Gudrun Biffl, 2008, "The Promotion of Employment and Earning Opportunity of Women in Europe through Gender Mainstreaming. With Special Emphasis on Austria," WIFO Working Papers, WIFO, number 319, May.
• Otto H. Swank & Bauke Visser, 2008, "Is Transparency to No Avail? Committee Decision-Making, Pre-Meetings, and Credible Deals," Economics Working Papers, European University Institute, number ECO2008/18.
• Eva M. Berger, 2008, "A Note on the High Stability of Happiness: The Minimal Effects of a Nuclear Catastrophe on Life Satisfaction," SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), number 109.
• Luis Fernando Gamboa & Nohora Forero Ram√≠rez, 2008, "Fertility and schooling: how this relation changed between 1995 and 2005 in Colombia," Documentos de Trabajo, Universidad del Rosario, number 4711, Jun.
• Ram C. Acharya & Wolfgang Keller, 2008, "Estimating the Productivity Selection and Technology Spillover Effects of Imports," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 14079, Jun.
• Jeroen de Jong & Sander Wennekers, 2008, "Intrapreneurship; Conceptualizing entrepreneurial employee behaviour," Scales Research Reports, EIM Business and Policy Research, number H200802, Jun.
• Markus Jantti & Eva Sierminska & Tim Smeeding, 2008, "The Joint Distribution of Household Income and Wealth: Evidence from the Luxembourg Wealth Study," OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers, OECD Publishing, number 65, May, DOI: 10.1787/241506164527.
• Olivier Debande & Jean Luc De Meulemeester, 2008, "Quality and variety competition in higher education," DULBEA Working Papers, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles, number 08-12.RS, May.
• Item repec:fiu:wpaper:0804 is not listed on IDEAS anymore

• Congleton, R.D., 2007, "Democracy in America: Labor Mobility, Ideology, and Constitutional Reform," Cambridge Working Papers in Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge, number 0764, Sep.
• Wolfgang Pollan, 2008, "Incomes Policies, Expectations and the NAIRU," WIFO Working Papers, WIFO, number 314, Mar.
• Beckstead, Desmond Brown, W. Mark Newbold, Bruce, 2008, "Les villes et la croissance : croissance du capital humain migratoire et in situ," L'économie canadienne en transition, Statistics Canada, Division de l'analyse économique, number 2008019f, Jun.
• Nicoletti, Cheti, 2008, "Multiple sample selection in the estimation of intergenerational occupational mobility," ISER Working Paper Series, Institute for Social and Economic Research, number 2008-20, May.
• Katharine G. Abraham & Sara E. Helms & Stanley Presser, 2008, "How Social Processes Distort Measurement: The Impact of Survey Nonresponse on Estimates of Volunteer Work," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 14076, Jun.
• Florian S. PETERS & Alexander F. WAGNER, 2008, "The executive turnover risk premium," Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper Series, Swiss Finance Institute, number 08-11, Oct.
• Olivier L’Haridon & Franck Malherbet, 2008, "Politiques du marché du travail et négociations par branches d’activité dans un modèle d’appariement," Thema Working Papers, THEMA (Théorie Economique, Modélisation et Applications), CY Cergy-Paris University, ESSEC and CNRS, number 2008-22.

Report NEP-LAB-2008-06-13

This is the archive for NEP-LAB, a report on new working papers in the area of Labour Economics. Stéphanie Lluis (Stephanie Lluis) issued this report. It is usually issued weekly.

Subscribe to this report: email, RSS, or Mastodon, or Bluesky.

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The following items were announced in this report: