Pub Date : 2015-02-28DOI: 10.1186/S40172-014-0019-8
Marc Luppino, R. Sander
{"title":"College major peer effects and attrition from the sciences","authors":"Marc Luppino, R. Sander","doi":"10.1186/S40172-014-0019-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/S40172-014-0019-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37841,"journal":{"name":"IZA Journal of Labor Economics","volume":"4 1","pages":"1-23"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1186/S40172-014-0019-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"65840212","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2015-01-29DOI: 10.1186/S40172-014-0015-Z
D. Mavridis
{"title":"The unhappily unemployed return to work faster","authors":"D. Mavridis","doi":"10.1186/S40172-014-0015-Z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/S40172-014-0015-Z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37841,"journal":{"name":"IZA Journal of Labor Economics","volume":"4 1","pages":"1-22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-01-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1186/S40172-014-0015-Z","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"65840129","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2015-01-26DOI: 10.1186/S40172-015-0027-3
M. Tonin, Michael Vlassopoulos
{"title":"Are public sector workers different? Cross-European evidence from elderly workers and retirees","authors":"M. Tonin, Michael Vlassopoulos","doi":"10.1186/S40172-015-0027-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/S40172-015-0027-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37841,"journal":{"name":"IZA Journal of Labor Economics","volume":"36 1","pages":"1-21"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-01-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1186/S40172-015-0027-3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"65839867","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2015-01-14DOI: 10.1186/S40172-014-0014-0
David Argente, J. García
{"title":"The price of fringe benefits when formal and informal labor markets coexist","authors":"David Argente, J. García","doi":"10.1186/S40172-014-0014-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/S40172-014-0014-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37841,"journal":{"name":"IZA Journal of Labor Economics","volume":"4 1","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-01-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1186/S40172-014-0014-0","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"65839672","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2014-11-29DOI: 10.1186/S40172-014-0012-2
Pedro N. Teixeira
{"title":"Gary Becker’s early work on human capital – collaborations and distinctiveness","authors":"Pedro N. Teixeira","doi":"10.1186/S40172-014-0012-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/S40172-014-0012-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37841,"journal":{"name":"IZA Journal of Labor Economics","volume":"3 1","pages":"1-20"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1186/S40172-014-0012-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"65839626","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This paper reviews the role of locus of control in the labor market. I begin with a discussion of the conceptual origins of locus of control, including its relationship to related concepts such as self-efficacy, motivation, and self-control. The relationship between locus of control and labor market success is then summarized. In doing so, I pay careful attention to what we know about three potential mechanisms – human capital investments, hiring decisions, and optimal incentive contracts – through which locus of control might operate. Finally, the broader implications of these relationships for public policy and future research are discussed.
{"title":"Locus of control and the labor market","authors":"D. Cobb-Clark","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.2532764","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2532764","url":null,"abstract":"This paper reviews the role of locus of control in the labor market. I begin with a discussion of the conceptual origins of locus of control, including its relationship to related concepts such as self-efficacy, motivation, and self-control. The relationship between locus of control and labor market success is then summarized. In doing so, I pay careful attention to what we know about three potential mechanisms – human capital investments, hiring decisions, and optimal incentive contracts – through which locus of control might operate. Finally, the broader implications of these relationships for public policy and future research are discussed.","PeriodicalId":37841,"journal":{"name":"IZA Journal of Labor Economics","volume":"46 1","pages":"1-19"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2139/ssrn.2532764","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68194456","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dissimilar occupations and marital stability","authors":"Ben Van Kammen, Scott J. Adams","doi":"10.1186/2193-8997-3-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/2193-8997-3-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37841,"journal":{"name":"IZA Journal of Labor Economics","volume":"3 1","pages":"1-18"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1186/2193-8997-3-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66137044","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2014-10-04DOI: 10.1186/S40172-014-0016-Y
S. Grossbard, Victoria Vernon
{"title":"Common law marriage and couple formation","authors":"S. Grossbard, Victoria Vernon","doi":"10.1186/S40172-014-0016-Y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/S40172-014-0016-Y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37841,"journal":{"name":"IZA Journal of Labor Economics","volume":"3 1","pages":"1-26"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1186/S40172-014-0016-Y","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"65840146","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Retirement intentions in the presence of technological change: theory and evidence from France","authors":"Pierre-Jean Messe, E. Moreno-Galbis, F. Wolff","doi":"10.1186/2193-8997-3-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/2193-8997-3-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37841,"journal":{"name":"IZA Journal of Labor Economics","volume":"3 1","pages":"1-28"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1186/2193-8997-3-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66136915","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The effect of banning affirmative action on human capital accumulation prior to college entry","authors":"Kate Antonovics, Ben Backes","doi":"10.1186/2193-8997-3-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/2193-8997-3-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37841,"journal":{"name":"IZA Journal of Labor Economics","volume":"3 1","pages":"1-20"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1186/2193-8997-3-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66136307","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}