Purpose – This paper investigates the employment dynamics of Greek married women. Design/methodology/approach – Longitudinal/panel data for the period 1995‐2001 and dynamic discrete choice models are used for estimation purposes. Findings – It is found that the probability of being...

Purpose – This paper investigates the employment dynamics of Greek married women. Design/methodology/approach – Longitudinal/panel data for the period 1995-2001 and dynamic discrete choice models are used for estimation purposes. Findings – It is found that the probability of being...

This study investigates dynamic patterns of obesity persistence and identifies the determinants of obesity-spell exits and re-entries. We utilize longitudinal data from the NLSY79 covering the period 1985–2010. Non-parametric techniques are applied to investigate the relationship between exit...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate credit rationing across firms in euro zone countries, as it relates to its own sovereign credit ratings. Design/methodology/approach The authors utilize firm-level data from the Survey on Access to Finance of Enterprises for the period...

We explore the causes and correlates of satisfaction valuations, provided by a panel of Greek women on three domains: main activity, financial situation and amount of leisure. We utilize a sample of 1796 women, observed every year in the period 1994-2001 and a correlated random effects ordered...

Using Greek census data and applying IV-estimation techniques [Angrist, J., and Evans, W., 1998, Children and their parents' labor supply: evidence from exogenous variation in family size, American Economic Review, 88(3) 450-577.], we investigate whether the sex composition of children...

This study explores the role of intergenerational mobility in the educational attainments of Greek women. We use data from the most recent Greek Household Budget Survey and the last three Greek censuses (1981, 1991 and 2001). For analytical and estimation purposes we utilize mobility indicators,...