Report NEP-LAB-2006-02-05

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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• Olivetti, Claudia & Petrongolo, Barbara, 2006. "Unequal Pay or Unequal Employment? A Cross-Country Analysis of Gender Gaps," IZA Discussion Papers 1941, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Johnson, Anick & Morissette, Rene, 2005. "Are Good Jobs Disappearing in Canada?," Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper Series 2005239e, Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies Branch.
• Raquel Vale Mendes, 2005. "Occupational segregation and the Portuguese gender wage gap," ERSA conference papers ersa05p130, European Regional Science Association.
• Christophe Muller & Christophe Nordman, 2005. "Human Capital And Wages In Two Leading Industries Of Tunisia: Evidence From Matched Worker-Firm Data," Working Papers. Serie AD 2005-07, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie).
• Christophe Muller & Christophe Nordman, 2005. "Which Human Capital Matters For Rich And Poor'S Wages? Evidence From Matched Worker-Firm Data From Tunisia," Working Papers. Serie AD 2005-30, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie).
• Daniel Traca, 2005. "Wage restraint and volatility in labor markets," Working Papers CEB 05-001.RS, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
• Picot, Garnett & Morissette, Rene, 2005. "Low-paid Work and Economically Vulnerable Families over the Last Two Decades," Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper Series 2005248e, Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies Branch.
• Vincent Bodart & Olivier Pierrard & Henri R. Sneessens, 2005. "Calvo Wages in a Search Unemployment Model," DNB Working Papers 068, Netherlands Central Bank, Research Department.
• Christophe Muller & Christophe Nordman, 2005. "Wage And Human Capital In Exporting Firms In Morocco," Working Papers. Serie AD 2005-14, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie).
• Wozniak, Abigail, 2006. "Educational Differences in the Migration Responses of Young Workers to Local Labor Market Conditions," IZA Discussion Papers 1954, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Coral del Río & Carlos Gradín & Olga Cantó, 2006. "The measurement of gender wage discrimination: The distributional approach revisited," Working Papers 25, ECINEQ, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality.
• Helen Levy, 2006. "Health Insurance and the Wage Gap," NBER Working Papers 11975, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
• Yolanda Pena-Boquete, 2005. "Gender wage discrimination in Galicia," ERSA conference papers ersa05p668, European Regional Science Association.
• Weber, Andrea & Mahringer, Helmut, 2006. "Choice and Success of Job Search Methods," IZA Discussion Papers 1939, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Beffy, Magali & Buchinsky, Moshe & Fougère, Denis & Kamionka, Thierry & Kramarz, Francis, 2006. "The Returns to Seniority in France (and Why Are They Lower than in the United States?)," IZA Discussion Papers 1935, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Sanna-Mari Hynninen, 2005. "Labour market status of job seekers in regional matching processes," ERSA conference papers ersa05p499, European Regional Science Association.
• Skuterud, Mikal, 2005. "Explaining the Increase in On-the-job Search," Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper Series 2005250e, Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies Branch.
• Wannell, Ted & Finnie, Ross, 2004. "The Evolution of the Gender Earnings Gap Amongst Canadian University Graduates," Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper Series 2004235e, Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies Branch.
• Annette, S. Zeilstra & Linda, A Toolsema, 2005. "Centralised wage bargaining and regional unemployment," ERSA conference papers ersa05p720, European Regional Science Association.
• Wouter Vermeulen & Jos Van Ommeren, 2005. "Are workers compensated by cheaper housing in regions where unemployment is high? Theory and evidence from a housing demand survey," ERSA conference papers ersa05p204, European Regional Science Association.
• Picot, Garnett & Morissette, Rene & Ostrovsky, Yuri, 2004. "Relative Wage Patterns Among the Highly Educated in a Knowledge-based Economy," Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper Series 2004232e, Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies Branch.
• Antje Mertens & Anette Haas, 2005. "Regional Unemployment and Job Switches in Germany – An Analysis at District Level," ERSA conference papers ersa05p592, European Regional Science Association.
• Oreopoulos, Philip & Heisz, Andrew, 2006. "The Importance of Signalling in Job Placement and Promotion," Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper Series 2006236e, Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies Branch.
• Mihails Hazans, 2005. "Looking for the Workforce - the Elderly, Discouraged Workers, Minorities, and Students in the Baltic Labour Markets," ERSA conference papers ersa05p344, European Regional Science Association.
• Brigitte Madrian, 2006. "The U.S. Health Care System and Labor Markets," NBER Working Papers 11980, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
• Kahanec, Martin, 2006. "The Substitutability of Labor of Selected Ethnic Groups in the US Labor Market," IZA Discussion Papers 1945, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Juan Mora & Antonia Febrer, 2005. "Wage Distribution In Spain, 1994-1999: An Application Of A Flexible Estimator Of Conditional Distributions," Working Papers. Serie EC 2005-04, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie).
• Thomas Cooke, 2005. "Gender Role Beliefs and Family Migration Decision-Making - Consequences for Married Women's Economic and Labor Force Success," ERSA conference papers ersa05p239, European Regional Science Association.
• Morissette, Rene & Ostrovsky, Yuri, 2005. "The Instability of Family Earnings and Family Income in Canada, 1986 to 1991 and 1996 to 2001," Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper Series 2005265e, Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies Branch.
• Jukka Petteri Lahtonen & Sanna-Mari Hynninen, 2005. "Does population density matter in the matching process of heterogeneous job seekers and vacancies?," ERSA conference papers ersa05p438, European Regional Science Association.
• McBride, Stephan & Sweetman, Arthur, 2004. "Postsecondary Field of Study and the Canadian Labour Market Outcomes of Immigrants and Non-immigrants," Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper Series 2004233e, Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies Branch.
• Roberto Bande & Melchor Fernandez & Víctor Manuel Montuenga, 2005. "Regional Unemployment in Spain - Disparities, Business Cycle and Wage Setting," ERSA conference papers ersa05p489, European Regional Science Association.
• Sylvie DEMURGER & Martin FOURNIER & CHEN Yi, 2006. "The Evolution of Gender Earnings Gaps and Discrimination in Urban China: 1988-1995," Working Papers 23, ECINEQ, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality.
• Christiana Stoddard & Peter Kuhn, 2006. "Incentives and Effort in the Public Sector: Have U.S. Education Reforms Increased Teachers' Work Hours?," NBER Working Papers 11970, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
• Stratton, Leslie S. & O'Toole, Dennis M. & Wetzel, James N., 2006. "Are the Factors Affecting Dropout Behavior Related to Initial Enrollment Intensity for College Undergraduates?," IZA Discussion Papers 1951, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Marius Thériault & Paul Y. Villeneuve & Marie-Hélène Vandersmissen & François Des Rosiers, 2005. "Homeworking, telecommuting and journey to workplaces - Are differences among genders and professions varying over space?," ERSA conference papers ersa05p141, European Regional Science Association.
• Ines Murillo & Fernando Núñez & Carlos Usabiaga, 2005. "Differentials and persistence in unemployment - an analysis of the Spanish regions with the highest unemployment rates," ERSA conference papers ersa05p278, European Regional Science Association.