Report NEP-LAB-2009-03-22

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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• David Neumark, 2009. "Alternative Labor Market Policies to Increase Economic Self-Sufficiency: Mandating Higher Wages, Subsidizing Employment, and Increasing Productivity," NBER Working Papers 14807, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
• Item repec:crs:wpdeee:2008-10 is not listed on IDEAS anymore

• Banerjee, Rupa & Verma, Anil, 2009. "Determinants and Effects of Post-Migration Education Among New Immigrants in Canada," CLSSRN working papers clsrn_admin-2009-20, Vancouver School of Economics, revised 11 Mar 2009.
• Campolieti, Michele & Fang, Tony & Gunderson, Morley, 2009. "Labour Market Outcomes and Skills Acquisition of High-School Dropouts," CLSSRN working papers clsrn_admin-2009-25, Vancouver School of Economics, revised 15 Mar 2009.
• Joseph Altonji & Anthony Smith & Ivan Vidangos, 2009. "Modeling earnings dynamics," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2009-08, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
• Eduardo Zepeda & Diana Alarcón & Fabio Veras Soares & Rafael Guerreiro Osorio, 2009. "Changes in Earnings in Brazil, Chile, and Mexico: Disentangling the Forces Behind Pro-Poor Change in Labour Markets," Working Papers 51, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth.
• Pia M. Orrenius & Madeline Zavodny, 2009. "Do immigrants work in riskier jobs?," Working Papers 0901, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
• Item repec:hok:dpaper:204 is not listed on IDEAS anymore

• Livanos, Ilias & Pouliakas, Konstantinos, 2008. "Returns to education by academic discipline in the Greek labour market," MPRA Paper 14159, University Library of Munich, Germany.
• Abbott, Michael & Beach, Charles M., 2009. "Immigrant Earnings Distributions and Earnings Mobility in Canada: Evidence for the 1982 Landing Cohort from IMDB Micro Data," CLSSRN working papers clsrn_admin-2009-22, Vancouver School of Economics, revised 13 Mar 2009.
• Kenneth Beauchemin & Murat Tasci, 2008. "Diagnosing labor market search models: a multiple-shock approach," Working Papers (Old Series) 0813, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.
• Finnie, Ross & Gray, David, 2009. "Displacement of Older Workers: Re-employment, Hastened Retirement, Disability, or Other Destinations?," CLSSRN working papers clsrn_admin-2009-24, Vancouver School of Economics, revised 13 Mar 2009.
• Aguirregabiria, Víctor, 2009. "Labor contracts and flexibility : evidence from a labor market reform in Spain," UC3M Working papers. Economics we091811, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Departamento de Economía.
• Hirvonen, Lalaina, 2009. "The Effect of Children on Earnings Using Exogenous Variation in Family Size: Swedish Evidence," Working Paper Series 2/2009, Stockholm University, Swedish Institute for Social Research.
• Antonczyk, Dirk & Fitzenberger, Bernd & Leuschner, Ute, 2009. "Can a Task-Based Approach Explain the Recent Changes in the German Wage Structure?," IZA Discussion Papers 4050, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Mohamed Ali Marouani, 2009. "More Jobs for University Graduates: Some Policy Options for Tunisia," Working Papers DT/2009/01, DIAL (Développement, Institutions et Mondialisation).
• Ivan Vidangos, 2009. "Fluctuations in individual labor income: a panel VAR analysis," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2009-09, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
• Bergemann, Annette & Riphahn, Regina T., 2009. "Female labor supply and parental leave benefits – the causal effect of paying higher transfers for a shorter period of time," Working Paper Series 2009:5, IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy.
• Item repec:pse:psecon:2009-10 is not listed on IDEAS anymore

• Pouliakas, Konstantinos & Roberts, Deborah & Balamou, Eudokia & Psaltopoulos, Dimitris, 2008. "Modelling the Effects of Immigration on Regional Economic Performance and the Wage Distribution: A CGE Analysis of Three EU Regions," MPRA Paper 14157, University Library of Munich, Germany.
• Matloob Piracha & Florin Vadean, 2009. "Return Migration and Occupational Choice," Studies in Economics 0905, School of Economics, University of Kent.
• Cécile Détang-Dessendre & Carl Gaigné, 2009. "Unemployment duration, city size, and the tightness of the labor market," Working Papers SMART 09-04, INRAE UMR SMART.
• Item repec:ese:emodwp:em1/09 is not listed on IDEAS anymore

• Mahy, Benoît & Rycx, François & Volral, Mélanie, 2009. "Wage Dispersion and Firm Productivity in Different Working Environments," IZA Discussion Papers 4044, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Katharine G. Abraham & John C. Haltiwanger & Kristin Sandusky & James Spletzer, 2009. "Exploring Differences in Employment between Household and Establishment Data," NBER Working Papers 14805, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
• Mariotti, Martine, 2009. "Labor Markets in South Africa During Apartheid," MPRA Paper 14127, University Library of Munich, Germany.
• Ferrer, Ana M. & Menendez, Alicia, 2009. "The Returns to Flexible Postsecondary Education: The Effect of Delaying School," CLSSRN working papers clsrn_admin-2009-26, Vancouver School of Economics, revised 15 Mar 2009.
• Kucera, Miroslav, 2008. "The Educational Attainment of Second Generation Immigrants in Canada: Analysis based on the General Social Survey," MPRA Paper 14036, University Library of Munich, Germany.
• Béjaoui, Ali & Montmarquette, Claude, 2009. "Rémunération àl’ancienneté et ajustement du marché du travail (Seniority-based Pay and Labour Market Adjustment)," CLSSRN working papers clsrn_admin-2009-23, Vancouver School of Economics, revised 13 Mar 2009.
• Catherine Fuss & Ladislav Wintr, 2009. "Rigid labour compensation and flexible employment ? Firm-level evidence with regard to productivity for Belgium," Working Paper Research 159, National Bank of Belgium.
• Hussain, Iftikhar & McNally, Sandra & Telhaj, Shqiponja, 2009. "University Quality and Graduate Wages in the UK," IZA Discussion Papers 4043, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Ozkan Eren, 2009. "Ability, Schooling Inputs and Earnings: Evidence from the NELS," Working Papers 0906, University of Nevada, Las Vegas , Department of Economics, revised Aug 2009.
• Item repec:hal:cesptp:halshs-00367702_v1 is not listed on IDEAS anymore

• Lars Kunze & Christiane Schuppert, 2009. "Financing Social Security by Taxing Capital Income – A Bad Idea?," Ruhr Economic Papers 0090, Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universität Dortmund, Universität Duisburg-Essen.
• Basit Zafar, 2009. "College major choice and the gender gap," Staff Reports 364, Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
• Chulhee Lee, 2009. "Labor Force Participation of Older Males in Korea: 1955-2005," NBER Working Papers 14800, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
• Kula, Ferit & Aslan, Alper, 2008. "Hysteresis vs. natural rate of unemployment: One, the other, or both?," MPRA Paper 14054, University Library of Munich, Germany.
• Christian Bredemeier & Falko Jüßen, 2009. "Household Labor Supply and Home Services in a General-Equilibrium Model with Heterogeneous Agents," Ruhr Economic Papers 0091, Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universität Dortmund, Universität Duisburg-Essen.
• Item repec:pra:mprapa:14065 is not listed on IDEAS anymore

• David Card & Jochen Kluve & Andrea Weber, 2009. "Active Labor Market Policy Evaluations – A Meta-analysis," Ruhr Economic Papers 0086, Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universität Dortmund, Universität Duisburg-Essen.
• Hervé Boulhol, 2009. "The Effects of Population Structure on Employment and Productivity," OECD Economics Department Working Papers 684, OECD Publishing.
• Item repec:lan:wpaper:005933 is not listed on IDEAS anymore

• Martins, Pedro S., 2009. "Individual Teacher Incentives, Student Achievement and Grade Inflation," IZA Discussion Papers 4051, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Kevin Hollenbeck & Bridget Timmeney, 2009. "Lessons Learned from a State-Funded Workplace Literacy Program," Upjohn Working Papers 09-146, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.
• Lawrence M. Kahn, 2009. "The Economics of Discrimination: Evidence from Basketball," NCER Working Paper Series 40, National Centre for Econometric Research.
• George J. Borjas, 2009. "The Analytics of the Wage Effect of Immigration," NBER Working Papers 14796, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
• Atal, Vidya & Basu, Kaushik & Gray, John & Lee, Travis, 2009. "Literacy Traps: Society-wide Education and Individual Skill Premia," IZA Discussion Papers 4047, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Caponi, Vincenzo & Kayahan, Cevat Burc & Plesca, Miana, 2009. "The Impact of Aggregate and Sectoral Fluctuations on Training Decisions," IZA Discussion Papers 4042, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Carsten Hefeker & Michael Neugart, 2009. "Labor Market Regulation and the Legal System," MAGKS Papers on Economics 200915, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, Department of Economics (Volkswirtschaftliche Abteilung).
• Nir Jaimovich & Seth Pruitt & Henry E. Siu, 2009. "The demand for youth: implications for the hours volatility puzzle," International Finance Discussion Papers 964, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
• Martin Huber & Michael Lechner & Conny Wunsch & Thomas Walter, 2009. "Do German Welfare-to-Work Programmes Reduce Welfare and Increase Work?," University of St. Gallen Department of Economics working paper series 2009 2009-03, Department of Economics, University of St. Gallen.
• James Albrecht & Lucas Navarro & Susan Vroman, 2009. "Efficiency in a Search and Matching Model with Endogenous Participation," ILADES-UAH Working Papers inv218, Universidad Alberto Hurtado/School of Economics and Business.
• Milligan, Kevin & Stabile, Mark, 2009. "Do Child Tax Benefits Affect the Wellbeing of Children? Evidence from Canadian Child Benefit Expansions," CLSSRN working papers clsrn_admin-2009-21, Vancouver School of Economics, revised 13 Mar 2009.
• Erikson, Robert & Goldthorpe, John H., 2009. "Income and Class Mobility Between Generations in Great Britain: The Problem of Divergent Findings from the Data-sets of Birth Cohort Studies," Working Paper Series 4/2009, Stockholm University, Swedish Institute for Social Research.
• Kaci, Mustapha Maynard, Jean-Pierre, 2009. "Revisions to Canada and United States Annual Estimates of Labour Productivity in the Business Sector, 2004 to 2007," The Canadian Productivity Review 2009023e, Statistics Canada, Economic Analysis Division.
• Markus Knell & Alfred Stiglbauer, 2009. "The Impact of Reference Norms on Inflation Persistence When Wages are Staggered," Working Papers 153, Oesterreichische Nationalbank (Austrian Central Bank).
• Andersson Joona, Pernilla & Nekby, Lena, 2009. "TIPping the Scales towards Greater Employment Chances? Evaluation of a Trial Introduction Program (TIP) for Newly-Arrived Immigrants based on Random Program Assignment," SULCIS Working Papers 2009:5, Stockholm University, Linnaeus Center for Integration Studies - SULCIS.
• Ester Faia & Lorenza Rossi, 2009. "Unions Power, Collective Bargaining and Optimal Monetary Policy," Kiel Working Papers 1490, Kiel Institute for the World Economy.
• Ozkan Eren & Daniel J. Henderson, 2009. "Are We Wasting Our Children’s Time by Giving them More Homework?," Working Papers 0907, University of Nevada, Las Vegas , Department of Economics.
• Keane, Michael P. & Sauer, Robert M., 2009. "A Computationally Practical Simulation Estimation Algorithm for Dynamic Panel Data Models with Unobserved Endogenous State Variables," IZA Discussion Papers 4054, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Lanjouw, Peter & Murgai, Rinku, 2009. "Poverty decline, agricultural wages, and non-farm employment in rural India : 1983-2004," Policy Research Working Paper Series 4858, The World Bank.
• Brienna Perelli-Harris & Theodore P. Gerber, 2009. "Non-marital childbearing in Russia: second demographic transition or pattern of disadvantage?," MPIDR Working Papers WP-2009-007, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany.
• P R Agénor & M Agénor, 2009. "Infrastructure, Women’s Time Allocation, and Economic Development," Centre for Growth and Business Cycle Research Discussion Paper Series 116, Economics, The University of Manchester.
• Alcina Nunes & Paulino Teixeira, 2009. "The Portuguese Active Labour Market Policy During The Period 1998-2003 - A Comprehensive Conditional Difference-In-Differences Application," GEE Papers 0011, Gabinete de Estratégia e Estudos, Ministério da Economia, revised Mar 2009.
• Ljungvall , Åsa & Gerdtham , Ulf-G, 2009. "More equal but heavier: A longitudinal analysis of income-related obesity inequalities in an adult Swedish cohort," Working Papers 2009:3, Lund University, Department of Economics.
• John Bound & Sarah Turner & Patrick Walsh, 2009. "Internationalization of U.S. Doctorate Education," NBER Working Papers 14792, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
• de Grip, A. & Lindeboom, M. & Montizaan, R.M., 2009. "Shattered dreams: the effects of changing the pension system late in the game," ROA Research Memorandum 003, Maastricht University, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA).
• Nistha Sinha & Joanne K. Yoong, 2009. "Long-Term Financial Incentives and Investment in Daughters Evidence From Conditional Cash Transfers In North India," Working Papers 667, RAND Corporation.
• Item repec:cdl:ucsbec:02-09 is not listed on IDEAS anymore

• Katja Goerlitz, 2009. "The Development of Employers’ Training Investments Over Time – A Decomposition Analysis Using German Establishment Data," Ruhr Economic Papers 0087, Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universität Dortmund, Universität Duisburg-Essen.
• Caroline, Bennett-AbuAyyash & Dietz, Joerg & Esses, Victoria M. & Joshi, Chetan, 2009. "The Evaluation of Immigrants' Credentials: The Roles of Accreditation, Immigrant Race, and Evaluator Biases," CLSSRN working papers clsrn_admin-2009-27, Vancouver School of Economics, revised 15 Mar 2009.
• Item repec:lan:wpaper:005934 is not listed on IDEAS anymore

• Marco Cucculelli & Giacinto Micucci, 2009. "The Age Effect in Entrepreneurship: Founder’s Tenure, Firm Performance, and the Economic Environment," CRIEFF Discussion Papers 0903, Centre for Research into Industry, Enterprise, Finance and the Firm.
• Altavilla, Carlo & Caroleo, Floro Ernesto, 2009. "Unintended Effects of National-based Active Labour Market Policies," IZA Discussion Papers 4045, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Hyun H. Son & Nanak Kakwani, 2009. "Pauvreté des personnes âgées et pensions sociales de retraite au Kenya," One Pager French 25, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth.
• Kaci, Mustapha Maynard, Jean-Pierre, 2009. "Les révisions aux estimations annuelles de la productivité du travail du secteur des entreprises au Canada et aux États-Unis, 2004 à 2007," La revue canadienne de productivité 2009023f, Statistics Canada, Division de l'analyse économique.
• Korkman, Sixten, 2009. "Power over Pensions? Who Should Decide and How?," Discussion Papers 1180, The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy.
• Eduardo Zepeda, 2009. "Comparaison de l’impact des programmes de création d’emplois et d’aide financière au Kenya," One Pager French 41, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth.