Browsing Statistics Norway's Open Research Repository (SNORRe) by Subject "Labor force participation"
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Analysis of the discouraged worker phenomenon : evidence from micro data
(Discussion Papers;No. 453, Working paper, 2006)Abstract: In this paper we analyze labor force participation with particular reference to the discouraged worker effect. The theoretical point of departure is a simple model where the worker evaluates the expected utility ... -
Birds of a feather flock together’: the impact of choice of spouse on family labor income inequality
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2005)This paper analyzes to what extent the rise in women's labor force participation has led to ‘flocking together’, i.e. whether women with high labor income tend to be married to men with high labor income, or vice versa. ... -
Labor force participation and the discouraged worker effect
(Discussion Papers;642, Working paper, 2010)This paper analyzes labor force participation with particular reference to the discouraged worker effect. Discouraged workers are those who do not search for work because they view their chances of finding a suitable job ... -
Search behavior, aggregate rationality and the discouraged worker effect
(Discussion papers;906, Working paper, 2019-04)Discouraged workers are those who have given up search due to (perceived) low chances of obtaining work. In this paper we first develop a model for the probability of being in the labor force as a function of the probability ...