Report NEP-LAB-2008-09-13

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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• Morris M. Kleiner & Alan B. Krueger, 2008, "The Prevalence and Effects of Occupational Licensing," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 14308, Sep.
• Kyyrä, Tomi, 2008, "Partial Unemployment Insurance Benefits and the Transition Rate to Regular Work," Discussion Papers, VATT Institute for Economic Research, number 440.
• Krueger, Alan B. & Mueller, Andreas I., 2008, "Job Search and Unemployment Insurance: New Evidence from Time Use Data," IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), number 3667, Aug.
• Fox, Louise & Oviedo, Ana Maria, 2008, "Are skills rewarded in Sub-Saharan Africa ? determinants of wages and productivity in the manufacturing sector," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 4688, Aug.
• Tattara, Giuseppe & Valentini, Marco, 2008, "Can employment subsidies and greater labour market flexibility increase job opportunities for youth? Revisiting the Italian On-the-job Training Program," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 10370, Jul.
• Amelie Constant, 2008, "Businesswomen in Germany and Their Performance by Ethnicity: It Pays to Be Self-Employed," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research, number 815.
• Zhang, Xuelin, 2008, "The Post-childbirth Employment of Canadian Mothers and the Earnings Trajectories of Their Continuously Employed Counterparts, 1983 to 2004," Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper Series, Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies Branch, number 2008314e, Aug.
• Tattara, Giuseppe & Valentini, Marco, 2008, "Labour Market Segmentation, Flexibility and Precariousness in the Italian North East," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 10353.
• Kaplan, David S., 2008, "Job creation and labor reform in Latin America," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 4708, Sep.
• Clemens, Michael A. & Montenegro, Claudio E. & Pritchett, Lant, 2008, "The place premium : wage differences for identical workers across the US border," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 4671, Jul.
• Adriana Kugler & Mutlu Yuksel, 2008, "Effects of Low-Skilled Immigration on U.S. Natives: Evidence from Hurricane Mitch," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 14293, Aug.
• Jordahl, Henrik & Poutvaara, Panu & Tuomala, Juha, 2008, "Comment on Education Returns of Wage Earners and Self-employed Workers," Working Paper Series, Research Institute of Industrial Economics, number 762, Aug.
• Kugler, Adriana & Yuksel, Mutlu, 2008, "Effects of Low-Skilled Immigration on U.S. Natives: Evidence from Hurricane Mitch," IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), number 3670, Aug.
• Piero Casadio & Martina Lo Conte & Andrea Neri, 2008, "Balancing work and family in Italy: New mothers� employment decisions after childbirth," Temi di discussione (Economic working papers), Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area, number 684, Aug.
• Item repec:hal:journl:halshs-00317280_v1 is not listed on IDEAS anymore

• Demombynes, Gabriel & Metzler, Johannes, 2008, "Connecting the unobserved dots : a decomposition analysis of changes in earnings inequality in urban Argentina, 1980-2002," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 4624, May.
• Das, Maitreyi Bordia, 2008, "Minority status and labor market outcomes : does india have minority enclaves ?," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 4653, Jun.
• Marek Góra & Oleksandr Rohozynsky, 2008, "Social Security Influence on Labor Mobility: Possible Opportunities and Challenges," ESCIRRU Working Papers, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research, number 7.
• Matthew Doyle & Jacob Wong, 2008, "Wage Posting Without Full Commitment," Working Papers, University of Waterloo, Department of Economics, number 08004, Aug.
• Alisher Aldashev & Johannes Gernandt & Stephan L. Thomsen, 2008, "The Immigrant Wage Gap in Germany," FEMM Working Papers, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Faculty of Economics and Management, number 08019, Mar.
• Sara Lemos & Jonathan Portes, 2008, "New Labour? The Impact of Migration from Central and Eastern European Countries on the UK Labour Market," Discussion Papers in Economics, Division of Economics, School of Business, University of Leicester, number 08/29, Aug.
• Eugene Choo & Shannon Seitz & Aloysius Siow, 2008, "Marriage matching, risk sharing and spousal labor supplies," Working Papers, University of Toronto, Department of Economics, number tecipa-332, Sep.
• de Mel, Suresh & McKenzie, David & Woodruff, Christopher, 2008, "Who are the microenterprise owners ? Evidence from Sri Lanka on Tokman v. de Soto," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 4635, May.
• Halpin, Brendan & Hill, John, 2008, "Active Labour Market Programmes and Poverty Dynamics in Ireland," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 10335, Aug.
• Steven J. Davis & R. Jason Faberman & John Haltiwanger & Ron Jarmin & Javier Miranda, 2008, "Business Volatility, Job Destruction, and Unemployment," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 14300, Sep.
• Catia Batista, 2008, "Why Doesn't Labor Flow from Poor to Rich Countries? Micro Evidence from the European Integration Experience," Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics, number 402, Aug.
• Mamiko Takeuchi & Hisakazu Matsushige, 2008, "Effects of Intra-corporate Policies on the Work of Female Employees," OSIPP Discussion Paper, Osaka School of International Public Policy, Osaka University, number 08E009, Jul.
• Gibson, John & McKenzie, David & Rohorua, Halahingano, 2008, "How pro-poor is the selection of seasonal migrant workers from Tonga under New Zealand's recognized seasonal employer program ?," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 4698, Aug.
• Monika Engler & Stefan Staubli, 2008, "The Distribution of Leisure Time Across Countries and Over Time," University of St. Gallen Department of Economics working paper series 2008, Department of Economics, University of St. Gallen, number 2008-14, Jul.
• Bosch, Mariano & Maloney, William, 2008, "Cyclical movements in unemployment and informality in developing countries," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 4648, Jun.
• Patrinos, Harry Anthony, 2008, "Quality of schooling, returns to schooling and the 1981 vouchers reform in Chile," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 4617, May.
• Beegle, Kathleen & Dehejia, Rajeev H. & Gatti, Roberta & Krutikova, Sofya, 2008, "The consequences of child labor : evidence from longitudinal data in rural Tanzania," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 4677, Jul.
• Shinichiro Iwata & Keiko Tamada, 2008, "The Backward-bending Commute times of Married Women with Household Responsibility," CIRJE F-Series, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo, number CIRJE-F-582, Sep.
• Ahmed Tritah, 2008, "The Brain Drain between Knowledge Based Economies: the European Human Capital Outflows to the US," Working Papers, CEPII research center, number 2008-08, Jun.
• Deichmann, Uwe & Shilpi, Forhad & Vakis, Renos, 2008, "Spatial specialization and farm-nonfarm linkages," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 4611, Apr.
• Chyi, Hau & Ozturk, Orgul, 2006, "Welfare Reform and Children's Short-Run Attainments," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 10341, revised 2008.
• Barrera-Osorio, Felipe & Bertrand, Marianne & L. Linden, Leigh & Perez-Calle, Francisco, 2008, "Conditional cash transfers in education : design features, peer and sibling effects evidence from a randomized experiment in Colombia," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 4580, Mar.
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• Verner, Dorte, 2008, "Labor markets in rural and urban Haiti--based on the first household survey for Haiti," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 4574, Mar.
• Edmonds, Eric V. & Schady, Norbert, 2008, "Poverty alleviation and child labor," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 4702, Aug.
• Docquier, Frederic & Lowell, B. Lindsay & Marfouk, Abdeslam, 2008, "A gendered assessment of the brain drain," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 4613, May.
• Patrinos, Harry Anthony & Shafiq, M. Najeeb, 2008, "A positive stigma for child labor ?," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 4697, Aug.
• Bengtsson, Tommy & Scott, Kirk, 2008, "Workplace, Human Capital and Ethnic Determinants of Sickness Absence in Sweden, 1993–2001," IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), number 3672, Aug.
• Elisabetta Trevisan, 2008, "Enforcement of Employment Protection and the hiring behaviour of firms. Evidence from a large Italian region," Working Papers, Department of Economics, University of Venice "Ca' Foscari", number 2008_25.
• Del Carpio, Ximena V., 2008, "Does child labor always decrease with income ? an evaluation in the context of a development program in Nicaragua," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 4694, Aug.
• Akresh, Richard & de Walque, Damien, 2008, "Armed conflict and schooling : evidence from the 1994 Rwandan genocide," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 4606, Apr.
• David, Quentin & Janiak, Alexandre & Wasmer, Etienne, 2008, "Local Social Capital and Geographical Mobility: A Theory," IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), number 3668, Aug.
• Donald Boyd & Pamela Grossman & Hamilton Lankford & Susanna Loeb & James Wyckoff, 2008, "Teacher Preparation and Student Achievement," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 14314, Sep.
• Vincent Delbecque & Isabelle Méjean & Lise Patureau, 2008, "Social Competition and Firms' Location Choices," Working Papers, CEPII research center, number 2008-12, Jul.
• Anna Laura Mancini, 2008, "Labor Supply Responses of Italian Women to Minimum Income Policies," Working Papers, ECINEQ, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality, number 94.
• Lindbeck, Assar & Persson, Mats, 2008, "A Continuous Model of Income Insurance," Seminar Papers, Stockholm University, Institute for International Economic Studies, number 756, Aug.
• Satish Chand & Michael A. Clemens, 2008, "Skilled emigration and skill creation: A quasi-experiment," International and Development Economics Working Papers, International and Development Economics, number idec08-05.
• Alan Barrett & Elish Kelly, 2008, "Using a Census to Assess the Reliability of a National Household Survey for Migration Research: The Case of Ireland," Papers, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), number WP253, Sep.
• Friedrich Breyer & Stefan Hupfeld, 2008, "Fairness of Public Pensions and Old-Age Poverty," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research, number 817.
• John T. Addison & Lutz Bellmann & André Pahnke & Paulino Teixeira, 2008, "A Note on the Determinants and Consequences of Outsourcing Using German Data," GEMF Working Papers, GEMF, Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra, number 2008-04, Sep.
• Docquier, Frederic & Faye, Ousmane & Pestieau, Pierre, 2008, "Is migration a good substitute for education subsidies ?," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 4614, May.
• T. Dohmen & H. Lehmann & A. Zaiceva, 2008, "The Gender Earnings Gap inside a Russian Firm: First Evidence from Personnel Data ? 1997 to 2002," Working Papers, Dipartimento Scienze Economiche, Universita' di Bologna, number 633, Apr.
• Lupi, Claudio & Ordine, Patrizia, 2008, "Family Income and Students’ Mobility," Economics & Statistics Discussion Papers, University of Molise, Department of Economics, number esdp08047, Sep.
• Jennifer Hunt & Marjolaine Gauthier-Loiselle, 2008, "How Much Does Immigration Boost Innovation?," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 14312, Sep.
• Martin Gustafsson & Alejandro Morduchowicz, 2008, "What we can learn from a comparison of the schooling systems of South Africa and Argentina," Working Papers, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics, number 17/2008.
• Marek Góra & Oleksandr Rohozynsky & Irina Sinitsina & Mateusz Walewski, 2008, "Social Security Driven Tax Wedge and Its Effects on Employment and Shadow Employment," ESCIRRU Working Papers, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research, number 8.
• Rijkers, Bob & Laderchi, Caterina Ruggeri & Teal, Francis, 2008, "Who benefits from promoting small and medium scale enterprises ? some empirical evidence from Ethiopia," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 4629, May.
• Item repec:pra:mprapa:10338 is not listed on IDEAS anymore

• Kirjavainen, Tanja, 2008, "Understanding Efficiency Differences of Schools: Practitioners' Views on Students, Staff Relations, School Management and the Curriculum," Discussion Papers, VATT Institute for Economic Research, number 450.
• Debashis Pal & Arup Bose & David Sappington, 2008, "Equal Pay for Unequal Work: Limiting Sabotage in Teams," University of Cincinnati, Economics Working Papers Series, University of Cincinnati, Department of Economics, number 2008-07.
• Matt Sutton & Ross Elder & Bruce Guthrie & Graham Watt, 2008, "Record rewards: the effect on risk factor monitoring of new financial incentives for UK general practices," Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) Working Papers, HEDG, c/o Department of Economics, University of York, number 08/21, Aug.
• Sabarwal, Shwetlena & Terrell, Katherine, 2008, "Does gender matter for firm performance ? evidence from Eastern Europe and Central Asia," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 4705, Sep.
• Loukas Balafoutas & Kiichiro Fukasaku, 2008, "Transition, Globalisation and Labour in the Black Sea Economic Co-operation and Central Asian Regions," OECD Development Centre Policy Insights, OECD Publishing, number 68, Jun, DOI: 10.1787/238756060020.
• Zhang, Xuelin, 2008, "Emploi des meres canadiennes apres la naissance d'un enfant et trajectoires des gains de leurs homologues occupees de facon continue, 1983 a 2004," Direction des études analytiques : documents de recherche, Statistics Canada, Direction des études analytiques, number 2008314f, Aug.
• Cory Koedel, 2008, "An Empirical Analysis of Teacher Spillover Effects in Secondary School," Working Papers, Department of Economics, University of Missouri, number 0808, Jul.
• Luo, Xubei & Zhu, Nong, 2008, "Rising income inequality in China : a race to the top," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 4700, Aug.
• Denis Drechsler, 2008, "International Labour Mobility Opportunity or Risk for Developing Countries?," OECD Development Centre Policy Insights, OECD Publishing, number 69, Jun, DOI: 10.1787/238677504843.
• Amin, Mohammad & Mattoo, Aaditya, 2008, "Human capital and the changing structure of the Indian economy," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 4576, Mar.
• Denis Drechsler & Theodora Xenogiani, 2008, "The Two Faces of Informal Employment in Romania," OECD Development Centre Policy Insights, OECD Publishing, number 70, Jul, DOI: 10.1787/238620166178.
• Nada Eissa & Hilary Hoynes, 2008, "Redistribution and Tax Expenditures: The Earned Income Tax Credit," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 14307, Sep.

Report NEP-LAB-2008-09-13

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.

Other reports in NEP-LAB

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