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The elasticity of factor substitution between capital and labor is a crucial parameter in many economic fields. However … and 2016, this paper provides the first meta-regression analysis of capital-labor substitution elasticities for the U …
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mothers' labor force participation and its impact on their children's educational outcomes. Using child level panel data, we … find that a mother's participation in the labor force increases her children's time spent in school and leads to better …
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Gender differences in competitive behavior have been well documented by economists and other social scientists; however, the bulk of the research addresses competition with others and excludes other economically relevant competition that may contribute to the gender pay gap. In this paper, we...
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Supervisors occupy central roles in production and performance monitoring. We study how heterogeneity in performance evaluations across supervisors affects employee and supervisor careers and firm outcomes using data on the performance system of a Scandinavian service sector firm. We show that...
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presented. The key finding is that both preservice education and in-service training are positively correlated with labor …
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during the last decade produced higher enforcement of labor regulations. The paper computes before-after estimates of the … effect of FTAs on labor inspections and exploits variation across countries using non-signers as a comparison group. The … of labor inspectors and a 60 percent increase in the number of inspections. The North American Free Trade Agreement …
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This paper shows that workers who do not receive legally mandated benefits due to employer noncompliance have a negative view not only of their employers, as has been documented, but also of the State. Those workers believe that the State did not protect their rights, and hence they feel fewer...
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, through public regulation of labor relations. Founder of rights and duties in the labor market, such regulation seeks to … the evolution of labor regulation in Brazil, in the broad historical spectrum ranging from the 1930s to 2000s. …
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those associated with the household income, which comes from the labor market and from the social policy. …
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scenario with a labor market background. We pursue the latter approach and test experimentally wether downsizing occurs …
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