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Is Variation in Hours of Work Driven by Supply or Demand? Evidence from Finnish Manufacturing Industries
Böckerman, Petri; Jäntti, Markus - EconWPA - 2005
This paper uses panel data from 1989 to 1995 on blue-collar workers in Finnish manufacturing industries and their establishments to assess the extent to which hours of work are affected by individual or establishment characteristics - observed as well as unobserved. We argue that recent research...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125720
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Maternal Employment and Adolescent Risky Behavior
Aughinbaugh, Alison; Gittleman, Maury - EconWPA - 2003
This paper examines the impact of maternal employment during a child’s first three years and during adolescence on his … evidence that mother’s employment early in the child’s life has lasting consequences on participation in risky behaviors …. Similarly, with the possible exception of drinking alcohol—our results do not indicate that maternal employment during …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125822
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Some practical issues in the evaluation of heterogeneous labour market programmes by matching methods
Lechner, Michael - EconWPA - 2005
Recently, several studies have analysed active labour market policies by using a recently proposed matching estimator for multiple programmes. Since there is only very limited practical experience with this estimator, this paper checks its sensitivity with resprect to issues that are of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556790
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SELECTION OR SELF-REJECTION? APPLICATIONS INTO A TREATMENT
Takalo, Tuomas; Tanayama, Tanja; Toivanen, Otto - EconWPA - 2005
We develop a new method to estimate the returns to R&D, their distribution, and their determinants. We model a continuous optimal treatment with outcome heterogeneity, where the treatment outcome depends on the applicant’s investment. The model takes into account application costs, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005561480
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Estimation and Inference in Social Experiments
Ferrall, Christopher - EconWPA - 2002
This paper develops a framework for analyzing the outcome of experiments carried out on forward-looking subjects. Natural experiments, unexpected policy changes, and true experiments are all included in the framework as special cases. These concepts are defined in conjunction with explicit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408130
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Income Contributions of Child Work in Rural Ethiopia
Cockburn, John - EconWPA - 2004
The income contribution of child work is undoubtedly a key factor influencing child work and schooling decisions. Yet, few studies have attempted to directly measure this contribution. This is particularly the case for work performed on the household farm, as is the case for the vast majority of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556106
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Pain
Palda, Filip - EconWPA - 2001
Painkilling drugs produce a good called relief which reduces the fixed level of bad (pain) the individual is endowed with. These drugs have the side-effect of reducing the utility the individual gets from consuming goods. This means that the shadow price of relief counts not only the cost of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005135054
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Income Contributions of Child Work in Rural Ethiopia
Cockburn, John - EconWPA - 2004
The income contribution of child work is undoubtedly a key factor influencing child work and schooling decisions. Yet, few studies have attempted to directly measure this contribution. This is particularly the case for work performed on the household farm, as is the case for the vast majority of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407639
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Consumer Demand and Labor Supply (scanned out-of-print 1981 Elsevier book)
Barnett, William A. - EconWPA - 2005
The following highly-cited research monograph, although widely available in libraries, is now out of print: William A. Barnett, Consumer Demand and Labor Supply, North Holland, Amsterdam, 1981. In case you do not have access to the printed book, I have scanned it and put it online below. Since...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407965
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Food Expenditure, Food Preparation Time and Household Economies of Scale
Vernon, Victoria - EconWPA - 2004
This paper is concerned with the effect of household size on the allocation of household money and time to food consumption. A broad literature has examined household economies of scale. Since food is a private good, it might be expected that larger households, which could economize on shared...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408293