Report NEP-LAB-2008-03-15

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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• Hirsch, Barry, 2008. "Wage Gaps Large and Small," IZA Discussion Papers 3375, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Addison, John T. & Centeno, Mario & Portugal, Pedro, 2008. "Unemployment Benefits and Reservation Wages: Key Elasticities from a Stripped-Down Job Search Approach," IZA Discussion Papers 3357, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Boeri, Tito & Burda, Michael C., 2008. "Preferences for Collective versus Individualised Wage Setting," IZA Discussion Papers 3365, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Michael Kvasnicka, 2008. "Does Temporary Help Work Provide a Stepping Stone to Regular Employment?," NBER Working Papers 13843, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
• Moscarini, Giuseppe & Vella, Francis, 2008. "Occupational Mobility and the Business Cycle," IZA Discussion Papers 3369, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• van der Wiel, Karen, 2008. "Better Protected, Better Paid: Evidence on How Employment Protection Affects Wages," IZA Discussion Papers 3352, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Dupuy, Arnaud, 2008. "The Assignment of Workers to Tasks, Wage Distribution and Technical Change: A Critical Review," IZA Discussion Papers 3379, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Neumark, David, 2008. "Alternative Labor Market Policies to Increase Economic Self-Sufficiency: Mandating Higher Wages, Subsidizing Employment, and Raising Productivity," IZA Discussion Papers 3355, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Stepan Jurajda & Katherine Terrell, 2007. "Regional Unemployment and Human Capital in Transition Economies," CERGE-EI Working Papers wp345, The Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education - Economics Institute, Prague.
• Zenou, Yves, 2008. "Search, Wage Posting, and Urban Spatial Structure," IZA Discussion Papers 3339, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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• Felbermayr, Gabriel & Prat, Julien & Schmerer, Hans-Jörg, 2008. "Globalization and Labor Market Outcomes: Wage Bargaining, Search Frictions, and Firm Heterogeneity," IZA Discussion Papers 3363, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Langot, François & Quintero Rojas, Coralia, 2008. "Explaining the Evolution of Hours Worked and Employment across OECD Countries: An Equilibrium Search Approach," IZA Discussion Papers 3364, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Basu, Kaushik & Felkey, Amanda J., 2008. "A Theory of Efficiency Wage with Multiple Unemployment Equilibria: How a Higher Minimum Wage Law Can Curb Unemployment," IZA Discussion Papers 3381, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Item repec:hum:wpaper:sfb649dp2008-024 is not listed on IDEAS anymore

• Ingo Geishecker & Holger Görg & Jakob Roland Munch, 2008. "Do labour market institutions matter? Micro-level wage effects of international outsourcing in three European countries," Kiel Working Papers 1404, Kiel Institute for the World Economy.
• Sessions, John G. & Theodoropoulos, Nikolaos, 2008. "Tenure, Wage Profiles and Monitoring," IZA Discussion Papers 3307, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Gabriele, CARDULLO, 2008. "Does product market competition improve the labour market performance ?," Discussion Papers (ECON - Département des Sciences Economiques) 2008007, Université catholique de Louvain, Département des Sciences Economiques.
• Boeri, Tito & Macis, Mario, 2008. "Do Unemployment Benefits Promote or Hinder Structural Change?," IZA Discussion Papers 3371, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Item repec:pra:mprapa:7539 is not listed on IDEAS anymore

• Bosch, Nicole & Deelen, Anja & Euwals, Rob, 2008. "Is Part-time Employment Here To Stay? Evidence from the Dutch Labour Force Survey 1992–2005," IZA Discussion Papers 3367, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Brown, Martin & Falk, Armin & Fehr, Ernst, 2008. "Competition and Relational Contracts: The Role of Unemployment as a Disciplinary Device," IZA Discussion Papers 3345, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Gould, Eric D. & Kaplan, Todd R., 2008. "Learning Unethical Practices from a Co-worker: The Peer Effect of Jose Canseco," IZA Discussion Papers 3328, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Chiswick, Barry R. & Miller, Paul W., 2008. "Occupational Attainment and Immigrant Economic Progress in Australia," IZA Discussion Papers 3316, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Siegfried Geyer & Kambiz Norozi & Reiner Buchhorn & Armin Wessel, 2008. "Chances of Employment in a Population of Women and Men after Surgery of Congenital Heart Disease: Gender-Specific Comparisons between Patients and the General Population," SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research 91, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP).
• Luca, MARCHIORI, 2008. "Labour market characteristics and the burden of ageing : North America versus Europe," Discussion Papers (ECON - Département des Sciences Economiques) 2008001, Université catholique de Louvain, Département des Sciences Economiques.
• Dolton, Peter & Makepeace, Gerry, 2008. "The Impact of the Public Sector Pay Review Bodies in the UK," IZA Discussion Papers 3373, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Fitzenberger, Bernd & Kohn, Karsten & Lembcke, Alexander C., 2008. "Union Density and Varieties of Coverage: The Anatomy of Union Wage Effects in Germany," IZA Discussion Papers 3356, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Ericson, Thomas, 2008. "Equalization of paid working hours in the dual-earner household: Does it increase women’s double burden?," Working Papers in Economics 291, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics.
• Grimalda, Gianluca, 1971. "Labour Market Rigidity and Economic Efficiency with Non-General Purpose Technical Change," MPRA Paper 7722, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 12 Mar 2008.
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• Marian Dinga, 2008. "The Impact of Territorially Concentraced FDI on Local Labor Markets: Evidence from the Czech Republic," CERGE-EI Working Papers wp348, The Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education - Economics Institute, Prague.
• Caliendo, Marco, 2008. "Start-Up Subsidies in East Germany: Finally, a Policy that Works?," IZA Discussion Papers 3360, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Item repec:ros:wpaper:42 is not listed on IDEAS anymore

• Marco LILLA, 2008. "Income Inequality and Education from ECHP data," Working Papers 311, Universita' Politecnica delle Marche (I), Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Sociali.
• Goerke, Laszlo & Pannenberg, Markus, 2008. "Risk Aversion and Trade Union Membership," IZA Discussion Papers 3351, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• González, Libertad & Ortega, Francesc, 2008. "How Do Very Open Economies Absorb Large Immigration Flows? Recent Evidence from Spanish Regions," IZA Discussion Papers 3311, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Item repec:sds:wpaper:0026 is not listed on IDEAS anymore

• Mark Aguiar & Erik Hurst, 2008. "The Increase in Leisure Inequality," NBER Working Papers 13837, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
• Clauss, Markus & Schnabel, Reinhold, 2008. "Distributional and Behavioural Effects of the German Labour Market Reform," ZEW Discussion Papers 08-006, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
• Petrongolo, Barbara & Pissarides, Christopher A., 2008. "The Ins and Outs of European Unemployment," IZA Discussion Papers 3315, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Salazar, C, 2007. "Determinantes de la Adopción Voluntaria del Seguro de Cesantía [Determinants of Voluntary Adoptions of Unemployment Insurance]," MPRA Paper 7693, University Library of Munich, Germany.
• Luechinger, Simon & Meier, Stephan & Stutzer, Alois, 2008. "Why Does Unemployment Hurt the Employed? Evidence from the Life Satisfaction Gap between the Public and the Private Sector," IZA Discussion Papers 3385, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Schnepf, Sylke V., 2008. "Inequality of Learning amongst Immigrant Children in Industrialised Countries," IZA Discussion Papers 3337, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Danacica, Daniela-Emanuela & Babucea, Ana-Gabriela, 2007. "The role of education for the duration of unemplyment in Gorj County," MPRA Paper 7570, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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• Emilio Colombo & Luca Stanca, 2008. "The Impact of Training on Productivity: Evidence from a Large Panel of Firms," Working Papers 134, University of Milano-Bicocca, Department of Economics, revised Jan 2008.
• Schnabel, Claus & Kohaut, Susanne & Brixy, Udo, 2008. "Employment Stability of Entrants in Newly Founded Firms: A Matching Approach Using Linked Employer-Employee Data from Germany," IZA Discussion Papers 3353, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Enriqueta Camps, 2008. "Children's work in Spanish textiles during the 19th and 20th Centuries," Economics Working Papers 1073, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
• van Ours, Jan C. & Veenman, Justus, 2008. "How Interethnic Marriages Affect the Educational Attainment of Children: Evidence from a Natural Experiment," IZA Discussion Papers 3308, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Coral del Río & Olga Alonso-Villar, 2008. "Occupational and industrial segregation of female and male workers in Spain: An alternative approach," Working Papers 84, ECINEQ, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality.
• Michéle V.K. Belot & Timothy J. Hatton, 2008. "Immigrant Selection in the OECD," CEPR Discussion Papers 571, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University.
• Halliday, Timothy J., 2008. "Migration, Risk and the Intra-Household Allocation of Labor in El Salvador," IZA Discussion Papers 3322, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Jason M. Fletcher & Barbara L. Wolfe, 2008. "Education and Labor Market Consequences of Teenage Childbearing: Evidence Using the Timing of Pregnancy Outcomes and Community Fixed Effects," NBER Working Papers 13847, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
• Senik, Claudia & Verdier, Thierry, 2008. "Segregation, Entrepreneurship and Work Values: The Case of France," IZA Discussion Papers 3319, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Raouf BOUCEKKINE & Patricia, CRIFO & Claudio, MATTALIA, 2007. "Technological Progress, Organizational Change and the Size of the Human Resources Departement," Discussion Papers (ECON - Département des Sciences Economiques) 2007047, Université catholique de Louvain, Département des Sciences Economiques.
• Bratti, Massimiliano & Checchi, Daniele & de Blasio, Guido, 2008. "Does the Expansion of Higher Education Increase the Equality of Educational Opportunities? Evidence from Italy," IZA Discussion Papers 3361, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Paul Heaton, 2008. "Childhood Educational Disruption and Later Life Outcomes Evidence from Prince Edward County," Working Papers 552, RAND Corporation.
• Hervé Boulhol, 2008. "Unemployment and interactions between trade and labour market institutions," Post-Print halshs-00261478, HAL.
• Cáceres-Delpiano, Julio & Giolito, Eugenio, 2008. "How Unilateral Divorce Affects Children," IZA Discussion Papers 3342, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Patacchini, Eleonora & Zenou, Yves, 2008. "Ethnic Networks and Employment Outcomes," IZA Discussion Papers 3331, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, 2008. "Leaving Home: What Economics Has to Say about the Living Arrangements of Young Australians," CEPR Discussion Papers 568, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University.
• O'Brien, Martin & Valadkhani, Abbas & Townsend, Keith, 2008. "The Australian Labour Market in 2007," Economics Working Papers wp08-01, School of Economics, University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia.
• Jason M. Fletcher & Barbara L. Wolfe, 2008. "Education and Labor Market Consequences of Teenage Childbearing: Evidence Using the Timing of Pregnancy Outcomes and Community Fixed Effects," CEPR Discussion Papers 573, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University.
• Kato, Takao & Shu, Pian, 2008. "Performance Spillovers and Social Network in the Workplace: Evidence from Rural and Urban Weavers in a Chinese Textile Firm," IZA Discussion Papers 3340, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Kundu, AMIT, 2007. "Family Labourforce as a Determinant of Tenancy-Labour Interlinked Contract," MPRA Paper 7615, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 21 Dec 2007.
• Ian Dew-Becker & Robert J. Gordon, 2008. "The Role of Labor Market Changes in the Slowdown of European Productivity Growth," NBER Working Papers 13840, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
• Chiswick, Barry R., 2008. "The Rise and Fall of the American Jewish PhD," IZA Discussion Papers 3384, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Constant, Amelie F. & D'Agosto, Elena, 2008. "Where Do the Brainy Italians Go?," IZA Discussion Papers 3325, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Canaday, Neil & Tamura, Robert, 2007. "White discrimination in provision of black education: plantations and towns," MPRA Paper 7723, University Library of Munich, Germany.
• Leuven, Edwin & Oosterbeek, Hessel & Sonnemans, Joep & van der Klaauw, Bas, 2008. "Incentives versus Sorting in Tournaments: Evidence from a Field Experiment," IZA Discussion Papers 3326, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Grossmann, Volker & Stadelmann, David, 2008. "International Mobility of the Highly Skilled, Endogenous R&D, and Public Infrastructure Investment," IZA Discussion Papers 3366, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Bachmann, Ronald & Burda, Michael C., 2008. "Sectoral Transformation, Turbulence, and Labor Market Dynamics in Germany," IZA Discussion Papers 3324, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Peter Havlik & Sebastian Leitner & Robert Stehrer, 2008. "Growth Resurgence, Productivity Catching-up and Labour Demand in CEECs," wiiw Statistical Reports 3, The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies, wiiw.
• Halliday, Timothy J. & Kwak, Sally, 2008. "What Is a Peer? The Role of Network Definitions in Estimation of Endogenous Peer Effects," IZA Discussion Papers 3335, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Bruce Chapman & Mark Rodrigues & Chris Ryan, 2008. "An Analysis of FEE-HELP in the Vocational Education and Training Sector," CEPR Discussion Papers 570, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University.
• Dan Andrews & Andrew Leigh, 2008. "More Inequality, Less Social Mobility," CEPR Discussion Papers 566, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University.
• Aleksynska, Mariya, 2007. "Civic Participation of Immigrants: Culture Transmission and Assimilation," MPRA Paper 4594, University Library of Munich, Germany.
• Fougère, Denis & Safi, Mirna, 2008. "The Effects of Naturalization on Immigrants’ Employment Probability (France, 1968–1999)," IZA Discussion Papers 3372, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Steven G. Prus & Robert L. Brown, 2008. "Age-specific Income Inequality and Life Expectancy: New Evidence," Social and Economic Dimensions of an Aging Population Research Papers 229, McMaster University.
• Dasgupta, Indraneel & Maitra, Pushkar & Mukherjee, Diganta, 2008. "‘Arranged’ Marriage, Co-Residence and Female Schooling: A Model with Evidence from India," IZA Discussion Papers 3336, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Osipian, Ararat, 2007. "Vouchers, tests, loans, privatization: Will they help (fight) higher education corruption in Russia?," MPRA Paper 7595, University Library of Munich, Germany.
• Greenwood, Jeremy & Guner, Nezih, 2008. "Marriage and Divorce since World War II: Analyzing the Role of Technological Progress on the Formation of Households," IZA Discussion Papers 3313, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Item repec:pra:mprapa:7599 is not listed on IDEAS anymore