| 来源类型 | Discussion paper
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| 规范类型 | 论文
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| 来源ID | DP6153
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| DP6153 Women, Work and Culture |
| Raquel Fernández
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| 发表日期 | 2007-02-23
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| 出版年 | 2007
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| 语种 | 英语
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| 摘要 | Recent theoretical work has examined the spatial distribution of unemployment using the efficiency wage model as the mechanism by which unemployment arises in the urban economy. This paper extends the standard efficiency wage model in order to allow for behavioural substitution between leisure time at home and effort at work. In equilibrium, residing at a location with a long commute affects the time available for leisure at home and therefore affects the trade-off between effort at work and risk of unemployment. This model implies an empirical relationship between expected commutes and labour market outcomes, which is tested using the Public Use Microdata sample of the 2000 U.S. Decennial Census. The empirical results suggest that efficiency wages operate primarily for blue collar workers, i.e. workers who tend to be in occupations that face higher levels of supervision. For this subset of workers, longer commutes imply higher levels of unemployment and higher wages, which are both consistent with shirking and leisure being substitutable. |
| 主题 | Labour Economics
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| 关键词 | Efficiency wage
Leisure
Urban unemployment
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| URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp6153
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| 来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom)
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物
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| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/534991
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Raquel Fernández. DP6153 Women, Work and Culture. 2007.
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