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Caught in the trap? The disincentive effect of social assistance

Bargain, Olivier ; Doorley, Karina (University College Dublin. School of EconomicsUniversity College Dublin. Geary Institute, 2009-07)

While …financial incentives usually have a signifi…cant effect on the labor supply of married women and single mothers, the evidence about the participation elasticity of childless singles, and single males especially, ...
Education, religion and the 'first destinations' of recent school-leavers in Northern Ireland

Murphy, Anthony ; Shuttleworth, Ian (University College Dublin. School of Economics, 1994-10)

This paper uses data forma cross-section survey of recent school-leavers in Northern Ireland to examine the relationship between personal and social characteristics and first destinations approximately 6 to 9 months after ...
The informal sector wage gap : new evidence using quantile estimations on panel data

Bargain, Olivier ; Kwenda, Prudence (University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2009-05)

This paper provides new evidence on the wage gap between informal and formal salary workers in South Africa, Brazil and Mexico. We use rich datasets that allow us to de…fine informality in a relatively comparable fashion ...
The informal sector wage gap : new evidence using quantile estimations on panel data

Bargain, Olivier ; Kwenda, Prudence (University College Dublin. Geary Institute, 2009-06)

This paper provides new evidence on the wage gap between informal and formal salary workers in South Africa, Brazil and Mexico. We use rich datasets that allow us to define informality in a relatively comparable fashion ...
Is informality bad? Evidence from Brazil, Mexico and South Africa

Bargain, Olivier ; Kwenda, Prudence (University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2010-01)

The informal sector plays an important role in the functioning of labor markets in emerging economies. To characterize better this highly heterogeneous sector, we conduct a distributional analysis of the earnings gap ...
Where do the sick go? Health insurance and employment in small and large firms

Kapur, Kanika ; Escarce, José J. ; Marquis, M. Susan ; Simon, Kosali I. (University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2006-11)

Small firms that offer health insurance to their employees may face variable premiums if the firm hires an employee with high-expected health costs. To avoid expensive premium variability, a small firm may attempt to ...