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Labor market tightness and individual wage growth : evidence from Germany

Brunow, Stephan; Lösch, Stefanie; Okhrin, Ostap - In: Journal for labour market research 56 (2022) 1, pp. 1-21

It is often stated that certain occupations in Germany, because of "Demographic Change ", are dwindling, implying a labor shortage. We investigate the 10-year wage growth of young employees entering the labor market in different occupations. Our findings suggest that regional labor market...

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The anatomy of job polarisation in the UK

Salvatori, Andrea - In: Journal for labour market research 52 (2018) 8, pp. 1-15

This paper studies the contribution of different skill groups to the polarisation of the UK labour market. We show that the large increase in graduate numbers contributed to the substantial reallocation of employment from middling to top occupations which is the main feature of the polarisation...

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Gender wage gap in China : a large meta-analysis

Iwasaki, Ichirō; Ma, Xinxin - In: Journal for labour market research 54 (2020) 1/17, pp. 1-19

wage gap in China. The results show that, although the gender wage gap in China during the transition period has an impact …

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The 2011 break in the part-time indicator and the evolution of wage inequality in Germany

Fitzenberger, Bernd; Seidlitz, Arnim - In: Journal for labour market research 54 (2020) 1/1, pp. 1-14

German social security records involve an indicator for part-time or full-time work. In 2011, the reporting procedure was changed suggesting that a fraction of worker recorded to be working full-time before the change were in fact part-time workers. This study develops a correction based on...

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Self-employment and wage earning: Hungary during transition

Co, Catherine Y.; Gang, Ira N.; Yun, Myeong-Su - 2002

We examine the earnings determinants of the self-employed and wage earners in Hungary in the mid-1990's, taking into account two forms of selection: selection into working or non-working for every individual in our sample and selection into self-employment or wage-earning jobs for workers only....

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Spanish regional unemployment revisited: The role of capital accumulation

Bande, Roberto; Karannassou, Marika - 2010

This paper provides new evidence for the evolution of regional unemployment rates in Spain over the 1980-2000 period … richer interpretation of regional disparities, and (ii) can capture the unemployment effects of growing variables such as … capital stock. After classifying the 17 Spanish regions into high and low unemployment groups using kernel and cluster …

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Broadband internet availability and establishments' employment growth in Germany : evidence from instrumental variables estimations

Stockinger, Bastian - In: Journal for labour market research 53 (2019) 7, pp. 1-23

This study investigates the effect of broadband internet availability on German establishments’ employment growth. The database used is a random sample of business establishments, augmented by the local availability of broadband. The observation period is 2005–2010, when broadband was...

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Hiring in border regions : experimental and qualitative evidence from a recruiter survey in Luxembourg

Gutfleisch, Tamara; Samuel, Robin - In: Journal for labour market research 56 (2022) 1, pp. 1-13

Firms in border regions typically deal with heterogeneous applicant pools that include both (foreign) domestic workers and cross-border commuters. However, we know little about recruiters' workforce needs and hiring practices in cross-border labour markets. Based on a survey of real recruiters...

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Do the labour market returns to university degrees differ between high and low achieving youth? : Evidence from Australia

Marks, Gary N. - In: Journal for labour market research 52 (2018) 5, pp. 1-14

and weekly earnings, employment, unemployment and full-time work. The study finds that university degrees provide …

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Self-Selection And Earnings During Volatile Transition

Dimova, Ralitza; Gang, Ira N. - 2004

Using Bulgarian Integrated Household Surveys for 1995, 1997 and 2001 this paper explores determinants of labor force status – not working, public sector employment, private sector employment and self-employment – and earnings for each of the three employment sectors. We find that while...

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