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Upgrading or polarization? Occupational change in Britain, Germany, Spain and Switzerland, 1990-2008

Oesch, Daniel; Rodriguez Menes, Jorge - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

We analyze the pattern of occupational change over the last two decades in Britain, Germany, Spain and Switzerland …: employment expanded most at the top of the occupational hierarchy, among managers and professionals. In parallel, mid …-paid clerical and manufacturing jobs than for low-end service employment. Yet country differences in low-paid service job creation …

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Flexible Wages Systems and the Structure of Wages: Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Data

Bauer, Thomas; Bender, Stefan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

, however, that HPWOs affect their employment structure. …

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Land and Power

Baland, Jean-Marie; Robinson, James A - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

focus on the control of the voting of agricultural workers by landlords and show that if the employment relationship is …

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The Effects of Technical Change on Labour Market Inequalities

Hornstein, Andreas; Krusell, Per; Violante, Giovanni L - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

In this chapter we inspect economic mechanisms through which technological progress shapes the degree of inequality among workers in the labour market. A key focus is on the rise of US wage inequality over the past 30 years. However, we also pay attention to how Europe did not experience changes...

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The role of labour market and social protection in reducing inequality and eradicating poverty in Latin America

Fabio, Bertranou; Roxana, Maurizio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

Latin America has experienced an unprecedented period of macroeconomic stability and high economic growth between 2003 and 2008. The main aim of this paper is to analyse to what extent these more favourable conditions have been an opportunity for Latin American countries to recover their labour...

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Trade Reforms and Wage Inequality in Colombia

Attanasio, Orazio; Goldberg, Pinelopi; Pavcnik, Nina - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

We investigate the effects of the drastic tariff reductions of the 1980s and 1990s in Colombia on the wage distribution. We identify three main channels through which the wage distribution was affected: increasing returns to college education, changes in industry wages that hurt sectors with...

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