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Occupational skill premia around the world : new data, patterns and drivers
Kunst, David; Freeman, Richard B.; Oostendorp, Remco H. - In: Labour economics : official journal of the European … 79 (2022), pp. 1-40
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Chapter 20. The Effects of Technical Change on Labor Market Inequalities
Hornstein, Andreas; Krusell, Per; Violante, Giovanni L. - 2005
In this chapter we inspect economic mechanisms through which technological progress shapes the degree of inequality among workers in the labor market. A key focus is on the rise of U.S. wage inequality over the past 30 years. However, we also pay attention to how Europe did not experience...
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The effects of technical change on labour market inequalities
Hornstein, Andreas - 2005
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Science and Engineering Careers in the United States : An Analysis of Markets and Employment
Adams, James D. (contributor); Bender, Keith A. (contributor) - 2009
Beginning in the early 2000s, there was an upsurge of national concern over the state of the science and engineering job market that sparked a plethora of studies, commission reports, and a presidential initiative, all stressing the importance of maintaining American competitiveness in these...
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Emerging Labor Market Institutions for the Twenty-First Century
Appelbaum, Eileen (contributor);  … - 2007
Private sector unionism is in decline in the United States. As a result, labor advocates, community groups, nongovernmental organizations, and individuals concerned with the well-being of workers have sought to develop alternative ways to represent workers' interests. Emerging Labor Market...
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The Role of Wage and Skill Differences in US-German Employment Differences / Die Bedeutung von Lohn- und Qualifikationsunterschieden für die deutschen-amerikanischen Beschäftigungs...
Freeman, Richard B.; Schettkat, Ronald - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 219 (1999) 1-2, pp. 49-66
wages coupled with less regulations governing the labour market and the product market in the US has induced firms to employ … in skill premium but changes in relatives wages are related to changes in relative employment. 5. The differing … dispersion of wages is not a major contributor to differences in employment rates between Germany and the US. The jobs problem in …
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Cross sectional facts for macroeconomists
Krueger, Dirk; Perri, Fabrizio; Pistaferri, Luigi; … - 2009
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Cross sectional facts for macroeconomists
Krueger, Dirk; Perri, Fabrizio; Pistaferri, Luigi; … - 2009
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Does linking worker pay to firm performance help the best firms do even better?
Kruse, Douglas L.; Blasi, Joseph R.; Freeman, Richard B. - 2012
"This paper analyzes the linkages among group incentive methods of compensation, labor practices, worker assessments of workplace culture, turnover, and firm performance in a non-representative sample of companies: firms that applied to the "100 Best Companies to Work For in America" competition...
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The cross-sectional implications of rising wage inequality in the United States
Heathcote, Jonathan; Storesletten, Kjetil; Violante, … - 2004
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