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Unequal cities : self-selection, matching, and the distribution of income

Behrens, Kristian; Pokrovsky, Dmitry - 2013

We develop a model of a city populated by heterogeneous agents. Agents self-select into entrepreneurship, and entrepreneurs set up firms which hire workers. We characterize the equilibrium matching between firms and workers, as well as the within-city assignment of agents to locations. We then...

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Backward-bending labor supply and urban location

Tabuchi, Takatoshi - In: Regional science & urban economics 102 (2023), pp. 1-10

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Follow the money : trucker pay incentives, working time, and safety

Ju, Shengyang; Belzer, Michael H. - In: The economic and labour relations review : ELRR 35 (2024) 1, pp. 7-26

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Can US coordination failure explain why Americans work so much more than Europeans?

Schiff, Maurice W. - 2014

Prescott (2004) argues that Europeans work much less than Americans because of higher taxes and that they would gain significantly by charging US taxes and working as much as Americans. I argue that the opposite may be true and that Americans work more than Europeans due to a coordination...

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The economic value of time : a computational model for estimating household labour time

Caragea, Nicoleta - In: Revista română de economie 41 (2015) 2, pp. 42-51

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Why work more? : the impact of taxes, and culture of leisure on labor supply in Europe

Mocan, Naci; Pogorelova, Luiza - 2015

We use micro data from the European Social Survey to investigate the impact of “culture of leisure” and taxes on labor …. We construct measures of "taste for leisure" in the country of origin of each immigrant father. We employ average and … leisure impact participation and hours worked. For men, taxes influence labor supply both at the intensive and the extensive …

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Income or leisure? : on the hidden benefits of (un-)employment

Chadi, Adrian; Hetschko, Clemens - 2017

We study the usually assumed trade-off between income and leisure in labor supply decisions using comprehensive German … benefit of employment. Finally, we examine subjective assessments of income and leisure as potential predictors for job take …

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Income or leisure? : on the hidden benefits of (un-)employment

Chadi, Adrian; Hetschko, Clemens - 2017 - This version: August 8, 2017

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Income or leisure? : on the hidden benefits of (un-)employment

Chadi, Adrian; Hetschko, Clemens - 2017 - This version: July 11, 2017

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All work and no play? : the effects of ability sorting on students’ non-school inputs, time use, and grade anxiety

Wang, Liang Choon - 2014

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