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Public Sector Pay and Corruption: Measuring Bribery from Micro Data

Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Sabirianova Peter, Klara - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

This study is the first to provide a systematic measure of bribery using micro-level data on reported earnings, household spending and asset holdings. We use the compensating differential framework and the estimated sectoral gap in reported earnings and expenditures to identify the size of...

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How Large are Search Frictions?

Gautier, Pieter A; Teulings, Coen N - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

This paper shows that we can normalize job and worker characteristics such that without frictions there exists a linear relationship between wages on the one hand and worker and job type indices on the other. However, for five European countries and the US we find strong evidence for a...

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Estimating Labour Market Discrimination with Selectivity Corrected Wage Equations: Methodological Considerations and an Illustration from Israel

Neuman, Shoshana; Oaxaca, Ronald L - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

This paper presents a modified and improved methodology for the decomposition of wage differentials between two groups … of workers into an endowment component and a discrimination component. The standard decomposition technique does not take … selectivity bias correction procedure. Using information derived from the entrance equations, the decomposition procedure is then …

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Dualism and Aggregate Productivity

Temple, Jonathan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

This Paper shows how to calibrate a two-sector general equilibrium model of production using a small number of parameter assumptions and readily available data. The framework is then used to analyse the costs of labour market dualism. The Paper quantifies the effects of rural-urban wage...

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Wages and Productivity Growth in a Dynamic Monopoly

Bester, Helmut; Petrakis, Emmanuel - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

This Paper studies the inter-temporal problem of a monopolistic firm that engages in productivity-enhancing innovations to reduce its labour costs. If the level of wages is sufficiently low, the firm's rate of productivity growth approaches the rate of wage growth and eventually the firm reaches...

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Discrimination in the Swiss Labour Market: an Empirical Analysis

Golder, Stefan M.; Straubhaar, Thomas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999

Survey (SLFS). The earnings difference decomposition between natives and immigrants reveals that the discrimination effect …

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Do Good Workers Hurt Bad Workers - or is it the Other Way Around?

Moen, Espen R - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

In this article, I study the effect of worker heterogeneities on wages and unemployment within the context of a directed search model. A worker's productivity in a given firm depends both on their type and on a worker-firm specific component. Firms advertise unconditional wage offers, and hire...

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Good Jobs versus Bad Jobs: Theory and Some Evidence

Acemoglu, Daron - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997

This paper offers a model of the interaction between composition of jobs and labour market regulation. Ex-post rent-sharing due to search frictions implies that ‘good’ jobs which have higher creation costs must pay higher wages. This wage differential distorts the composition of jobs, and in...

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What Makes an Entrepreneur and Does it Pay? Native Men, Turks and Other Migrants in Germany

Constant, Amelie; Shachmurove, Yochanan; Zimmermann, Klaus F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

This Paper focuses on the entrepreneurial endeavors of immigrants and natives in Germany. We pay closer attention to Turks, since they are the largest immigrant group with a strong entrepreneurial tradition; self-employed Turks in Germany represent about 70% of all Turkish entrepreneurs in the...

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Changes in the Distribution of Male and Female Wages Accounting for Employment Composition Using Bounds

Blundell, Richard William; Gosling, Amanda; Ichimura, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

This Paper examines changes in the distribution of wages using bounds to allow for the impact of non-random selection into work. We show that bounds constructed without any economic or statistical assumptions can be informative. Since employment rates in the UK are often low they are not...

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