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作者：Eckstein, Zvi; Weiss, Yoram
作者单位：Tel Aviv University; University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities
摘要：This paper develops a descriptive methodology for the analysis of wage growth of immigrants that is based on human capital theory. The sources of the wage growth are (1) the rise of the return to imported human capital, (2) the impact of accumulated experience in the host country, and (3) the mobility up the occupational ladder in the host country. The model implies a nonlinear wage function that includes interactions between imported skills and local wage growth. Using data on native Israelis...
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作者：Fella, Giulio; Manzini, Paola; Mariotti, Marco
作者单位：University of London
摘要：In this paper we derive an explicit model of negotiations between spouses when unconstrained transfers are possible only in case of separation. We show that inefficient separation may occur in equilibrium even under consensual divorce law. This provides theoretical support for the view that changes in social norms rather than in legislation may be responsible for increasing divorce rates. (JEL: C78, J120)
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作者：Baker, Michael; Hanna, Emily; Kantarevic, Jasmin
作者单位：University of Toronto; National Bureau of Economic Research
摘要：Marriage penalties are a controversial feature of many government policies. Empirical evidence of their behavioral effects is quite mixed, which is surprising because economic theory predicts that they should have an impact on the headship decision. We investigate the removal of marriage penalties from the surviving spouse pensions of the Canadian public pension system in the 1980s. These reforms provide a simple and transparent source of identification. Our results indicate that marriage pena...
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作者：Stutzer, Alois; Lalive, Rafael
作者单位：University of Zurich
摘要：Social norms are usually neglected in economics, because they are to a large extent enforced through nonmarket interactions and difficult to isolate empirically. In this paper, we offer a direct measure of the social norm to work and we show that this norm has important economic effects. The stronger the norm, the more quickly unemployed people find a new job. This behavior can be explained by utility differences, probably due to social pressure. Unemployed people are significantly less happy ...
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作者：Cingano, Federico; Schivardi, Fabiano
作者单位：European Central Bank; Bank of Italy
摘要：Using firm-level based TFP indicators (as opposed to employment-based proxies) we estimate the effects of alternative sources of dynamic externalities at the local level. In contrast to previous empirical work, we find that industrial specialization and scale indicators affect TFP growth positively, while neither product variety nor the degree of local competition have any effect. Employment-based regressions yield nearly the opposite results, in line with most of previous empirical work. We a...
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作者：Blundell, Richard; Dias, Monica Costa; Meghir, Costas; Van Reenen, John
作者单位：University of London; University College London; University of London; London School Economics & Political Science; University of London; London School Economics & Political Science
摘要：This paper exploits area-based piloting and age-related eligibility rules to identify treatment effects of a labor market program-the New Deal for Young People in the U.K. A central focus is on substitution/displacement effects and on equilibrium wage effects. The program includes extensive job assistance and wage subsidies to employers. We find that the impact of the program significantly raised transitions to employment by about 5 percentage points. The impact is robust to a wide variety of ...
