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Locus of control and the labor market

Individuals’ perceptions of control are intricately linked to the human capital investments they make. In fact, much of the effect of locus of control on labor market outcomes, in … See more

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Job loss and the mental health of spouses and adolescent children

WEBMental illness is a public health problem with substantial economic costs. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), for example, …

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Too polluted to work

WEBAir pollution affects workers’ ability to work by damaging their own health, but also by damaging the health of their dependents. This paper draws on 20 years of …

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Job loss and the mental health of spouses and adolescent …

WEBORIGINAL ARTICLE Open Access Job loss and the mental health of spouses and adolescent children Melisa Bubonya1, Deborah A. Cobb-Clark2,3,4 and Mark …

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The impact of parental income and education on the schooling of …

WEBA considerable literature has focused on the effects of parental background on outcomes for their children such as cognitive skills, education, health and …

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The price of fringe benefits when formal and informal labor …

WEBShare of beneficiaries Seguro Popular, 2005–2013. Note: the graph shows the percent of beneficiaries to Seguro Popular that belong to the formal and informal …

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Locus of control and the labor market

WEBLocus of control is significantly correlated with negative reciprocity, trust, risk and time preferences, and altruism in the German population as a whole, but con-tinues to …

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Feeling useless: the effect of unemployment on mental health in …

WEBThis article documents a strong connection between unemployment and mental distress using data from the Spanish National Health Survey. We exploit the …

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The role of employment interruptions and part-time work

WEBThe incidence of employment interruptions and temporary part-time work has grown strongly among full-time workers, yet little is known about the impact on wage …

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Gary Becker’s early work on human capital

WEBᅟ In a prolific and illustrious career, the late Gary Becker (1930–2014) developed what he would later call "the economic approach to human behaviour". One …

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The consequences of measurement error when estimating the …

WEBAs before we check the robustness of these findings to the choice of additional controls specified in the model. Table 10 provides the parameter estimates …

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Health shocks and child time allocation decisions by households

WEBLittle is currently known about the effects of shocks to parental health on the allocation of children’s time between alternative activities. Using longitudinal data from …

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Too polluted to work

WEB2 Data and methods This paper merges air pollution and labour market data for the urban area of Santiago, Chile, and then regresses hours worked per week on air quality, …

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Female labour market outcomes and the impact of maternity leave

WEBThis paper shows how family policies aimed at reconciling the pressures of family and work generate substantial variation in labour market outcomes across …

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Medium- and long-term consequences of pollution on labor …

WEBThe effect of pollution on working hours, 10 years past exposure, is negative but statistically significant only at the 10% level. Although the pollution level is a unit-less …

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Are public sector workers different

WEBWe investigate whether public and private sector employees differ in terms of public service motivation using a representative sample of elderly workers from 12 …

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The long-term effects of military conscription on educational

WEBThis study investigates the long-term effects of peace-time military conscription on educational attainment and earnings by exploiting a policy change that …

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE Open Access The impact of parental …

WEBthe estimates for maternal education are sensitive to size and selection, in a way that can reconcile the results from different studies. The literature on the causal effects of …

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Marriage markets as explanation for why heavier people

WEBIs BMI related to hours of work through marriage market mechanisms? We empirically explore this issue using data from the NLSY79 and NLSY97 and a number of …

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