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Between-Group Competition In The Labour Market And The Rising Returns To Skill: US And France 1964-2000
Wasmer, Etienne - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
substitution of low education / high experience workers by low experience / high education workers by using US and French microdata … explain the changes in returns to experience. It also accounts for a part of the increase in returns to education between 1980 …: the elasticity of substitution between experience and education, which is found to be less than half. In France, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005656354
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Empirical Labour Search: A Survey
Eckstein, Zvi; den Berg, Gerard J van - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
This Paper surveys the existing empirical research that uses search theory to analyse empirically labour supply questions in a structural framework, using data on individual labour market transitions and durations, wages, and individual characteristics. The starting points of the literature are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005792322
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Education and Borrowing Constraints: Tests Vs. Prices
Fernández, Raquel - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
This paper examines the properties of exams and markets as alternative allocation devices under borrowing constraints. Exams dominate markets in terms of matching efficiency. Whether aggregate consumption is greater under exams than under markets depends on the power of the exam technology; for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005497883
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The Importance of Networks in the Market for University Graduates in Japan: A Longitudinal Analysis of Hiring Patterns
Rebick, Marcus E - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
This study examines the extent to which the transition from university education to work is characterized by persistent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005662002
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Education, Matching and the Allocative Value of Romance
Booth, Alison L; Coles, Melvyn G - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
Societies are characterized by customs governing the allocation of non-market goods such as marital partnerships. We explore how such customs affect the educational investment decisions of young singles and the subsequent joint labour supply decisions of partnered couples. We consider two...
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Temporary Contracts and Employee Effort
Engellandt, Axel; Riphahn, Regina - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
Temporary contracts provide employers with a tool to screen potential new employees and have been shown to provide ‘stepping stones’ into permanent employment for workers. For both reasons, workers on temporary contracts have an incentive to provide more effort than permanent employees....
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Israel: The Start-Up Nation, and its Threat from Within
Ben-David, Dan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
Three main vantage points are brought together in this paper: (1) Israel’s relatively good economic performance in recent years – at least, in comparison with other Western countries that have still not emerged from the recession; (2) motivations for the wave of social protests that erupted...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084118
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Wage Differentials in the 1990s in Israel: Endowments, Discrimination and Selectivity
Neuman, Shoshana; Oaxaca, Ronald L - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
The purpose of this Paper is to investigate wage structures of professional workers in the Israeli labour market, using data from the most recent 1995 Census and correcting for selectivity at the stage of entrance into the occupation. The sample of professionals is decomposed into several...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124131
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Intermittent Employment: Work Histories of Israeli Men and Women, 1983-1995
Neuman, Shoshana; Ziderman, Adrian - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
, breakdowns are provided by ethnic origin, marital status, age and education level. While most of the results are both expected …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136575
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Learning for Employment, Innovating for Growth
Falkinger, Josef; Zweimüller, Josef - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
productivity. Education as well as innovation and production require skilled labour as inputs. This and the fact that learning … study the impact of changes in the education of workers and the incentives to innovate. Lower profits imply lower growth … redistribution. Subsidization of education increases employment and growth. Redistribution through the tax and benefit system or …
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