Report NEP-LAB-2009-03-14

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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• Lia Pacelli & Silvia Pasqua & Claudia Villosio, 2008. "What does the stork bring to women's working career?," LABORatorio R. Revelli Working Papers Series 78, LABORatorio R. Revelli, Centre for Employment Studies.
• Richard B. Freeman, 2009. "Labor Regulations, Unions, and Social Protection in Developing Countries: Market distortions or Efficient Institutions?," NBER Working Papers 14789, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
• Item repec:lan:wpaper:005926 is not listed on IDEAS anymore

• Heywood, John S. & Siebert, W. Stanley, 2009. "Understanding the Labour Market for Older Workers: A Survey," IZA Discussion Papers 4033, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Carrillo-Tudela, Carlos & Smith, Eric, 2009. "Wage Dispersion and Wage Dynamics Within and Across Firms," IZA Discussion Papers 4031, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Danièle Meulders & Sile Padraigin O'Dorchai, 2009. "Gender and flexibility in working time in Belgium," DULBEA Working Papers 09-08.RR, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
• Mariano Bosch & Julen Esteban-Pretel, 2009. "Cyclical Informality and Unemployment," CIRJE F-Series CIRJE-F-613, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo.
• Lene Kromann, 2009. "Does Employee Body Weight Affect Employers' Behavior?," Economics Working Papers 2009-04, Department of Economics and Business Economics, Aarhus University.
• Guido Menzio & Shouyong Shi, 2008. "Efficient Search on the Job and the Business Cycle, Second Version," PIER Working Paper Archive 09-010, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania, revised 28 Feb 2009.
• Tregenna, F., 2009. "The Relationship Between Unemployment and Earnings Inequality in South Africa," Cambridge Working Papers in Economics 0907, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge.
• Besancenot, Damien & Vranceanu, Radu, 2008. "Migratory policy in developing countries: how to bring best people back?," ESSEC Working Papers DR 08017, ESSEC Research Center, ESSEC Business School.
• Maria Knoth Humlum & Rune Majlund Vejlin, 2009. "The Effects of Financial Aid in High School on Academic and Labor Market Outcomes: A Quasi-Experimental Study," Economics Working Papers 2009-02, Department of Economics and Business Economics, Aarhus University.
• Baldan, Cristina & Neacsu, Madalina, 2008. "The Employment and Unemployment in Romania - Decisive Factors," MPRA Paper 13921, University Library of Munich, Germany.
• Antecol, Heather & Steinberger, Michael D., 2009. "Female Labor Supply Differences by Sexual Orientation: A Semi-Parametric Decomposition Approach," IZA Discussion Papers 4029, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Pavlina R. Tcherneva, 2009. "Obama's Job Creation Promise: A Modest Proposal to Guarantee That He Meets and Exceeds Expectations," Economics Policy Note Archive 09-1, Levy Economics Institute.
• Alcaraz Carlo & Chiquiar Daniel & Ramos Francia Manuel, 2008. "Intersectoral Wage Differentials and the Change of the Composition of Urban Employment in Mexico during 2001-2004," Working Papers 2008-06, Banco de México.
• Muñoz de Bustillo, Rafael & Carrera, Miguel & Antón, José-Ignacio, 2009. "From guests to hosts: a first whole picture of immigrant-native wage differentials in Spain," MPRA Paper 13928, University Library of Munich, Germany.
• de Grip, Andries & Lindeboom, Maarten & Montizaan, Raymond, 2009. "Shattered Dreams: The Effects of Changing the Pension System Late in the Game," IZA Discussion Papers 4034, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• David Johnson, 2009. "Collateral Damage: The Impact of Work Stoppages on Student Performance in Ontario," e-briefs 74, C.D. Howe Institute.
• Vassiliki Koutsogeorgopoulou, 2009. "Enhancing Educational Performance in Australia," OECD Economics Department Working Papers 678, OECD Publishing.
• Koch, Alexander K. & Morgenstern, Albrecht, 2009. "Coordination under the Shadow of Career Concerns," IZA Discussion Papers 4039, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Fabio Berton, 2008. "The (long) run out of unemployment: are temporary jobs the shortest way?," LABORatorio R. Revelli Working Papers Series 76, LABORatorio R. Revelli, Centre for Employment Studies.
• Alka Obadić, 2009. "Examining the Danish flexicurity labour market concept," EFZG Working Papers Series 0904, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb.
• Dulleck, Uwe & Kerschbamer, Rudolf & Sutter, Matthias, 2009. "The Economics of Credence Goods: On the Role of Liability, Verifiability, Reputation and Competition," IZA Discussion Papers 4030, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Marc-Andreas Muendler & Sascha O. Becker, 2009. "Margins of Multinational Labor Substitution," NBER Working Papers 14776, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
• Silke Anger & Guido Heineck, 2009. "Do Smart Parents Raise Smart Children?: The Intergenerational Transmission of Cognitive Abilities," SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research 156, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP).
• Nguyen, Quang, 2009. "choice of remuneration regime in fisheries: the case of Hawaii’s longline fisheries," MPRA Paper 13792, University Library of Munich, Germany.
• Ferre, Celine, 2009. "Age at first child : does education delay fertility timing ? the case of Kenya," Policy Research Working Paper Series 4833, The World Bank.
• Zimmermann, Klaus F. & Kahanec, Martin, 2009. "Migration in an enlarged EU: A challenging solution?," CEPR Discussion Papers 7200, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
• Item repec:dgr:uvatin:20090014 is not listed on IDEAS anymore

• David E. Card & Jochen Kluve & Andrea Weber, 2009. "Active Labor Market Policy Evaluations: A Meta-analysis," NRN working papers 2009-02, The Austrian Center for Labor Economics and the Analysis of the Welfare State, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria.
• Giovanni Sulis, 2008. "Gender Wage Differentials in Italy: A Structural Estimation Approach," LABORatorio R. Revelli Working Papers Series 74, LABORatorio R. Revelli, Centre for Employment Studies.
• Guiso, Luigi & Prat, Andrea & Bandiera, Oriana & Sadun, Raffaella, 2009. "Matching Firms, Managers, and Incentives," CEPR Discussion Papers 7207, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
• Rogers, F. Halsey & Vegas, Emiliana, 2009. "No more cutting class ? reducing teacher absence and providing incentives for performance," Policy Research Working Paper Series 4847, The World Bank.
• VALENTOVA Marie & ZHELYAZKOVA Nevena, 2009. "Women's Perceptions of Consequences of Career Interruption due to Childcare in Central and Eastern Europe," IRISS Working Paper Series 2009-01, IRISS at CEPS/INSTEAD.
• Barrera-Osorio, Felipe & Linden, Leigh L., 2009. "The use and misuse of computers in education : evidence from a randomized experiment in Colombia," Policy Research Working Paper Series 4836, The World Bank.
• Francis Green, 2009. "Employee Involvement, Technology and Job Tasks," Studies in Economics 0903, School of Economics, University of Kent.
• Marigee Bacolod & John DiNardo & Mireille Jacobson, 2009. "Beyond Incentives: Do Schools use Accountability Rewards Productively?," NBER Working Papers 14775, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
• Nattavudh Powdthavee, 2009. "Anticipation, Free Rider Problem, and Adaptation to Trade Union: Re-examining the Curious Case of Dissatisfied Union Members," Discussion Papers 09/04, Department of Economics, University of York.
• Souma, Wataru & Ikeda, Yuichi & Iyetomi, Hiroshi & Fujiwara, Yoshi, 2009. "Distribution of Labour Productivity in Japan over the Period 1996--2006," Economics Discussion Papers 2009-2, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).
• Tregenna, F., 2009. "Contracting Out of Service Activities and the Effects on Sectoral Employment Patterns in South Africa," Cambridge Working Papers in Economics 0906, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge.
• Paglayan, Agustina, 2008. "Reading between the lines: A closer look at the effectiveness of early childhood education policy to reduce inequality in Argentina," MPRA Paper 13875, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised May 2008.
• Bell, David N.F. & Blanchflower, David G., 2009. "What Should Be Done about Rising Unemployment in the UK?," IZA Discussion Papers 4040, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Brian Silverstone & Victoria Wall, 2009. "Job Vacancy Monitoring in New Zealand," Working Papers in Economics 09/01, University of Waikato.
• Giuseppe Moscarini & Fabien Postel-Vinay, 2009. "Large Employers Are More Cyclically Sensitive," Bristol Economics Discussion Papers 09/609, School of Economics, University of Bristol, UK.
• Bondoc, Maria-Daniela & Radu, Florea, 2008. "Considerations concerning the analysis of the wage costs efficiency," MPRA Paper 14008, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised May 2008.
• Bell, David & Blanchflower, David, 2009. "What should be done about rising unemployment in the UK?," Stirling Economics Discussion Papers 2009-06, University of Stirling, Division of Economics.
• Booth, Alison L. & Nolen, Patrick J., 2009. "Choosing to Compete: How Different Are Girls and Boys?," IZA Discussion Papers 4027, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Jennifer L. Steele & Richard J. Murnane & John B. Willett, 2009. "Do Financial Incentives Help Low-Performing Schools Attract and Keep Academically Talented Teachers? Evidence from California," NBER Working Papers 14780, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
• Alexander K. Koch & Albrecht Morgenstern & Philippe Raab, 2009. "Career concerns incentives: An experimental test," Economics Working Papers 2009-01, Department of Economics and Business Economics, Aarhus University.
• Muñoz de Bustillo, Rafael & Antón, José-Ignacio, 2009. "From rags to riches? Immigration and poverty in Spain," MPRA Paper 13848, University Library of Munich, Germany.
• Item repec:lan:wpaper:005930 is not listed on IDEAS anymore

• Paloma López-García & Sergio Puente & Ángel Luis Gómez, 2009. "Employment generation by small firms in Spain," Occasional Papers 0903, Banco de España.
• Sugimoto, Yoshiaki & Nakagawa, Masao, 2009. "From Duty to Right: The Role of Public Education in the Transition to Aging Societies," MPRA Paper 13835, University Library of Munich, Germany.
• Brown, W., 2009. "The Process of Fixing the British National Minimum Wage, 1997-2007," Cambridge Working Papers in Economics 0904, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge.
• Saraswata Chaudhuri & Elaina Rose, 2009. "Estimating the Veteran Effect with Endogenous Schooling when Instruments are Potentially Weak," Working Papers UWEC-2009-07, University of Washington, Department of Economics.
• Francisco Henríquez & Alejandra Mizala & Andrea Repetto, 2009. "Effective Schools for Low Income Children: a Study of Chile’s Sociedad de Instrucción Primaria," Documentos de Trabajo 258, Centro de Economía Aplicada, Universidad de Chile.
• Philip Babcock & Julian R. Betts, 2009. "Reduced-Class Distinctions: Effort, Ability, and the Education Production Function," NBER Working Papers 14777, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
• Booth, Alison & Nolen, Patrick, 2009. "Gender Differences in Risk Behaviour: Does Nurture Matter?," CEPR Discussion Papers 7198, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
• Alexandra Schroeter, 2009. "The Effect of New Business Formation on Employment - The Dominance of Density," Jena Economics Research Papers 2009-019, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena.
• Ivan O. Kitov, 2009. "Mechanical model of personal income distribution," Working Papers 110, ECINEQ, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality.