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Job search with commuting and unemployment insurance: A look at workers’ strategies in time Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Elisa Guglielminetti, Rafael Lalive, Philippe Ruh, Etienne Wasmer
Unemployed workers search for jobs that ideally offer both high wages and short commutes. But would they accept jobs with lower wages or longer commutes or both as the unemployment spell lengthens? Using a unique panel of Austrian workers, we find that job seekers do indeed accept jobs with significantly lower wages. However, the majority group of job seekers who used to commute to jobs located outside
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Discrimination against lesbian and gay job seekers: An artefactual field experiment in urban Ecuador Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Wladimir Zanoni, Hugo Hernández, Omar Zambrano, Gabriel Quiroz
This paper presents the findings of an artefactual field experiment conducted in urban Ecuador to investigate discrimination against individuals self-identifying as lesbian or gay (LG) job seekers in the labor market. Focusing on occupations and sectors that attract the employment interest of both LG and non-LG individuals, the study employed fictitious job applications evaluated by 394 human resource
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Working more for more and working more for less: Labor supply in the gain and loss domains Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 C. Bram Cadsby, Fei Song, Nick Zubanov
We examine labor supply responses to piece rate changes relative to the reference piece rate (RR). In experimental conditions without RR, labor supply increases monotonically with the actual piece rate. In conditions with RR, labor supply increases both when the piece rate rises and falls relative to RR. This non-monotonicity in labor supply responses to piece rate changes around RR is consistent with
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Labour supply and survivor insurance in the Netherlands Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Simon Rabaté, Julie Tréguier
This paper investigates the effects of survivor benefits (SB) on the labour supply of widows. Using rich administrative data on the Dutch population and a reform that considerably restricted eligibility to SB, we identify the causal effect of SB on labour supply. Using a regression discontinuity design strategy based on the cohort-based implementation of the reform, we show that labour income after
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An intensive, school-based learning camp targeting academic and non-cognitive skills evaluated in a randomized trial Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Charlotte Hvidman, Alexander K. Koch, Julia Nafziger, Søren Albeck Nielsen, Michael Rosholm
We evaluate school-based, intensive learning camps for pupils assessed ‘not ready’ for post-compulsory education, using a stratified cluster randomized trial involving 15,559 pupils in 264 schools in Denmark. Next to Danish and mathematics, the main variant targets non-cognitive skills. The alternative variant uses this time for more training in Danish and math. We find some weak evidence for positive
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Job polarization and non-standard work: Evidence from France Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Olivier Charlot, Idriss Fontaine, Thepthida Sopraseuth
Using annual and quarterly data from the French LFS, we investigate the interplay between the extensive and intensive margins of labor adjustment, job polarization, and non-standard work () along the business cycle. We find that the declines in aggregate work hours during economic downturns can primarily be attributed to the reduction in routine standard employment () during past recessions in France
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Skill loss during unemployment and the scarring effects of the COVID-19 pandemic Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Paul Jackson, Victor Ortego-Marti
We integrate the SIR epidemiology model into a search and matching framework with skill loss during unemployment. As infections spread, fewer jobs are created, skills deteriorate and TFP declines. The equilibrium is not efficient due to infection and skill composition externalities. Job creation increases infections due to increased interactions among workers. However, lower job creation decreases
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The cyclicality of on-the-job search Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Felix Bransch, Samreen Malik, Benedikt Mihm
On-the-job search is increasingly recognized as an important potential driver of labor market dynamics over the business cycle. Using the UK Labor Force Survey, we find robust empirical evidence that on-the-job search is countercyclical and that the cyclical fluctuations have important repercussions for labor market dynamics. We also find that the cyclical pattern is not explained by precautionary
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Local employment multiplier: Evidence from relocation of public-sector entities in South Korea Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2024-02-17 Hwanoong Lee, Changsu Ko, Wookun Kim
We exploit a series of public-sector entity relocations in South Korea as an exogenous source of variation in public sector employment to estimate the local employment multiplier. We find that the introduction of one public sector employment position increases private sector employment by one unit, primarily driven by the service sector. Consistent with existing literature, we document that the effect
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Search, unemployment, and the Beveridge curve: Experimental evidence Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 John Duffy, Brian C. Jenkins
We report on a laboratory experiment testing the predictions of the Diamond–Mortensen–Pissarides (DMP) search-and-matching model, which is a workhorse, decentralized model of unemployment and the labor market. We focus on the job vacancy posting problem that firms face in the DMP model. We explore the model’s comparative statics predictions concerning variations in the separation rate, the vacancy
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Introduction to the Labour Economics special issue on immigration economics Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Albrecht Glitz, Hillel Rapoport
This article introduces the Special Issue on Immigration Economics. We summarize the twelve papers that were selected for publication and outline their contributions to the broader migration literature. The articles are grouped into four blocks: citizenship and discrimination, the political economy of refugee integration, labour market effects of immigration, and immigration, skills and education.
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The role of tasks, contractual arrangements, and job composition in explaining the dynamics of wage inequality: Evidence from France Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Marta Fana, Luca Giangregorio
The paper examines wage differentials in France over time, analysing the impact of various covariates at different points on the wage distribution scale. We simultaneously assess multiple potential explanatory factors, including the tasks performed by workers, organizational methods, contractual arrangements, and individual characteristics. To accomplish this, we utilise a unique worker-level database
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Federal minimum wage expansion to homecare workers: Employment and income effects Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2024-01-28 N, g, o, c, , D, a, o
The rapid growth of the home care industry coincides with increases in the proportion of the population over 65 years of age and more likely to need assistance with basic daily activities due to illness or disability. Yet, the growth in home care use has been accompanied by concerns about the quality of the care provided. Higher wages and better legal protection might improve the quality of home health
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The impact of high temperatures on performance in work-related activities Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Matteo Picchio, Jan C. van Ours
High temperatures can have a negative effect on work-related activities because workers may experience difficulties concentrating or have to reduce effort in order to cope with heat. We investigate how temperature affects performance of professional tennis players in outdoor singles matches in big tournaments. We find that performance significantly decreases with ambient temperature. This result is
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Seasonality in U.S. disability applications, labor market, and the pandemic echoes Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Kajal Lahiri, Yimeng Yin
This paper examines the seasonality in the U.S. Social Security disability applications, and shows that the monthly disability applications exhibit a double-peak seasonal pattern which lags a similar seasonal pattern in unemployment and unemployment insurance initial claims by one to two months. The broad seasonal patterns in disability applications are remarkably similar across states but with significant
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Gender differences in wage expectations and negotiation Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Lukas Kiessling, Pia Pinger, Philipp Seegers, Jan Bergerhoff
This paper presents evidence from a large-scale study on gender differences in expected wages before labor market entry. Based on data for over 15,000 students, we document a significant and large gender gap in wage expectations that resembles actual wage differences, prevails across subgroups, and along the entire distribution. Over the life-cycle this gap amounts to roughly half a million Euros.
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The labor market impacts of employer consolidation: Evidence from Germany Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Kevin Todd, Jörg Heining
We use detailed administrative data to study how acquisitions – specifically the acquisition of a plant by a firm with a similar plant in the same local labor market – affect workers. Using an event study framework with a control group of workers at unaffected plants, we find that acquisitions lead to employment losses for workers initially employed at the acquired firm, mainly associated with labor
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Quality hours: Measuring labor input Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2024-01-09 Christine Braun, Finn Kydland, Peter Rupert
We construct an aggregate labor input series from 1979 to 2019 to adjust for changes in the experience and education levels of the workforce using the Current Population Survey’s Outgoing Rotation Groups. We compare the cyclical behavior of labor input to aggregate hours – finding that labor input is about 9% less volatile over the business cycle and that the quality of the workforce is countercyclical
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Male and female selection effects on gender wage gaps in three countries Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2024-01-09 K, e, n, z, a, , E, l, a, s, s
A vast literature on gender wage gaps has examined the importance of selection into employment. However, most analyses have focused only on female labour force participation and gaps at the median. The Great Recession questions this approach because of the major shift in male employment that it implied. This paper uses the methodology proposed by Arellano and Bonhomme (2017) to estimate a quantile
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Is there discrimination against children of same-sex households? Evidence from an experimental study in Colombia Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2024-01-06 Natalia Cantet, Brian Feld, Mónica Hernández
We measure the extent of discrimination against homosexual parents by schools in Colombia using a matched-pair correspondence study. We send requests to visit private schools from parents of various sexual orientations as conveyed by their names. We track the response rate from schools and the time to reply. We find that schools are 12 percentage points (22.3 %) less likely to respond to a request
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Gender norms and the gender gap in higher education Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2024-01-05 Stefanie J. Huber, Hannah Paule-Paludkiewicz
Cross-country differences in the gender gap of higher education attainment are large. In this paper, we study the role of gender norms for this particular gender gap. To isolate the effect of gender norms from institutional and economic factors, we investigate the decisions of second-generation immigrants in the United States to achieve at least a bachelor’s degree. We measure gender norms using economic
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Not the right time for children: Unemployment, fertility, and abortion Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2024-01-03 F, l, a, v, i, a, , C, a, v, a, l, l, i, n, i
I analyze the effect of local unemployment rates on fertility rates, abortion rates, and the abortions to pregnancies ratio, combining population statistics and administrative data on induced abortions performed in Italy between 2004 and 2016. Using a shift-share instrument measuring labor demand, I exploit demand-driven shocks to unemployment. The findings indicate that both childbearing and abortions
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Discrimination against gay and transgender people in Latin America: A correspondence study in the rental housing market Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2023-12-27 Nicolás Abbate, Inés Berniell, Joaquín Coleff, Luis Laguinge, Margarita Machelett, Mariana Marchionni, Julián Pedrazzi, María Florencia Pinto
We assess the extent of discrimination against gay and transgender individuals in the rental housing markets of four Latin American countries. We conducted a large-scale field experiment building on the correspondence study methodology to examine interactions between property managers and fictitious couples engaged in searches on a major online rental housing platform. We find no evidence of discrimination
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How accurately are household surveys measuring the LGBT population in Colombia? Evidence from a list experiment Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2023-12-24 Andrés Ham, Ángela Guarín, Juanita Ruiz
This paper studies whether household surveys precisely identify the LGBT population and are suitable to measure labor market discrimination in Colombia. We first quantify the size of the LGBT population and estimate labor market inequalities from these data, highlighting potential pitfalls from using this approach. We then present findings from a list experiment in the capital city of Bogotá. Results
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Reducing maternal labor market detachment: A role for paid family leave Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2023-12-22 Kelly Jones, Britni Wilcher
More than one quarter of working women leave the labor force when they have a child. Half of these detachments last at least 10 years and as many as 20 percent last 17 years or more, shrinking the U.S. workforce. Access to paid family leave (PFL) offers many private benefits, but may also offer the public benefit of increasing women’s participation in the labor force. We rely on the implementation
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LGBT+ persons and homophobia prevalence across job sectors: Survey evidence from Mexico Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2023-12-22 Emilio Gutierrez, Adrian Rubli
LGBTQ+ individuals may face particular labor market challenges concerning disclosure of their identity and the prevalence of homophobia. Employing an online survey in Mexico with two elicitation methods, we investigate the size of the LGBTQ+ population and homophobic sentiment across various subgroups. We find that around 5%–13% of respondents self-identify as LGBTQ+, with some variation by age and
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Sequential job posting and equilibrium wage dispersion with bunching Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2023-12-20 J, u, n, j, i, e, , G, u, o
In a model where new jobs cannot start until some time in the future, we show that firms post vacancies in advance when the match surplus is high, and they post more vacancies but lower wages as the job starting time gets closer. The number of vacancies increases over time because firms prefer to pay the vacancy cost later rather than sooner. Wages decrease over time because vacancies posted early
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Social restrictions, leisure and well-being Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2023-12-19 Francesca Foliano, Valentina Tonei, Almudena Sevilla
A wide-ranging public debate surrounds how pandemic lockdown measures differentially impacted individuals and which precise mechanisms – whether financial-, health-, or policy-driven – predominate in determining these effects. Using a nationally representative 24-h diary survey covering the first two years of the pandemic, we explore potential mechanisms underlying changes in well-being. We exploit
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Discrimination in healthcare: A field experiment with Pakistan's transgender community Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2023-12-19 Husnain F Ahmad, Sheheryar Banuri, Farasat Bokhari
Transgender individuals face high levels of discrimination and bias. However, it is not clear how such biases result in different levels of care. Using an in-person audit-study, we randomize cisgender male and transgender standardized patient visits to low-cost private clinics in Pakistan. We detail out the entire process of obtaining healthcare. Results show that transgender patients are treated differently
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Telenovelas and attitudes toward the LGBTQ+ community in Latin America Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2023-12-18 Selim Gulesci, María Lombardi, Alejandra Ramos
How does exposure to soap operas with LGBTQ+ characters affect attitudes toward the LGBTQ+ community? To answer this question, we construct a novel database of 175 (soap operas) with LGBTQ+ characters airing in 14 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean between 2002 and 2019. Exploiting variation in the introduction of new soap operas with LGBTQ+ characters within country and survey-waves, we
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Culture as a Hiring Criterion: Systemic Discrimination in a Procedurally Fair Hiring Process Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Dominique Meurs, Patrick A. Puhani
Criteria used in hiring workers often do not reflect the skills required on the job. By comparing trainee performance for newly hired workers conditional on competitive civil service examination scores for hiring French public sector workers, we test whether women and men with the same civil service examination score exhibit similar performance in a job-related trainee programme. Both the civil service
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The impact of ICT and robots on labour market outcomes of demographic groups in Europe Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Maciej Albinowski, Piotr Lewandowski
We study the age- and gender-specific labour market effects of two key modern technologies, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and robots. Our sample includes 14 European countries between 2010 and 2018. We use the variation in technology adoption between industries and apply the instrumental variables strategy proposed by Acemoglu and Restrepo (2020) to identify the causal effects of
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The impact of natives’ attitudes on refugee integration Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2023-12-09 Pia Schilling, Steven Stillman
Exploiting the random allocation of asylum seekers to different locations in Germany, we study the impact of native attitudes, proxied by voting behaviors, on refugees’ integration. We find that in municipalities with more voting for the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) political party, refugees have worse social integration. These impacts are largest for groups targeted by AfD campaigns. Refugees
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Do refugees impact crime? Causal evidence from large-scale refugee immigration to Germany Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2023-12-06 Martin Lange, Katrin Sommerfeld
Does large-scale refugee immigration affect crime rates in receiving countries? We address this question based on the large and unexpected refugee inflow to Germany that peaked in 2015–2016. Arriving refugees were dispersed across the country based on a binding dispersal policy, yet we show that systematic regional sorting remains. Our empirical approach examines spatial correlations between refugee
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Becoming neighbors with refugees and voting for the far-right? The impact of refugee inflows at the small-scale level Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2023-12-06 Melinda Fremerey, Lukas Hörnig, Sandra Schaffner
We investigate the effect of the refugee inflow between 2014 and 2017 on the electoral support for far-right parties in the 2017 German federal election. Leveraging unique, fine-grained data, we differentiate between the impact of refugee inflow at two distinct geographic scales: the immediate neighborhood (1km x 1km) and the county level. To address potential endogeneity concerns, we employ past settlement
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Firm responses to a more generous insurance against high sick pay costs Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2023-12-03 Caroline Hall, Linus Liljeberg, Erica Lindahl
This paper investigates how firms respond to a more generous insurance against high sick pay costs. We exploit a reform that introduced different thresholds for insurance reimbursement depending on firm size. By comparing employees in smaller firms with employees in large firms over time, we evaluate the effects of the reform. We find evidence of an increase in absence in middle-sized firms (an average
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Individuals’ responsiveness to marginal tax rates: Evidence from bunching in the Australian personal income tax Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2023-11-28 Shane Johnson, Robert Breunig, Miguel Olivo-Villabrille, Arezou Zaresani
We examine individuals’ responsiveness to marginal tax rates using the universe of Australian taxpayer records from 2000 to 2018. Unlike studies from other countries, we find sharp bunching at all kink points. The estimated Elasticities of Taxable Income (ETI) range from effectively zero for wage earners to 0.23 for self-employed individuals. There is substantial heterogeneity in responses to changes
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The Political economy of the minimum wage Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2023-11-19 Bruno Jiménez
I evaluate the effects of the 2016 minimum wage hike in Peru on the approval of government performance. My identification strategy exploits the regional heterogeneity in the share of workers directly affected by the increase to implement a series of difference-in-differences specifications. For every percentage point increase in the share of treated workers, the approval of the central government (i
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Do disadvantaged students benefit from attending classes with more skilled colleagues? Evidence from a top university in Brazil Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2023-11-19 Rodrigo Oliveira, Henrique Motté, Alei Santos
Using two rich administrative data sets and a rule of admission at one top university in Brazil that splits students into two classes, we apply a regression discontinuity design to study the effect of class allocation on academic performance and labor market outcomes. The last student of the first class will have higher-ability peers but a lower ordinal rank than the first student of the second class
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The effect of housing price inequality on mental health Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2023-11-10 Songman Kang, Hyelim Son, B.K. Song
This study investigates whether and how changes in local housing price inequality affect individuals’ mental health. We construct a local-level housing price inequality index using data on all housing transactions in South Korea and link it with individual-level medical utilization records. We find that rising local housing price inequality increases the likelihood of medical visits and expenditures
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Working from home as an economic and social change: A review Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2023-11-08 Kangoh Lee
WFH (working from home) has been crucial to the economy during the Covid-19 pandemic and is expected to continue to grow in importance even after the pandemic. WFH is becoming more popular among employees due to benefits such as flexible work schedules and no or less frequent commuting. Given the prevalence of WFH, a large literature has studied various aspects of WFH, and this paper reviews the literature
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The minimum wage and the wage distribution in Portugal Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2023-11-07 Carlos Oliveira
Raising the minimum wage can reshape the wage distribution. Using a semiparametric approach, counterfactual decomposition methods, and an extremely rich administrative dataset of all employees in Portugal, this paper presents significant visual and quantitative evidence of how changes in the minimum wage shaped the country’s wage distribution over the last thirty years. For most of this period, the
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The housing boom and selection into entrepreneurship Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2023-10-31 João Galindo da Fonseca, Pierluca Pannella
Existing evidence shows that increases in property prices produce immediate positive effects on economic activity and, particularly, on business creation. In this paper, we ask the following question: how does a housing boom alter the selection of individuals that open a firm? The answer to this question is important to understand how robust and long-lasting is the positive effect of a housing shock
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Is being competitive always an advantage? Competitiveness, gender, and labour market success Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2023-10-29 Samuel Lüthi, Stefan C. Wolter
Competitiveness is increasingly discussed in behavioural economics as a personality trait that potentially relates to various labour market outcomes, such as career choices or compensation. This paper studies the association between individual competitiveness and premature employment and training contract termination from apprenticeships. We combine an incentivized measure of students’ competitiveness
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The long-run impact of the Great Recession on student debt Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2023-10-11 Sérgio Pinto, Marshall Steinbaum
This paper investigates the effect of local labor market shocks during the Great Recession on subsequent student debt-related outcomes for a panel of 1 million student loan borrowers between the ages 17 and 34 in 2009, following that cohort’s credit reports for the subsequent 10 years. We find that the Great Recession significantly increased student indebtedness, delinquency and default on student
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Immigration and labour market flows Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2023-10-14 Andri Chassamboulli, Idriss Fontaine, Ismael Gálvez-Iniesta, Pedro Gomes
We document facts about the labour–market transition rates of immigrants and natives in France, Spain and the US, for the period between 2003 and 2018. We find large differences in how immigrants’ labour–market transitions compare to those of natives across the three countries. Native-immigrant gaps in transition rates are not equal across nationalities of immigrants within each county, and cannot
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Peer effects in an automated world Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2023-10-09 Brice Corgnet, Roberto Hernán-González, Ricardo Mateo
Beyond its technological impact, automation also transforms the social context of the workplace by weakening peer effects. We study the often-neglected effects of this transformation on work production. Using experiments in which people complete a sequential task, we show that humans who work with algorithms underperform those who work with other humans, especially when workers are rewarded under team
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Robots, Natives and Immigrants in US local labor markets Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2023-10-07 Mohsin Javed
I analyze the impact of industrial robots on the employment of natives and immigrants in US local labor markets between 1990 and 2014. The proposed mechanism, through which robot adoption affects the employment of natives and immigrants differentially, is based on two facts: first, robots tend to displace workers based on the task content of occupations, and second, natives and immigrants in the US
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Understanding ethnic hiring discrimination: A contextual analysis of experimental evidence Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2023-09-22 Louis Lippens, Axana Dalle, Fanny D'hondt, Pieter-Paul Verhaeghe, Stijn Baert
Previous research has demonstrated that context matters in understanding unequal treatment in hiring—for example, some studies have illustrated that hiring discrimination is low in large organisations or high in public-facing occupations. Following a review of the recent literature on ethnic hiring discrimination, we identified fourteen plausible moderators (i.e. discrimination correlates) from which
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Ability composition in the class and the school performance of immigrant students Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2023-09-16 Elena Meschi, Caterina Pavese
Using longitudinal data from the Italian National Institute for the Evaluation of the Education System (INVALSI), this paper investigates whether the ability of peers affects the educational attainment of immigrant students. We not only focus on the average quality of peers in the class, but also further investigate which part of the ability distribution of peers drives the effect, by assessing the
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Commuting to work and gender norms by sexual orientation Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2023-09-16 Sonia Oreffice, Dario Sansone
We assess the role of gender-conforming social norms in household decision-making and gender inequalities in the labor market with a parsimonious household model that endogenizes commuting time. Using the American Community Survey 2008–2019, we test the model predictions and find that women in same-sex couples have a longer commute to work than working women in different-sex couples, whereas the commute
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School integration of Syrian refugee children in Turkey Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Murat Güray Kırdar, İsmet Koç, Meltem Dayıoğlu
There is little evidence based on large-scale representative data on the school integration of refugee children—many of whom live in low- or middle-income countries. This study focuses on Syrian refugee children in Turkey and examines the underlying causes of native–refugee differences in school enrollment using the 2018 Turkey Demographic and Health Survey. Accounting for a rich set of socioeconomic
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The impact of immigration on the employment dynamics of European regions Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2023-09-11 Anthony Edo, Cem Özgüzel
This paper provides the first evidence on the regional impact of immigration on native employment in a cross-country framework. By exploiting the richness of the European Labour Force Surveys and past censuses, we show that the rise in the share of immigrants across European regions over the 2010-2019 period had a modest impact on the employment-to-population rate of natives. However, the effects are
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Pension reforms, longer working horizons and depression. Does the risk of automation matter? Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2023-09-09 Marco Bertoni, Giorgio Brunello, Filippo Da Re
We investigate the effect of postponing minimum retirement age on middle-aged workers’ depression. Using pension reforms in several European countries and data from the SHARE survey, we find that depression increases with a longer work horizon, but only among workers in occupations with a relatively high risk of automation. We explain our results with the higher job insecurity associated with occupations
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Opioids and the labor market Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2023-09-03 Dionissi Aliprantis, Kyle Fee, Mark E. Schweitzer
This paper quantifies the relationship between local opioid prescription rates and labor market outcomes in the United States between 2006 and 2016. To understand this relationship at the national level, we assemble a data set that allows us both to include rural areas and to estimate the relationship at a disaggregated level. We control for geographic variation in both short-term and long-term economic
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Conflict exposure and labour market outcomes: Evidence from longitudinal data for the Gaza Strip Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2023-09-02 Michele Di Maio, Valerio Leone Sciabolazza
This paper documents the effect of variations in the individual-level intensity of conflict exposure on various labour market outcomes for Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip. Combining individual-level longitudinal employment data and geolocalised information on conflict-related events, we show that an increase in conflict exposure of the individual, while it does not affect the employment status
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The effect of promoting access to community colleges on educational and labor market outcomes Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2023-08-28 Sie Won Kim
Community colleges offer an affordable postsecondary education and serve as a stepping stone to a four-year college degree. However, it is unclear how increased access to community colleges affects educational and labor market outcomes. To investigate this issue, I estimate a structural model of employment and college choices and evaluate policy interventions designed to promote access to community
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Permanent and transitory earnings dynamics and lifetime income inequality in Sweden Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2023-08-23 Johan Gustafsson, Johan Holmberg
This paper studies the role of permanent- and transitory earnings variability for lifetime income inequality in Sweden. We fit a permanent–transitory error component model to the autocovariance structure of earnings using administrative data for 2002–2015 and minimum distance estimation. We find that permanent earnings inequality increased during the first decade and that the financial crisis of 2008
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Train drain? Access to foreign workers and firms’ provision of training Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2023-08-22 Maria Esther Oswald-Egg, Michael Siegenthaler
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Filling in the blanks: How does information about the Swedish EITC affect labour supply? Labour Economics (IF 1.893) Pub Date : 2023-08-22 Pär Nyman, Linuz Aggeborn, Rafael Ahlskog
We investigate the role of information about tax incentives for the labour–leisure choice. We randomize 37,000 leaflets about the Swedish EITC, and then study the effects with pre-registered analyses and administrative data. Our focus is on the household decision to allocate between labour income and parental leave payments. The EITC and its interactions with the parental leave system is not well-known