Research in Labor Economics

Outline

This volume contains ten original innovative chapters on worker well-being. Three chapters are on time allocated to work and human capital acquisition, three on aspects of risk in the earnings process, two on migration, and finally two on the role of public policies and institutions on employment and earnings. Questions answered include: Are more educated women now opting out of work with a higher probability than in the past? Under what circumstances do young adults allocate nonschool time to educational pursuits? How do macroeconomic shocks affect labor force participation rates? Can tax policies alleviate poverty? Are workers compensated adequately for taking risks? Do differences in private and public sector earnings affect mobility between the two sectors? Do migrant parents affect educational decisions of their offspring? Why is the service sector growing less quickly in Europe than the United States?

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Chapters

• Charlene M. Kalenkoski, David C. Ribar, Leslie S. Stratton How do Adolescents Spell Time Use? An Alternative Metholological Approach For Analyzing Time-Diary DATA
• Heather Antecol The Opt-Out Revolution: Recent Trends in Female Labor Supply
• Rafael E. De Hoyos Female Labor Participation and Occupation Decisions in Post-NAFTA Mexico
• Joop Hartog A Risk Augmented Mincer Earnings Equation? Taking Stock
• Yuval Mazar Workers’ Mobility and the Return to Education, Evidence from Public and Private Sectors
• Michael Lokshin, Kathleen Beegle Foregone Earnings from Smoking: Evidence for a Developing Country
• Gil S. Epstein, Alessandra Venturini The Impact of Worker Effort on Public Sentiment Toward Temporary Migrants
• Alfonso Miranda Migrant Networks, Migrant Selection, And High School Graduation In México
• Olivier Bargain, Karina Doorley In-Work Transfers in Good Times and Bad: Simulations for Ireland
• Roberta Serafini, Melanie Ward Exploring the Determinants of Employment in Europe: The Role of Services

• Volume Details
• Editors Solomon W. Polachek, Konstantinos Tatsiramos
• Publication date 26 September 2011
• ISBN 978-1-78052-332-3
• ISSN 0147-9121
• Copyright Holder Emerald Publishing Limited
• doi 10.1108/rlec