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Mommy tracks and public policy : on self-fulfilling prophecies and gender gaps ...
Lommerud, Kjell Erik; Straume, Odd Rune; Vagstad, SteinarConsider a model with two types of jobs. The profitability of promoting a worker to a fast-track job depends not only on his or her observable talent, but also on incontractible effort. We investigate whether self-fulfilling expectations may lead to higher promotion standards for women. If employers expect women to do more household work than men, thereby exerting less effort in their paid job, then women must ...
Employment protection and unemployment benefits : on technology adoption and jo...
Lommerud, Kjell Erik; Straume, Odd Rune; Vagstad, SteinarWe analyse the effects of different labour market policies - employment protection, unemployment benefits and payroll taxes - on job creation and technology choices in a model where firms are randomly matched with workers of different productivity and wages are determined by ex-post bargaining. In this setting, unemployment benefits are unambiguously detrimental both to job creation and technology adoption whil...
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