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The Impact of Immigration on the Structure of Wages: Theory and Evidence from Britain
Manacorda, Marco; Manning, Alan; Wadsworth, Jonathan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
the wages of native-born workers in the UK. This is potentially puzzling since there is evidence that changes in the … supply of educated natives have significant effects on their wages. Using a pooled time series of British crosssectional … micro data on male wages and employment from the mid-1970s to the mid-2000s, this paper offers a resolution to this puzzle …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008527530
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The Aggregate Labour Market Effects of the Swedish Knowledge Lift Program
Albrecht, James; den Berg, Gerard J van; Vroman, Susan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
The Swedish adult education program known as the Knowledge Lift (1997--2002) was unprecedented in its size and scope, aiming to raise the skill level of large numbers of low-skill workers. This paper evaluates the potential effects of this program on aggregate labour market outcomes. This is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123553
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Does Speed Signal Ability? The Impact of Grade Repetitions on Employment and Wages
Brodaty, Thomas; Gary-Bobo, Robert J.; Prieto, Ana - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
which log-wages are explained by two endogenous variables: the student's degree and the student's time to degree, not simply … by years of education. Log-wages are regressed on a measure of education, which is a position on a scale of certificates … parameters. We find a robust, significant and negative impact of the delay variable on wages, averaged over the first five years …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005498114
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Impact of Paternal Temporary Absence on Children Left Behind
Booth, Alison L; Tamura, Yuji - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
Using the first two waves of the Vietnam Living Standards Survey, we investigate how a father’s temporary absence affects children left behind in terms of their school attendance, household expenditures on education, and nonhousework labor supply in the 1990s. The estimating subsample is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005014568
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The Role of Human Capital Investments in the Location Decisions of Firms
Matouschek, Niko; Robert-Nicoud, Frédéric - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
We explore the role of human capital investments in the location decisions of firms. We show that whether human capital investments act as a force for or against concentration depends on who is undertaking them and whether they are industry- or firm-specific. We also discuss the empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666716
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Should Firms be Required to Pay for Vocational Training?
Stevens, Margaret - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999
the levy is assessed as a proportion of wages the effect is to address capital market imperfections only. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005498076
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Learning to Take Risks? The Effect of Education on Risk-Taking in Financial Markets
Black, Sandra; Devereux, Paul J.; Lundborg, Petter; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
We investigate whether acquiring more education when young has long-term effects on risk-taking behavior in financial markets and whether the effects spill over to spouses and children. There is substantial evidence that more educated people are more likely to invest in the stock market....
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Returns to Education across Europe
Glocker, Daniela; Steiner, Viktor - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
accounting for the effects of unemployment on individual wages using EU-SILC data. Across countries we find a high variation of … UK, and the lowest for Sweden. A wage decrease due to time spent in unemployment results in a decline in the hourly wages …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009293660
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Are Austrian Returns to Education Falling Over Time?
Fersterer, Josef; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999
In this paper we make a systematic presentation of returns to education in Austria for the period 1981-1997. We use consistent cross-sections from the Mikrozensus and find falling returns over time. These falling returns are not caused by changes in the sample design and reduced willingness to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005662384
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Employer Learning And The Returns To Schooling
Bauer, Thomas; Haisken-DeNew, John P - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000
We examine the dynamic role of education and experience as determinants of wages. It is hypothesized that an employee …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666574