Report NEP-LAB-2012-06-25

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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• Li, Ian & Miller, Paul W., 2012. "Gender Discrimination in the Australian Graduate Labour Market," IZA Discussion Papers 6595, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Dieter von Fintel & Rulof P. Burger & Servaas van der Berg, 2012. "The unintended consequences of education policies on South African participation and unemployment," Working Papers 289, Economic Research Southern Africa.
• Karao?lan, Deniz & Okten, Cagla, 2012. "Labor Force Participation of Married Women in Turkey: Is There an Added or a Discouraged Worker Effect?," IZA Discussion Papers 6616, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• De Witte, K. & Van Klaveren, C., 2012. "The effect of primary school closures on educational attainments of students," Working Papers 42, Top Institute for Evidence Based Education Research.
• Afridi, Farzana & Mukhopadhyay, Abhiroop & Sahoo, Soham, 2012. "Female Labour Force Participation and Child Education in India: The Effect of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme," IZA Discussion Papers 6593, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Lindley, Joanne & Machin, Stephen, 2012. "The Quest for More and More Education: Implications for Social Mobility," IZA Discussion Papers 6581, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Baert, Stijn & Cockx, Bart & Verhaest, Dieter, 2012. "Overeducation at the start of the career - stepping stone or trap?," Working Papers 2012/27, Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel, Faculteit Economie en Management.
• de Hoop, Jacobus & Rosati, Furio C., 2012. "Does Promoting School Attendance Reduce Child Labour? Evidence from Burkina Faso's BRIGHT Project," IZA Discussion Papers 6601, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Phan, Diep & Coxhead, Ian A., 2012. "Long-run costs of piecemeal reform: wage inequality and returns to education in Vietnam," 2012 Annual Meeting, August 12-14, 2012, Seattle, Washington 124207, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
• Andersson Joona, Pernilla & Wadensjö, Eskil, 2012. "A Price for Flexibility? The Temp Agency Wage Gap in Sweden 1998-2008," IZA Discussion Papers 6587, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Eichhorst, Werner, 2012. "The Unexpected Appearance of a New German Model," IZA Discussion Papers 6625, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Ferraz, Claudio & Finan, Frederico S. & Moreira, Diana B., 2012. "Corrupting Learning: Evidence from Missing Federal Education Funds in Brazil," IZA Discussion Papers 6634, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Thede, Susanna, 2012. "A Simple Model of Trade, Job Task Offshoring and Social Insurance," Working Papers 2012:16, Lund University, Department of Economics.
• Francesc Dilme & Fei Li, 2012. "Dynamic Education Signaling with Dropout," PIER Working Paper Archive 12-023, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania.
• Tello, Claudia & Ramos, Raul & Artís, Manuel, 2012. "Changes in Wage Structure in Mexico Going Beyond the Mean: An Analysis of Differences in Distribution, 1987-2008," IZA Discussion Papers 6576, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Michele Gori & Antonio Villanacci, 2012. "Wage setting and unemployment in a general equilibrium model," Working Papers - Mathematical Economics 2012-04, Universita' degli Studi di Firenze, Dipartimento di Scienze per l'Economia e l'Impresa.
• Wozniak, Abigail, 2012. "Discrimination and the Effects of Drug Testing on Black Employment," IZA Discussion Papers 6605, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Paul Beaudry & Ethan Lewis, 2012. "Do Male-Female Wage Differentials Reflect Differences in the Return to Skill? Cross-City Evidence From 1980-2000," NBER Working Papers 18159, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
• Sumon Bhaumik & Ralitza Dimova, 2012. "Does human capital endowment of FDI recipient countries really matter? Evidence from cross-country firm level data," William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series wp1030, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan.
• Chan, Gavin & Heaton, Christopher & Tani, Massimiliano, 2012. "The Wage Premium of Foreign Education: New Evidence from Australia," IZA Discussion Papers 6578, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Zuzana Brixiova & Balazs Egert, 2012. "Labour Market Reforms And Outcomes In Estonia," William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series wp1027, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan.
• Sakellariou, Chris, 2012. "Decomposing the increase in TIMSS Scores in Ghana : 2003-2007," Policy Research Working Paper Series 6084, The World Bank.
• Javier Vázquez-Grenno, 2012. "Job search methods in times of crisis: native and immigrant strategies in Spain," Working Papers 2012/19, Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB).
• Hart, Robert A & Moro, Mirko & Roberts, J Elizabeth, 2012. "Date of birth, family background, and the 11 plus exam: short- and long-term consequences of the 1944 secondary education reforms in England and W ales," Stirling Economics Discussion Papers 2012-10, University of Stirling, Division of Economics.
• Bargain, Olivier & El Badaoui, Eliane & Magejo, Prudence & Strobl, Eric & Walsh, Frank, 2012. "The Formal Sector Wage Premium and Firm Size for Self-employed Workers," IZA Discussion Papers 6604, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Machin, Stephen & Marie, Olivier & Vujic, Suncica, 2012. "Youth Crime and Education Expansion," IZA Discussion Papers 6582, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Giulia Faggio & Henry G. Overman, 2012. "The Effect of Public Sector Employment on Local Labour Markets," SERC Discussion Papers 0111, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
• Light, Audrey & McGee, Andrew, 2012. "Employer Learning and the "Importance" of Skills," IZA Discussion Papers 6623, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Duleep, Harriet & Sanders, Seth G., 2012. "The Economic Status of Asian Americans Before and After the Civil Rights Act," IZA Discussion Papers 6639, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Bohn, Sarah & Lofstrom, Magnus, 2012. "Employment Effects of State Legislation against the Hiring of Unauthorized Immigrant Workers," IZA Discussion Papers 6598, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Jan Babecky & Kamil Dybczak, 2012. "Real Wage Flexibility in the European Union: New Evidence from the Labour Cost Data," Working Papers 2012/01, Czech National Bank.
• Dal Bó, Ernesto & Finan, Frederico S. & Rossi, Martín A., 2012. "Strengthening State Capabilities: The Role of Financial Incentives in the Call to Public Service," IZA Discussion Papers 6645, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Viktor Slavtchev & Stavroula Laspita & Holger Patzelt, 2012. "Effects of entrepreneurship education at universities," Jena Economics Research Papers 2012-025, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena.
• Carro, Jesus & Anghel, Brindusa, 2012. "Evaluating a bilingual education program in Spain: the impact beyond foreign language learning," CEPR Discussion Papers 8995, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
• Bertoni, Marco & Brunello, Giorgio & Rocco, Lorenzo, 2012. "When the Cat Is Near, the Mice Won't Play: The Effect of External Examiners in Italian Schools," IZA Discussion Papers 6629, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Pfeiffer, Friedhelm & Pohlmeier, Winfried F. X., 2012. "Causal Returns to Schooling and Individual Heterogeneity," IZA Discussion Papers 6588, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Maria Manuel Campos, 2012. "Public-private wage gaps in the period prior to the adoption of the euro: an application based on longitudinal data," Working Papers w201201, Banco de Portugal, Economics and Research Department.
• Ernesto Dal Bó & Frederico Finan & Martín Rossi, 2012. "Strengthening State Capabilities: The Role of Financial Incentives in the Call to Public Service," NBER Working Papers 18156, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
• Guarino, Cassandra M. & Reckase, Mark D. & Wooldridge, Jeffrey M., 2012. "Can Value-Added Measures of Teacher Performance Be Trusted?," IZA Discussion Papers 6602, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Ranjan, Priya & Prakash, Nishith, 2012. "Education Policies and Practices: What Have We Learnt and the Road Ahead for Bihar," IZA Discussion Papers 6614, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Borcan, Oana & Lindahl, Mikael & Mitrut, Andreea, 2012. "The Impact of an Unexpected Wage Cut on Corruption: Evidence from a "Xeroxed" Exam," IZA Discussion Papers 6646, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Jellal, Mohamed & Tarbalouti, Essaid, 2012. "Institutions éducation et travail des enfants [Institutions education and child labor]," MPRA Paper 39384, University Library of Munich, Germany.
• Tuukka Toivonen & Junya Tsutsui & Haruka Shibata, 2012. "NEW RISKS, OLD WELFARE Japanese university students, work-related anxieties and sources of support," Discussion Paper Series DP2012-17, Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration, Kobe University.
• Martins, Pedro S. & Piracha, Matloob & Varejão, José, 2012. "Do Immigrants Displace Native Workers? Evidence from Matched Panel Data," IZA Discussion Papers 6644, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Borcan, Oana & Lindahl, Mikael & Mitrut, Andreea, 2012. "The Impact of an Unexpected Wage Cut on Corruption: Evidence from a "Xeroxed" Exam," Working Papers in Economics 535, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics.
• Helmut Mahringer & Christine Zulehner, 2012. "Child-Care Costs and Mothers' Employment Rates. An Empirical Analysis for Austria," WIFO Working Papers 429, WIFO.
• Jayanta Sarkar & Dipanwita Sarkar, 2012. "Why does child labour persist with declining poverty?," NCER Working Paper Series 84, National Centre for Econometric Research, revised 21 Nov 2012.
• Gregory Kurtzon, 2012. "Ability Composition Effects on the Education Premium," Working Papers 456, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
• Fernando Martins & Daniel Dias, 2012. "Wage rigidity and employment adjustment at the firm level: evidence from survey data," Working Papers w201212, Banco de Portugal, Economics and Research Department.
• Gunseli Berik & Ebru Kongar, 2012. "Time Use of Mothers and Fathers in Hard Times: The US Recession of 2007-09," Economics Working Paper Archive wp_726, Levy Economics Institute.
• Kuhnen, Camelia M. & Oyer, Paul, 2012. "Exploration for human capital: Theory and evidence from the MBA labor market," MPRA Paper 39411, University Library of Munich, Germany.
• Thomas Breda & Son Thierry Ly, 2012. "Do Professors Really Perpetuate the Gender Gap in Science? Evidence from a Natural Experiment in a French Higher Education Institution," CEE Discussion Papers 0138, Centre for the Economics of Education, LSE.
• Susan E. Chen, 2012. "Spousal Labor Supply Responses to Government Programs: Evidence from the Disability Insurance Program," Working Papers wp261, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center.
• Oecd, 2012. "How Is the Global Talent Pool Changing?," Education Indicators in Focus 5, OECD Publishing.
• Ghazala Azmat & José García-Montalvo, 2012. "The Role of Awareness, Information Gathering and Processing in School Choice," Working Papers 639, Barcelona School of Economics.
• Antman, Francisca M., 2012. "Gender, Educational Attainment, and the Impact of Parental Migration on Children Left Behind," IZA Discussion Papers 6640, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Fei Li & Can Tian, 2012. "Directed Search and Job Rotation," PIER Working Paper Archive 12-024, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania.
• Jarko Fidrmuc & Matus Senaj, 2012. "Human Capital, Consumption, and Housing Wealth in Transition," Working and Discussion Papers WP 2/2012, Research Department, National Bank of Slovakia.
• Rita van Deuren & Sicco C. Santema, 2012. "How to choose your minor? Decision making variables used in the selection of a minor by undergraduate students from a Dutch university of applied sciences," Working Papers 2012/06, Maastricht School of Management.
• Menatallah Darrag & Dina Mohamed Yousri & Ahmed Badreldin, 2012. "Academic Dishonesty in Egypt: A Nation-wide Study of Students in Higher Education," Working Papers 31, The German University in Cairo, Faculty of Management Technology.
• Najam us Saqib & G. M. Arif, 2012. "Time Poverty, Work Status and Gender: The Case of Pakistan," PIDE-Working Papers 2012:81, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics.
• Elisabetta Magnani, 2012. "Older Workers' Training Opportunities in Times of Workplace Innovation," Working Papers 201205, ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR), Australian School of Business, University of New South Wales.
• Spiegler, Ran & Eliaz, Kfir, 2012. "Reference Dependence and Labor-Market Fluctuations," CEPR Discussion Papers 8997, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
• Ibarrarán, Pablo & Ripani, Laura & Taboada, Bibiana & Villa, Juan Miguel & García, Brígida, 2012. "Life Skills, Employability and Training for Disadvantaged Youth: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation Design," IZA Discussion Papers 6617, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Bart Hertveldt & Bernhard Klaus Michel, 2012. "Working Paper 07-12 - Offshoring and the Skill Structure of Labour Demand in Belgium," Working Papers 1207, Federal Planning Bureau, Belgium.
• Stafford, Tess, 2012. "Labor Supply of Fishermen: An Empirical Analysis," 2012 Conference (56th), February 7-10, 2012, Fremantle, Australia 124450, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society.
• Garduno-Rivera, Rafael & Baylis, Katherine R., 2012. "Effect of Tariff Liberalization on Mexico’s Income Distribution in the presence of Migration," 2012 Annual Meeting, August 12-14, 2012, Seattle, Washington 124740, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
• Prifti, Ervin & Vuri, Daniela, 2012. "Employment Protection and Fertility: Evidence from the 1990 Italian Reform," IZA Discussion Papers 6608, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Steven D. Levitt & John A. List & Susanne Neckermann & Sally Sadoff, 2012. "The Behavioralist Goes to School: Leveraging Behavioral Economics to Improve Educational Performance," NBER Working Papers 18165, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
• Del Bono, Emilia & Pronzato, Chiara D., 2012. "Does Breastfeeding Support at Work Help Mothers and Employers at the Same Time?," IZA Discussion Papers 6619, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Iacob, Constanta & Brabete, Valeriu, 2012. "La collaboration entre les universités et les organismes professionnels - une autre chance de marché du travail [Collaboration between universities and professional bodies - another chance labour m," MPRA Paper 39336, University Library of Munich, Germany.
• Manuela Bosch-Princep (Universitat de Barcelona) & Daniel Vilalta (Independent Pension Consultant), 2012. "Quantitative reduction in retirement benefits by the 2011 Spanish Social Security reform," Working Papers in Economics 281, Universitat de Barcelona. Espai de Recerca en Economia.
• Cunningham, Rosemary & Zavodny, Madeline, 2012. "How Well Are Women Represented at the AEA Meeting? A Study of the 1985-2010 Programs," IZA Discussion Papers 6597, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Larochelle, Catherine & Alwang, Jeffrey Roger, 2012. "Schooling achievement amongst Zimbabwean children during a period of economic chaos, 2001-2007/8," 2012 Annual Meeting, August 12-14, 2012, Seattle, Washington 124838, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
• Satyajit Chatterjee & Felicia Ionescu, 2012. "Insuring student loans against the financial risk of failing to complete college," Working Papers 12-15, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.
• Mikhail Golosov & Pricila Maziero & Guido Menzio, 2012. "Taxation and Redistribution of Residual Income Inequality," PIER Working Paper Archive 12-022, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania.
• Mendolicchio, Concetta & Paolini, Dimitri & Pietra, Tito, 2012. "Asymmetric information and overeducation," IAB-Discussion Paper 201214, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany].
• Picot, Garnett & Larochelle-Cote, Sebastien & Myles, John, 2012. "Income Replacement Rates Among Canadian Seniors: The Effect of Widowhood and Divorce," Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper Series 2012343e, Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies Branch.
• Emma Gorman & Grant M Scobie & Andy Towers, 2012. "Health and Retirement of Older New Zealanders," Treasury Working Paper Series 12/02, New Zealand Treasury.
• Debopam Bhattacharya & Shin Kanaya & Margaret Stevens, 2012. "Are University Admissions Academically Fair?," Economics Series Working Papers 608, University of Oxford, Department of Economics.
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• Wolf, Marianne McGarry & Wolf, Mitchell J. & Frawley, Tom & Torres, Ann & Wolf, Shane, 2012. "Using Social Media to Enhance Learning through Collaboration in Higher Education: A Case Study," 2012 Annual Meeting, August 12-14, 2012, Seattle, Washington 124597, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
• Paz, Lourenco, 2012. "The effect of trade liberalization on payroll tax evasion and labor informality," MPRA Paper 39545, University Library of Munich, Germany.
• Hvide, Hans K. & Kristiansen, Eirik Gaard, 2012. "Management of Knowledge Workers," IZA Discussion Papers 6609, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Ghazala Azmat & Rosa Ferrer Zarzuela, 2012. "Gender gaps in performance: Evidence from young lawyers," Economics Working Papers 1300, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, revised Oct 2015.
• Francesco Nucci & Alberto Franco Pozzolo, 2012. "Exchange Rate, External Orientation of Firms and Wage Adjustment," Working Papers CASMEF 1208, Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza, LUISS Guido Carli.
• Charles T. Clotfelter & Helen F. Ladd & Jacob L. Vigdor, 2012. "The Aftermath of Accelerating Algebra: Evidence from a District Policy Initiative," NBER Working Papers 18161, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
• Mikhail Golosov & Pricila Maziero & Guido Menzio, 2012. "Taxation and Redistribution of Residual Income Inequality," NBER Working Papers 18151, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
• Alex Bryson & John Forth & Minghai Zhou, 2012. "The CEO Labour Market in China's Public Listed Companies," CEP Discussion Papers dp1148, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
• Oguzoglu, Umut, 2012. "Dynamics of Disability and Work in Canada," IZA Discussion Papers 6603, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• John K. Dagsvik & Zhiyang Jia & Tom Kornstad & Thor O. Thoresen, 2012. "Theoretical and practical arguments for modeling labor supply as a choice among latent jobs," Discussion Papers 692, Statistics Norway, Research Department.
• Álvaro A. Novo & Mário Centeno, 2012. "Excess worker turnover and fixed-term contracts: Causal evidence in a two-tier system," Working Papers w201205, Banco de Portugal, Economics and Research Department.
• Hamermesh, Daniel S., 2012. "Tall or Taller, Pretty or Prettier: Is Discrimination Absolute or Relative?," IZA Discussion Papers 6579, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Mario Liebensteiner, 2012. "Estimating the Income Gain of Seasonal Labour Migration," WIFO Working Papers 430, WIFO.
• Jellal, Mohamed, 2012. "A theory of compliance with minimum wage legislation," MPRA Paper 39499, University Library of Munich, Germany.
• Grossmann, Volker & Stadelmann, David, 2012. "Wage Effects of High-Skilled Migration: International Evidence," IZA Discussion Papers 6611, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Michael Fritsch & Alina Rusakova, 2012. "Self-Employment after Socialism: Intergenerational Links, Entrepreneurial Values, and Human Capital," Jena Economics Research Papers 2012-022, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena.
• Costas Meghir & Mårten Palme & Marieke Schnabel, 2012. "The Effect of Education Policy on Crime: An Intergenerational Perspective," NBER Working Papers 18145, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
• Heckman, James J. & Kautz, Tim, 2012. "Hard Evidence on Soft Skills," IZA Discussion Papers 6580, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• David Cuberes & Marc Teignier, 2012. "Gender Gaps in the Labor Market and Aggregate Productivity," Working Papers 2012017, The University of Sheffield, Department of Economics.
• Guerriero, Marta & Sen, Kunal, 2012. "What Determines the Share of Labour in National Income? A Cross-Country Analysis," IZA Discussion Papers 6643, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Takeuchi, Nobuyuki, 2012. "Reconsidering the effect of economic development on urban unemployment under non-homothetic preferences," MPRA Paper 39378, University Library of Munich, Germany.
• Eric Schneider, 2012. "Real Wages and the Family: Adjusting Real Wages to Changing Demography in Pre-Modern England," Oxford University Economic and Social History Series _099, Economics Group, Nuffield College, University of Oxford.
• Gong, Xiaodong & Breunig, Robert, 2012. "Child Care Assistance: Are Subsidies or Tax Credits Better?," IZA Discussion Papers 6606, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Bashir, Saima & Herath, Janaranjana & Gebremedhin, Tesfa G., 2012. "An Empirical Analysis of Higher Education and Economic Growth in West Virginia," 2012 Annual Meeting, August 12-14, 2012, Seattle, Washington 124829, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
• Mann, Stefan & Wüstemann, Henry, 2012. "The fading scope of labour – remarks about the lost rationale of a common term," MPRA Paper 39401, University Library of Munich, Germany.
• Vincenzo Galasso & Paola Profeta, 2012. "When the State Mirrors the Family: The Design of Pension Systems," CEPRA working paper 1201, USI Università della Svizzera italiana.
• Christa N. Brunnschweiler & Colin Jennings & Ian A. MacKenzie, 2012. "Rebellion against Reason? A Study of Expressive Choice and Strikes," CER-ETH Economics working paper series 12/162, CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research (CER-ETH) at ETH Zurich.
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• Suresh Naidu, 2012. "Suffrage, Schooling, and Sorting in the Post-Bellum U.S. South," NBER Working Papers 18129, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
• Joelle H. Fong & John Piggott & Michael Sherris, 2012. "Public Sector Pension Funds in Australia: Longevity Selection and Liabilities," Working Papers 201217, ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR), Australian School of Business, University of New South Wales.
• Ghazala Azmat & Marc Möller, 2012. "The distribution of talent across contests," Economics Working Papers 1298, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, revised May 2013.