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Earnings and Seniority in Japan. A Re-appraisal of the Existing Evidence and a Comparison with the UK

Ariga, Kenn; Brunello, Giorgio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994

Standard estimates of earnings profiles ignore the fact that, with unobserved heterogeneity, cross-section evidence … need not reflect the `true' relationship between earnings and tenure. In this paper we argue that the observation of the … earnings growth. We apply this simple idea to Japanese and UK data. We find that tenure effects on earnings are positive but …

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The Impact on Earnings When Entering Self-Employment: Evidence for Germany

Martin, Johannes - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2013

Using data of the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) earnings differentials between self-employed and wage … considerably higher earnings than wage-employed workers. Furthermore, there is a significant and positive effect on earnings when …

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Inequality of Earnings

Snower, Dennis J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999

This paper surveys major empirical regularities concerning changes in earnings inequality in Europe and the US over the …

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Earnings, Unemployment, And Housing: Evidence From A Panel Of British Regions

Cameron, Gavin; Muellbauer, John - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000

This paper models regional earnings and unemployment in the ten regions of Great Britain between 1972 and 1995, paying … earnings of men in non-manual, or women in full-time, employment and find a positive effect for women in part-time employment …

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Education Policy Reform and the Return to Schooling from Instrumental Variables

Denny, Kevin; Harmon, Colm - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000

This paper exploits an unusual policy reform that had the effect of reducing the direct cost of schooling in Ireland in the late 1960’s. This gave rise to an increased level of schooling but with effects that vary substantially across family background. This interaction of educational reform...

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Seniority, Earnings and Unions

Booth, Alison L; Frank, Jeff - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994

This paper uses a new data source to investigate whether wages rise more with seniority in unionized or non-unionized workplaces. The data distinguish workers who are covered by incremental wage scales with automatic progression by seniority. For union workers with seniority scales, the union...

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Coverage by Incremental Scales

Booth, Alison L; Frank, Jeff - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994

This paper uses the British Household Panel Survey to investigate when seniority is rewarded by automatic incremental scales. Scales are seen as an alternative to individual merit pay. They are likely to be used when individual productivity is hard to measure, when firms provide all workers with...

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Immigration and the Earnings of Young Native Workers

Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf; Zweimüller, Josef - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994

native insiders and their employers. The results show no negative impact of foreign labour on young natives' earnings levels … either in a regional or sectoral respect and at the firm level. The results for earnings growth in the period 1988--91 are …

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