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Can You Teach Old Dragons New Tricks? FDI and Innovation Activity in Chinese State-Owned Enterprises
Girma, Sourafel; Gong, Yundan; Görg, Holger - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
We investigate whether inward FDI, either at the firm or industry level, has any impact on product innovation by Chinese State owned enterprises (SOEs). We use a comprehensive firm level panel data set of Chinese SOEs covering the period 1999 to 2003. Our results show that foreign capital...
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Gender Wage Differentials in a Competitive Labour Market: The Household Interaction Effect
Francois, Patrick; Ours, Jan C van - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000
We present a theoretical explanation of the gender wage gap that turns on the interaction between men and women in households. In equilibria where men are over-represented in full-time work, we show that firms rationally choose to hire women only at strictly lower wages to men. The model...
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The Transition in East Germany: When is a Ten Point Fall in the Gender Wage Gap Bad News?
Hunt, Jennifer - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
Since monetary union with West Germany on 1 July 1990, eastern female monthly wages have risen by 10 percentage points relative to male wages, but female employment has fallen 5 percentage points more than male employment. Using the German Socio-Economic Panel to study the years 1990–94, I...
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Gender, Salary and Promotion in the Academic Profession
Ward-Warmedinger, Melanie - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000
This paper examines the hypothesis that the gender salary gap observed in the academic labour market is predominantly explained by the differing average characteristics of male and female academics and barriers to female promotion. Preliminary analysis reveals that the crowding of women onto the...
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The Good, the Bad, and the Different: Can Gender Quotas Raise the Quality of Politicians?
Júlio, Paulo Fernando; Tavares, José - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
This paper models, for the first time, the relationship between gender quotas and the quality of elected public officials. In our economy, females and males can be either high or low-skill. The number of high-skill individuals elected for public office determines the overall quality of...
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Does Migration Empower Married Women?
Chen, Natalie; Conconi, Paola; Perroni, Carlo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
Differences in gender-based labour market discrimination across countries imply that migration may affect husbands and wives differently. If migrant wives experience a relative improvement in their labour market position, bargaining theory suggests that they should experience comparatively...
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A Colonial Legacy of African Gender Inequality? Evidence from Christian Kampala, 1895-2011
Meier zu Selhausen, Felix; Weisdorf, Jacob - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
The colonial legacy of African underdevelopment is widely debated but hard to document. We use occupational statistics from Protestant marriage registers of historical Kampala to investigate the hypothesis that African gender inequality and female disempowerment are rooted in colonial times. We...
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Gender Discrimination: The Role of Males and Per Capita Income
Rahim, Fazeer; Tavares, José - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
This paper models gender discrimination in the labor market as originating from bargaining between husbands and wives within the family. The husband-wife household bargains over resource distribution, with each spouse's bargaining power determined by his/her market income. Men are reluctant to...
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Mommy Tracks and Public Policy: On Self-Fulfilling Prophecies and Gender Gaps in Promotion
Lommerud, Kjell Erik; Vagstad, Steinar - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000
Consider a model with two types of jobs. The profitability of promoting a worker to a fast-track job depends not only on his or her observable talent, but also on incontractible effort. We investigate whether self-fulfilling expectations may lead to women meeting tougher promotion standards than...
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Product Market Competition, Returns to Skill and Wage Inequality
Guadalupe, Maria - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
This Paper shows that increasing product market competition can have a direct impact on the employment relationship and … on wage inequality. I develop a simple model in which an increase in product market competition increases returns to … skill through the effect of competition on the sensitivity of profits to cost reductions. I then show empirically that the …
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