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This paper provides new evidence on the determinants of absenteeism. The authors extend the typical labor-leisure model used to analyze the decision to skip work to include firm-level policy variables relevant to the absenteeism decision and uncertainty about the cost of absenteeism. Estimates...
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We use longitudinal linked employer-employee data and find that the probability of participating in firm-sponsored classroom training diminishes with age. Although the standard human capital investment model predicts such a decline, we also consider the possibility that the wage and productivity...
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In this article, we estimate income and substitution labour supply and participation elasticities for Canadian married women using data from the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics 1996--2005. We use the Canadian Tax and Credit Simulator (CTaCS) and detailed information on the structure of...
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The 1920s American alcohol prohibition is notorious but not unique. Quite a few countries went through a vigorous struggle. But it is in Canada in 1898 that the very first national referendum on prohibition in the world took place. In this article, we focus on this rare and neglected event in...
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