Research in Labor Economics, Volume 33

FRONT COVER......Page 1
RESEARCH IN LABOR ECONOMICS......Page 4
COPYRIGHT PAGE......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 6
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS......Page 8
PREFACE......Page 10
CHAPTER 1 HOW DO ADOLESCENTS SPELL TIME USE? AN ALTERNATIVE METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH FOR ANALYZING TIME-DIARY DATA......Page 16
INTRODUCTION......Page 17
LITERATURE REVIEW......Page 19
DATA AND METHODOLOGY......Page 22
ECONOMETRIC MODEL......Page 28
RESULTS......Page 31
CONCLUSION......Page 53
NOTES......Page 56
REFERENCES......Page 57
CHAPTER 2 THE OPT-OUT REVOLUTION: RECENT TRENDS IN FEMALE LABOR SUPPLY......Page 60
INTRODUCTION......Page 61
DATA......Page 64
LABOR FORCE ATTACHMENT BY PRESENCE OF YOUNG CHILDREN, YEAR, EDUCATION, MARITAL STATUS, AND RACE......Page 67
DECOMPOSITION OF THE OVERALL CHILD EFFECT BY YEAR, EDUCATION, AND RACE......Page 73
A FURTHER INVESTIGATION OF NON-HISPANIC WHITE COLLEGE EDUCATED MARRIED WOMEN......Page 80
CONCLUSION......Page 87
NOTES......Page 88
REFERENCES......Page 92
CHAPTER 3 FEMALE LABOR PARTICIPATION AND OCCUPATION DECISIONS IN POST-NAFTA MEXICO......Page 100
INTRODUCTION......Page 101
THE MODEL......Page 102
DATA......Page 109
EMPIRICAL ESTIMATES OF THE STRUCTURAL MODEL......Page 113
MICROSIMULATION ANALYSIS......Page 118
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS......Page 127
NOTES......Page 128
REFERENCES......Page 131
APPENDIX A: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS OF THE VARIABLES USED IN THE MODEL......Page 133
APPENDIX B: MEASURING HOUSEHOLD INCOME VARIANCE......Page 136
APPENDIX C: SELECTIVITY-ADJUSTED WAGES......Page 138
APPENDIX D: GOODNESS OF FIT OF THE MODEL......Page 139
APPENDIX E: SIMULATED HOUSEHOLD INCOME EFFECTS OF Δβ......Page 140
APPENDIX F: SIMULATED OCCUPATION EFFECT OF Δβ......Page 141
APPENDIX G: SIMULATED OCCUPATION EFFECT OF ΔΩ......Page 142
CHAPTER 4 A RISK AUGMENTED MINCER EARNINGS EQUATION? TAKING STOCK......Page 144
BASIC HYPOTHESIS......Page 145
A SIMPLE FORMAL MODEL......Page 146
EMPIRICAL SPECIFICATIONS......Page 154
ESTIMATES OF THE RISK AUGMENTED MINCER EQUATION......Page 156
BIAS FROM UNOBSERVED HETEROGENEITIES?......Page 163
SELF-SELECTION: WHAT DO STUDENTS KNOW?......Page 168
SUPPORTING EVIDENCE......Page 172
ALTERNATIVE EXPLANATIONS......Page 175
WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED, WHAT REMAINS TO BE DONE?......Page 177
NOTES......Page 180
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT......Page 181
REFERENCES......Page 182
APPENDIX A: RISK COMPENSATION IN LEVHARI AND WEISS (1974)......Page 186
APPENDIX B: MEAN AND DISPERSION IN THE TOURNAMENT MODEL (LAZEAR & ROSEN, 1981)......Page 187
CHAPTER 5 WORKERS’ MOBILITY AND THE RETURN TO EDUCATION, EVIDENCE FROM PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS......Page 190
INTRODUCTION......Page 191
THE DATA......Page 193
DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS AND AN EXAMINATION OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SECTORS IN EMPLOYEES’ PAY......Page 195
THE RETURN TO EDUCATION......Page 200
EMPLOYEES’ TRANSITIONS BETWEEN THE TWO SECTORS......Page 206
STATISTICAL TESTS......Page 208
NOTES......Page 220
REFERENCES......Page 221
APPENDIX......Page 223
CHAPTER 6 FOREGONE EARNINGS FROM SMOKING: EVIDENCE FOR A DEVELOPING COUNTRY......Page 224
INTRODUCTION......Page 225
METHODOLOGY AND EMPIRICAL SPECIFICATION......Page 226
DATA AND DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS......Page 233
RESULTS......Page 235
CONCLUSIONS......Page 244
NOTES......Page 245
REFERENCES......Page 247
APPENDIX......Page 251
CHAPTER 7 THE IMPACT OF WORKER EFFORT ON PUBLIC SENTIMENT TOWARD TEMPORARY MIGRANTS......Page 254
INTRODUCTION......Page 255
PUZZLING EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE......Page 258
THE MODEL......Page 260
THE DYNAMICS OF THE MODEL......Page 263
POSSIBLE EQUILIBRIUMS......Page 265
THE LOCAL WORKERS AND THE EMPLOYERS......Page 268
CONCLUDING REMARKS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS......Page 270
NOTES......Page 271
ACKNOWLEDGMENT......Page 273
REFERENCES......Page 274
CHAPTER 8 MIGRANT NETWORKS, MIGRANT SELECTION, AND HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION IN MÉXICO......Page 278
INTRODUCTION......Page 279
DATA......Page 282
ECONOMETRIC ISSUES......Page 287
EMPIRICAL RESULTS......Page 295
CONCLUSIONS......Page 310
NOTES......Page 311
ACKNOWLEDGMENT......Page 312
REFERENCES......Page 313
APPENDIX A: INITIAL CONDITIONS EQUATIONS......Page 315
APPENDIX B: SIMPLIFIED MODEL......Page 316
CHAPTER 9 IN-WORK TRANSFERS IN GOOD TIMES AND BAD: SIMULATIONS FOR IRELAND......Page 322
INTRODUCTION......Page 323
OUT-OF-WORK AND IN-WORK POVERTY IN IRELAND......Page 326
EMPIRICAL APPROACH......Page 328
POLICY DESCRIPTIONS AND SIMULATIONS......Page 332
RESULTS......Page 335
CONCLUSION......Page 345
NOTES......Page 347
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT......Page 349
REFERENCES......Page 350
APPENDIX: LABOUR SUPPLY ESTIMATIONS......Page 353
CHAPTER 10 EXPLORING THE DETERMINANTS OF EMPLOYMENT IN EUROPE: THE ROLE OF SERVICES......Page 356
INTRODUCTION......Page 357
INTERNATIONAL TRENDS IN THE SERVICE SECTOR EMPLOYMENT SHARE: SOME FACTS......Page 359
DETERMINANTS OF EMPLOYMENT IN SERVICES: AN OVERVIEW OF THE LITERATURE......Page 365
ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE SERVICE SECTOR EMPLOYMENT SHARE IN EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES......Page 368
AN INVESTIGATION OF THE SERVICE SECTOR EMPLOYMENT SHARE GAP: EUROPE VIS-À-VIS THE UNITED STATES......Page 383
CONCLUSIONS......Page 388
NOTES......Page 390
REFERENCES......Page 393
APPENDIX A: ISIC CLASSIFICATION......Page 396
APPENDIX B: DEFINITIONS AND DATA SOURCES......Page 398