Report NEP-LAB-2011-11-21

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

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• Hanushek, Eric A. & Woessmann, Ludger & Zhang, Lei, 2011. "General Education, Vocational Education, and Labor-Market Outcomes over the Life-Cycle," IZA Discussion Papers 6083, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Wen Fan, 2011. "School tenure and student achievement," Working Papers 201124, School of Economics, University College Dublin.
• Juan Ramon Garcia, 2011. "Youth unemployment in Spain: causes and solutions," Working Papers 1131, BBVA Bank, Economic Research Department.
• Lindahl, Lena, 2011. "Improving the school-to-work transition for vocational students - What can we learn from research?," Working Paper Series 13/2011, Stockholm University, Swedish Institute for Social Research.
• Catherine Pollak & Nicolas Sirven, 2011. "The social economy of ageing : Job quality and pathways beyond the labour market in Europe," Université Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Post-Print and Working Papers) halshs-00639928, HAL.
• Haelermans, Carla & Borghans, Lex, 2011. "Wage Effects of On-the-Job Training: A Meta-Analysis," IZA Discussion Papers 6077, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Olivier Marie & Judit Vall Castello, 2011. "Measuring the (Income) Effect of Disability Insurance Generosity on Labour Market Participation," CEP Discussion Papers dp1094, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
• Etkes, Haggay, 2011. "The impact of employment in Israel on the Palestinian labor force (2005–08)," MPRA Paper 34681, University Library of Munich, Germany.
• Claudia Olivetti & Barbara Petrongolo, 2011. "Gender Gaps Across Countries and Skills: Supply, Demand and the Industry Structure," CEP Discussion Papers dp1093, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
• Alex Bryson & Petri Böckerman & Pekka Ilmakunnas, 2011. "Does High Involvement Management Improve Worker Wellbeing?," CEP Discussion Papers dp1095, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
• Jaromir Cekota & Claudia Trentini, 2011. "The educational attainment, labour market participation and living conditions of young Roma in Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania," ECE Discussion Papers Series 2011_2, UNECE.
• Carlo Gianelle, 2011. "Temporary employment agencies make the world smaller:Evidence from labour mobility networks," Department of Economics University of Siena 618, Department of Economics, University of Siena.
• Piero Cipollone & Alfonso Rosolia, 2011. "Schooling and youth mortality: learning from a mass military exemption," Temi di discussione (Economic working papers) 811, Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area.
• Antonio Accetturo & Luigi Infante, 2011. "Skills or culture? An analysis of the decision to work by immigrant women in Italy," Temi di discussione (Economic working papers) 815, Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area.
• Francesco Lancia & Alessia Russo, 2011. "Self-Commitment-Institutions and Cooperation in Overlapping Generations Games," Center for Economic Research (RECent) 073, University of Modena and Reggio E., Dept. of Economics "Marco Biagi".
• Charlotte Cabane, 2013. "Unemployment Duration and Sport Participation," Université Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Post-Print and Working Papers) halshs-00639307, HAL.
• Carneiro, Pedro & Lokshin, Michael & Ridao-Cano, Cristobal & Umapathi, Nithin, 2011. "Average and marginal returns to upper secondary schooling in Indonesia," Policy Research Working Paper Series 5878, The World Bank.
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• Josheski, Dushko & Lazarov, Darko, 2011. "Labor market and natural rate of unemployment in US and Canadian time series analysis," MPRA Paper 34685, University Library of Munich, Germany.
• Item repec:esx:essedp:698 is not listed on IDEAS anymore

• Lundborg, Petter & Nordin, Martin & Rooth, Dan-Olof, 2011. "The Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital: Exploring the Role of Skills and Health Using Data on Adoptees and Twins," IZA Discussion Papers 6099, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Olivier Lharidon & Franck Malherbet, 2011. "Multi-Levels Bargaining and Efficiency in Search Economies," Economics Working Paper Archive (University of Rennes & University of Caen) 201124, Center for Research in Economics and Management (CREM), University of Rennes, University of Caen and CNRS.
• Coupe, Tom & Olefir, Anna & Alonso, Juan Diego, 2011. "Is optimization an opportunity ? an assessment of the impact of class size and school size on the performance of Ukrainian secondary schools," Policy Research Working Paper Series 5879, The World Bank.
• Giles, John T. & Wang, Dewen & Cai, Wei, 2011. "The Labor Supply and Retirement Behavior of China's Older Workers and Elderly in Comparative Perspective," IZA Discussion Papers 6088, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Benoit Dostie & Pierre Thomas Léger, 2011. "Firm-Sponsored Classroom Training: is it Worth it for Older Workers ?," Cahiers de recherche 1136, CIRPEE.
• Nicolas Jacquemet & Jean-Marc Robin, 2011. "Marriage with Labor Supply," Université Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Post-Print and Working Papers) halshs-00639313, HAL.
• Bohachova, Olga & Boockmann, Bernhard & Buch, Claudia M., 2011. "Labor Demand During the Crisis: What Happened in Germany?," IZA Discussion Papers 6074, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Benoit Dostie & Pierre-Thomas Léger, 2011. "Firm-Sponsored Classroom Training: Is It Worth It For Older Workers?," CIRANO Working Papers 2011s-69, CIRANO.
• Charlotte Cabane & Andrew E. Clark, 2011. "Childhood Sporting Activities and Adult Labour-Market Outcomes," Université Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Post-Print and Working Papers) halshs-00639469, HAL.
• Marchiori, Luca & Pierrard, Olivier & Sneessens, Henri R., 2011. "Demography, Capital Flows and Unemployment," IZA Discussion Papers 6094, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Eric A. Hanushek & Susanne Link & Ludger Woessmann, 2011. "Does School Autonomy Make Sense Everywhere? Panel Estimates from PISA," NBER Working Papers 17591, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
• Casey B. Mulligan, 2011. "Rising Labor Productivity during the 2008-9 Recession," NBER Working Papers 17584, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
• Ylenia Brilli & Daniela Del Boca & Chiara Pronzato, 2011. "Exploring the Impacts of Public Childcare on Mothers and Children in Italy: Does Rationing Play a Role?," Working Papers 2011-038, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group.
• Drydakis, Nick, 2011. "Ethnic Identity and Immigrants' Wages in Greece," IZA Discussion Papers 6078, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Card, David & Devicienti, Francesco & Maida, Agata, 2011. "Rent-Sharing, Hold-up, and Wages: Evidence from Matched Panel Data," IZA Discussion Papers 6086, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Trzcinski, Eileen & Holst, Elke, 2011. "A Critique and Reframing of Personality in Labour Market Theory: Locus of Control and Labour Market Outcomes," IZA Discussion Papers 6090, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Mendolicchio, Concetta & Rhein, Thomas, 2011. "The gender gap of returns on education across West European countries," IAB-Discussion Paper 201120, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany].
• Gomis-Porqueras, Pedro & Mitnik, Oscar A. & Peralta-Alva, Adrian & Schmeiser, Maximilian D., 2011. "The Effects of Female Labor Force Participation on Obesity," IZA Discussion Papers 6071, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Kuhlenkasper, Torben & Steinhardt, Max Friedrich, 2011. "Unemployment duration in Germany: A comprehensive study with dynamic hazard models and P-Splines," HWWI Research Papers 111, Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWI).
• Francois Keslair & Eric Maurin & Sandra McNally, 2011. "An Evaluation of “Special Educational Needs” Programmes in England," CEE Discussion Papers 0129, Centre for the Economics of Education, LSE.
• Hilal Atasoy, 2011. "ICT Use and Labor: Firm-Level Evidence from Turkey," Working Papers 11-23, NET Institute, revised Nov 2011.
• Basso, Gaetano & Dolls, Mathias & Eichhorst, Werner & Leoni, Thomas & Peichl, Andreas, 2011. "The Effects of the Recent Economic Crisis on Social Protection and Labour Market Arrangements across Socio-Economic Groups," IZA Discussion Papers 6080, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Hirokatsu Asano & Takahiro Ito & Daiji Kawaguchi, 2011. "Why Has the Fraction of Contingent Workers Increased? A Case Study of Japan," IDEC DP2 Series 1-3, Hiroshima University, Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation (IDEC).
• Corak, Miles, 2011. "Age at Immigration and the Education Outcomes of Children," IZA Discussion Papers 6072, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Bellmann, Lutz & Gerner, Hans-Dieter & Upward, Richard, 2011. "Job and Worker Turnover in German Establishments," IZA Discussion Papers 6081, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Robertas Zubrickas, 2011. "Managerial accountability for payroll expense and firm-size wage effects," IEW - Working Papers 474, Institute for Empirical Research in Economics - University of Zurich.
• Andersson, Lina & Hammarstedt, Mats & Hussain, Shakir & Shukur, Ghazi, 2011. "Ethnic origin, local labour markets and self-employment in Sweden: A Multilevel Approach," Working Paper Series in Economics and Institutions of Innovation 261, Royal Institute of Technology, CESIS - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies.
• Herwartz, Helmut & Niebuhr, Annekatrin, 2011. "Regional labor demand and national labor market institutions in the EU15," HWWI Research Papers 112, Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWI).
• Artz, Georgeanne M. & Kimle, Kevin & Orazem, Peter, 2011. "Does the Jack of All Trades Hold the Winning Hand?: Comparing the Role of Specialized Versus General Skills in the Returns to an Agricultural Degree," Staff General Research Papers Archive 34591, Iowa State University, Department of Economics.
• Daniel Weinberg, 2011. "Further Evidence from Census 2000 About Earnings by Detailed Occupation for Men and Women: The Role of Race and Hispanic Origin," Working Papers 11-37, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau.
• Hilal Atasoy, 2011. "IICT Skills and Employment Opportunities," Working Papers 11-24, NET Institute, revised Nov 2011.
• Bauer, Thomas K. & Grave, Barbara S., 2011. "Performance-related Funding of Universities: Does More Competition Lead to Grade Inflation?," IZA Discussion Papers 6073, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Antonella D'Agostino & Stefania Fruzzetti & Giulio Ghellini & Laura Neri, 2011. "Measures for Ph.D. Evaluation: the Recruitment Process," Department of Economics University of Siena 619, Department of Economics, University of Siena.
• Charles A. Fleischman & John M. Roberts, 2011. "From many series, one cycle: improved estimates of the business cycle from a multivariate unobserved components model," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2011-46, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
• Kvist, Anette Primdal & Nielsen, Helena Skyt & Simonsen, Marianne, 2011. "The Effects of Children's ADHD on Parents' Relationship Dissolution and Labor Supply," IZA Discussion Papers 6092, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Sébastien Massoni & Jean-Christophe Vergnaud, 2011. "How to Improve Pupils' Literacy ? A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of a French Educational Project," Université Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Post-Print and Working Papers) halshs-00639571, HAL.
• Meg Adachi-Sato & Kazuya Kamiya, 2011. "A Dynamic Multitask Model: Fixed Wages, No Externalities, and Holdup Problems," CIRJE F-Series CIRJE-F-825, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo.
• Cruces, Guillermo & Glüzmann, Pablo & López-Calva, Luis-Felipe, 2011. "Economic Crises, Maternal and Infant Mortality, Low Birth Weight and Enrollment Rates: Evidence from Argentina's Downturns," IZA Discussion Papers 6096, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Kweka, Josaphat & Fox, Louise, 2011. "The household enterprise sector in Tanzania : why it matters and who cares," Policy Research Working Paper Series 5882, The World Bank.
• Winkler, Anne E. & Levin, Sharon & Stephan, Paula & Glänzel, Wolfgang, 2011. "Publishing Trends in Economics across Colleges and Universities, 1991-2007," IZA Discussion Papers 6082, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Stefano Bartolini & Ennio Bilancini, 2011. "Social Participation and Hours Worked," Department of Economics University of Siena 620, Department of Economics, University of Siena.
• Juergen Jung & Chung Tran, 2011. "The Extension of Social Security Coverage in Developing Countries," Working Papers 2011-06, Towson University, Department of Economics, revised Nov 2011.
• Item repec:ecl:ucdeco:11-10 is not listed on IDEAS anymore

• Item repec:ner:euiflo:urn:hdl:1814/19154 is not listed on IDEAS anymore

• Fisher, Hayley, 2011. "Marriage penalties, marriage, and cohabitation," Working Papers 2011-12, University of Sydney, School of Economics.
• Krug, Gerhard & Rebien, Martina, 2011. "Job search via social networks : An analysis of monetary and non-monetary returns for low-skilled unemployed," IAB-Discussion Paper 201123, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany].
• Oliver Baumann & Nils Stieglitz, 2011. "Motivating Organizational Search," DRUID Working Papers 11-08, DRUID, Copenhagen Business School, Department of Industrial Economics and Strategy/Aalborg University, Department of Business Studies.
• Item repec:pri:cepsud:1361 is not listed on IDEAS anymore

• Giulietti, Corrado & Guzi, Martin & Kahanec, Martin & Zimmermann, Klaus F., 2011. "Unemployment Benefits and Immigration: Evidence from the EU," IZA Discussion Papers 6075, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Antoinette Schoar & Luo Zuo, 2011. "Shaped by Booms and Busts: How the Economy Impacts CEO Careers and Management Styles," NBER Working Papers 17590, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
• Li, Jinjing & Sologon, Denisa Maria, 2011. "A Continuous Labour Supply Model in Microsimulation: A Life-Cycle Modelling Approach with Heterogeneity and Uncertainty Extension," IZA Discussion Papers 6098, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Healy, Joshua & Mavromaras, Kostas & Sloane, Peter J., 2011. "Adjusting to Skill Shortages: Complexity and Consequences," IZA Discussion Papers 6097, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Carlo Altomonte & Giorgio Barba Navaretti & Filippo di Mauro & Gianmarco Ottaviano, 2011. "Assessing competitiveness- how firm-level data can help," Policy Contributions 643, Bruegel.
• B. Douglas Bernheim & Andrey Fradkin & Igor Popov, 2011. "The Welfare Economics of Default Options in 401(k) Plans," NBER Working Papers 17587, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
• Jean Bonnet & Thomas Brau & Antonia Guijarro Madrid, 2011. "Innovative entrepreneurship as a way to meet professional dissatisfactions," Economics Working Paper Archive (University of Rennes & University of Caen) 201121, Center for Research in Economics and Management (CREM), University of Rennes, University of Caen and CNRS.
• Sugata Marjit & Amit K. Biswas, 2011. "Informality, Corruption and Trade Reform," Trade Working Papers 22896, East Asian Bureau of Economic Research.
• Daniel M. Hungerman, 2011. "Substitution and Stigma: Evidence on Religious Competition from the Catholic Sex-Abuse Scandal," NBER Working Papers 17589, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
• Hasan, Syed Akif & Subhani, Muhammad Imtiaz, 2011. "Effects of Business Embedded & Traditional Training Models on Motivation," MPRA Paper 34728, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 2011.
• Yuan-Cheih Chang & Phil Yihsing Yang & Tung-Fei Tsai-Lin & Hui-Ru Chi, 2011. "How University Departmens respond to the Rise of Academic Entrepreneurship? The Pasteur's Quadrant Explanation," DRUID Working Papers 11-07, DRUID, Copenhagen Business School, Department of Industrial Economics and Strategy/Aalborg University, Department of Business Studies.
• S. Balia, 2011. "Survival expectations, subjective health and smoking: evidence from European countries," Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) Working Papers 11/30, HEDG, c/o Department of Economics, University of York.
• Bozani, Vasiliki & Drydakis, Nick, 2011. "Studying the NAIRU and its Implications," IZA Discussion Papers 6079, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Conrads, Julian & Irlenbusch, Bernd, 2011. "Strategic Ignorance in Bargaining," IZA Discussion Papers 6087, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Veneziani, Roberto & Yoshihara, Naoki, 2011. "Exploitation of Labour and Exploitation of Commodities: a “New Interpretation”," MPRA Paper 34650, University Library of Munich, Germany.
• Moeen, Mahka & Somaya, Deepak & Mahoney, Joseph T., 2011. "Supply Portfolio Concentration in Outsourced Knowledge-Based Services," Working Papers 11-0106, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, College of Business.
• Bárcena Ruiz, Juan Carlos & Garzón San Felipe, María Begoña, 2011. "Relocation and Investment in R&D by Firms," IKERLANAK 2011-52, Universidad del País Vasco - Departamento de Fundamentos del Análisis Económico I.
• Fehr, Ernst & Hart, Oliver & Zehnder, Christian, 2011. "How Do Informal Agreements and Renegotiation Shape Contractual Reference Points?," IZA Discussion Papers 6095, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• H. Evans & A. Basu, 2011. "Exploring comparative effect heterogeneity with instrumental variables: prehospital intubation and mortality," Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) Working Papers 11/26, HEDG, c/o Department of Economics, University of York.
• Card, David & Ibarrarán, Pablo & Villa, Juan Miguel, 2011. "Building in an Evaluation Component for Active Labor Market Programs: A Practitioner's Guide," IZA Discussion Papers 6085, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Anna Laura Mancini & Chiara Monfardini & Silvia Pasqua, 2011. "On Intergenerational Transmission of Reading Habits in Italy: Is a Good Example the Best Sermon?," Carlo Alberto Notebooks 218, Collegio Carlo Alberto.
• Item repec:cte:idrepe:id-11-03 is not listed on IDEAS anymore

• Runge, C. Ford & Gonzalez-Valero, Juan, 2011. "The Theory and Practice of Performance Indicators for Sustainable Food Security: A Checklist Approach," Working Papers 117537, University of Minnesota, Center for International Food and Agricultural Policy.