Wiji Arulampalam
Biographic Data
| ID | 968934 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wiji Arulampalam |
| GIVEN NAMES | Wiji |
| FAMILY NAME | Arulampalam |
| SIGNATURE | ARULAMPALAM W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Warwick |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6760-1412 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 310 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Can information about jobs improve the effectiveness of vocational training? Experimental evidence from India
We use a randomized experiment to evaluate the impact of providing richer information about prospective jobs to vocational trainees on their employment outcomes. The setting of the study is the vocational training program DDU-GKY in India. We find that including in the training two information sessions about placement opportunities make trainees 18% more likely to stay in the jobs in which they are placed. We provide suggestive evidence that the …
Measuring maternal autonomy and its effect on child nutrition in rural India
This paper examines the link between a mother's autonomy—the freedom and ability to think, express, make decisions and act independently—and the nutritional status of her children. We treat ‘autonomy’ as a latent variable, and design a novel statistical framework to measure this. This method allows us to separate the direct associations of maternal and family characteristics in our model for nutrition, from their indirect associations that work t…
Tax Progressivity and Self-Employment Dynamics
Analysis of the relationship between taxes and self-employment should account for the interplay between responses in self-employment and wage employment. To this end, we estimate a two-state multispell duration model which accounts for both observed and unobserved heterogeneity using a large longitudinal administrative data set for Norway for 1993 to 2011. Our findings confirm theoretical predictions and are robust to various changes to definitio…
Are there asymmetries in the effects of training on the conditional male wage distribution
Electoral goals and center-state transfers
The linked survival prospects of siblings
This paper reports an analysis of micro-data for India that shows a high correlation in infant mortality among siblings. In 13 of 15 states, we identify a causal effect of infant death on the risk of infant death of the subsequent sibling (a scarring effect), after controlling for mother-level heterogeneity. The scarring effects are large, the only other covariate with a similarly large effect being mother's (secondary or higher) education. The t…
Is There a Glass Ceiling over Europe? Exploring the Gender Pay Gap across the Wage Distribution
Using harmonized data for the years 1995–2001 from the European Community Household Panel, the authors analyze gender pay gaps by sector across the wage distribution in eleven countries. In estimations that control for the effects of individual characteristics at different points of the distribution, they calculate the part of the gap attributable to differing returns between men and women. The magnitude of the gender pay gap, thus measured, vari…
Training and the New Minimum Wage
Using the British Household Panel Survey, we estimate the impact of the national minimum wage, introduced in April 1999, on the work‐related training of low‐wage workers. We use two 'treatment groups'– those workers who explicitly stated they were affected by the new minimum and those workers whose derived 1998 wages were below the minimum. Using difference‐in‐differences techniques for the period 1998 to 2000, we find no evidence that the introd…
Learning and Earning
This paper estimates the impact of work‐related training on wage growth over the period 1981–91, using longitudinal data from the National Child Development Study, a cohort of young men aged 23 in 1981. A hurdle Negbin model is used to control for training endogeneity. We find that training incidence has a significant positive effect on wage growth. We also find that young men with a higher level of education are not only more likely to be traine…
Is Unemployment Really Scarring? Effects of Unemployment Experiences on Wages
Journal Article Is Unemployment Really Scarring? Effects of Unemployment Experiences on Wages Get access Wiji Arulampalam Wiji Arulampalam University of Warwick Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 111, Issue 475, November 2001, Pages F585–F606, https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0297.00664 Published: 09 October 2008
Unemployment Scarring
Unemployment Scarring Get access Wiji Arulampalam, Wiji Arulampalam University of Warwick Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Paul Gregg, Paul Gregg University of Bristol Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Mary Gregory Mary Gregory St Hilda's College Oxford Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 111, Issue 475,…
Unemployment persistence
We estimate dynamic panel data models of unemployment incidence for men using the British Household Panel Survey. Econometric issues concerning unobserved individual heterogeneity, genuine state dependence, and the initial conditions problems are addressed in detail. We find strong evidence of state dependence consistent with the scarring theory of unemployment - an individual's previous unemployment experience has implications for his future lab…
Who gets over the training hurdle? A study of the training experiences of young men and women in Britain
The Determinants of Individual Unemployment Durations in an Era of High Unemployment
This paper presents the results of an econometric analysis of the conditional probability of leaving unemployment for two male inflow cohorts entering unemployment at very different points in time: 1978 and 1987. The effect of income while unemployed is found to be much weaker for the 1987 cohort, an elasticity of -0.1 compared with -0.4, and is only found to be significant for teenagers and in the first three months of a spell. Demand constraint…
Is Unemployment Really Scarring? Effects of Unemployment Experiences on Wages
Journal Article Is Unemployment Really Scarring? Effects of Unemployment Experiences on Wages Get access Wiji Arulampalam Wiji Arulampalam University of Warwick Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 111, Issue 475, November 2001, Pages F585–F606, https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0297.00664 Published: 09 October 2008
Electoral goals and center-state transfers
Unemployment Scarring
Unemployment Scarring Get access Wiji Arulampalam, Wiji Arulampalam University of Warwick Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Paul Gregg, Paul Gregg University of Bristol Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Mary Gregory Mary Gregory St Hilda's College Oxford Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 111, Issue 475,…
Is There a Glass Ceiling over Europe? Exploring the Gender Pay Gap across the Wage Distribution
Using harmonized data for the years 1995–2001 from the European Community Household Panel, the authors analyze gender pay gaps by sector across the wage distribution in eleven countries. In estimations that control for the effects of individual characteristics at different points of the distribution, they calculate the part of the gap attributable to differing returns between men and women. The magnitude of the gender pay gap, thus measured, vari…
The Determinants of Individual Unemployment Durations in an Era of High Unemployment
This paper presents the results of an econometric analysis of the conditional probability of leaving unemployment for two male inflow cohorts entering unemployment at very different points in time: 1978 and 1987. The effect of income while unemployed is found to be much weaker for the 1987 cohort, an elasticity of -0.1 compared with -0.4, and is only found to be significant for teenagers and in the first three months of a spell. Demand constraint…
Training and the New Minimum Wage
Using the British Household Panel Survey, we estimate the impact of the national minimum wage, introduced in April 1999, on the work‐related training of low‐wage workers. We use two 'treatment groups'– those workers who explicitly stated they were affected by the new minimum and those workers whose derived 1998 wages were below the minimum. Using difference‐in‐differences techniques for the period 1998 to 2000, we find no evidence that the introd…
The linked survival prospects of siblings
This paper reports an analysis of micro-data for India that shows a high correlation in infant mortality among siblings. In 13 of 15 states, we identify a causal effect of infant death on the risk of infant death of the subsequent sibling (a scarring effect), after controlling for mother-level heterogeneity. The scarring effects are large, the only other covariate with a similarly large effect being mother's (secondary or higher) education. The t…
Who gets over the training hurdle? A study of the training experiences of young men and women in Britain
Learning and Earning
This paper estimates the impact of work‐related training on wage growth over the period 1981–91, using longitudinal data from the National Child Development Study, a cohort of young men aged 23 in 1981. A hurdle Negbin model is used to control for training endogeneity. We find that training incidence has a significant positive effect on wage growth. We also find that young men with a higher level of education are not only more likely to be traine…
Can information about jobs improve the effectiveness of vocational training? Experimental evidence from India
We use a randomized experiment to evaluate the impact of providing richer information about prospective jobs to vocational trainees on their employment outcomes. The setting of the study is the vocational training program DDU-GKY in India. We find that including in the training two information sessions about placement opportunities make trainees 18% more likely to stay in the jobs in which they are placed. We provide suggestive evidence that the …
The Determinants of Individual Unemployment Durations in an Era of High Unemployment
This paper presents the results of an econometric analysis of the conditional probability of leaving unemployment for two male inflow cohorts entering unemployment at very different points in time: 1978 and 1987. The effect of income while unemployed is found to be much weaker for the 1987 cohort, an elasticity of -0.1 compared with -0.4, and is only found to be significant for teenagers and in the first three months of a spell. Demand constraint…
Who gets over the training hurdle? A study of the training experiences of young men and women in Britain
Unemployment persistence
We estimate dynamic panel data models of unemployment incidence for men using the British Household Panel Survey. Econometric issues concerning unobserved individual heterogeneity, genuine state dependence, and the initial conditions problems are addressed in detail. We find strong evidence of state dependence consistent with the scarring theory of unemployment - an individual's previous unemployment experience has implications for his future lab…
Learning and Earning
This paper estimates the impact of work‐related training on wage growth over the period 1981–91, using longitudinal data from the National Child Development Study, a cohort of young men aged 23 in 1981. A hurdle Negbin model is used to control for training endogeneity. We find that training incidence has a significant positive effect on wage growth. We also find that young men with a higher level of education are not only more likely to be traine…
Is Unemployment Really Scarring? Effects of Unemployment Experiences on Wages
Journal Article Is Unemployment Really Scarring? Effects of Unemployment Experiences on Wages Get access Wiji Arulampalam Wiji Arulampalam University of Warwick Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 111, Issue 475, November 2001, Pages F585–F606, https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0297.00664 Published: 09 October 2008
Unemployment Scarring
Unemployment Scarring Get access Wiji Arulampalam, Wiji Arulampalam University of Warwick Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Paul Gregg, Paul Gregg University of Bristol Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Mary Gregory Mary Gregory St Hilda's College Oxford Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 111, Issue 475,…
Training and the New Minimum Wage
Using the British Household Panel Survey, we estimate the impact of the national minimum wage, introduced in April 1999, on the work‐related training of low‐wage workers. We use two 'treatment groups'– those workers who explicitly stated they were affected by the new minimum and those workers whose derived 1998 wages were below the minimum. Using difference‐in‐differences techniques for the period 1998 to 2000, we find no evidence that the introd…
Is There a Glass Ceiling over Europe? Exploring the Gender Pay Gap across the Wage Distribution
Using harmonized data for the years 1995–2001 from the European Community Household Panel, the authors analyze gender pay gaps by sector across the wage distribution in eleven countries. In estimations that control for the effects of individual characteristics at different points of the distribution, they calculate the part of the gap attributable to differing returns between men and women. The magnitude of the gender pay gap, thus measured, vari…
Are there asymmetries in the effects of training on the conditional male wage distribution
Electoral goals and center-state transfers
The linked survival prospects of siblings
This paper reports an analysis of micro-data for India that shows a high correlation in infant mortality among siblings. In 13 of 15 states, we identify a causal effect of infant death on the risk of infant death of the subsequent sibling (a scarring effect), after controlling for mother-level heterogeneity. The scarring effects are large, the only other covariate with a similarly large effect being mother's (secondary or higher) education. The t…
Tax Progressivity and Self-Employment Dynamics
Analysis of the relationship between taxes and self-employment should account for the interplay between responses in self-employment and wage employment. To this end, we estimate a two-state multispell duration model which accounts for both observed and unobserved heterogeneity using a large longitudinal administrative data set for Norway for 1993 to 2011. Our findings confirm theoretical predictions and are robust to various changes to definitio…
Can information about jobs improve the effectiveness of vocational training? Experimental evidence from India
We use a randomized experiment to evaluate the impact of providing richer information about prospective jobs to vocational trainees on their employment outcomes. The setting of the study is the vocational training program DDU-GKY in India. We find that including in the training two information sessions about placement opportunities make trainees 18% more likely to stay in the jobs in which they are placed. We provide suggestive evidence that the …
Measuring maternal autonomy and its effect on child nutrition in rural India
This paper examines the link between a mother's autonomy—the freedom and ability to think, express, make decisions and act independently—and the nutritional status of her children. We treat ‘autonomy’ as a latent variable, and design a novel statistical framework to measure this. This method allows us to separate the direct associations of maternal and family characteristics in our model for nutrition, from their indirect associations that work t…
Economics (14 works) · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (10 works) · Demographic economics (8 works) · Econometrics (8 works) · Labour economics (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Geography (6 works) · Wage (6 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Psychology (5 works)