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The Changing Distribution of Male and Female Wages, 1978-2000: Can the Simple Skills Story be Rejected?

Gosling, Amanda - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

This Paper attempts to reconcile two apparently contradictory trends in the UK labour market over the 1980s and 1990s. While wage differentials based on observed skill have risen for men, wage differentials between men and women have fallen. If women earn less than men because they are less...

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The Evolution of the Early Career Gender Wage Gap

Kunze, Astrid - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

the early careers of skilled workers in Germany. We adopt a simple human capital theory approach. Advantages of the data …

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Occupational Mismatch and Moonlighting Among Spanish Physicians: Do Couples Matter?

Dolado, Juan J.; Felgueroso, Florentino - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

There are relevant gender differences in the labour-market status of health sciences graduates in Spain: (i) female physicians have lower participation rates than male physicians plus they are subject to higher occupational mismatch, and (ii) moonlighting is more frequent among male physicians....

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Where did the Productivity Growth Go? Inflation Dynamics and the Distribution of Income

Dew-Becker, Ian; Gordon, Robert J - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

A basic tenet of economic science is that productivity growth is the source of growth in real income per capita. But our results raise doubts by creating a direct link between macro productivity growth and the micro evolution of the income distribution. We show that over the entire period...

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Inequality, Technology and the Social Contract

Bénabou, Roland - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

The distribution of human capital and income lies at the center of a nexus of forces that shape a country’s economic, institutional and technological structure. I develop here a unified model to analyse these interactions and their growth consequences. Five main issues are addressed. First, I...

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Modelling Work-Related Training and Training Effects Using Count Data Techniques

Arulampalam, Wiji; Booth, Alison L; Elias, Peter - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997

This paper estimates the determinants of the number of work-related training courses, and their impact on expected wages growth, using longitudinal data from the British National Child Development Study. The analysis covers a crucial decade in the working lives of a cohort of young men – from...

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Controversies about the Rise in American Inequality: A Survey

Dew-Becker, Ian; Gordon, Robert J - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

This paper provides a comprehensive survey of seven aspects of rising inequality that are usually discussed separately: changes in labor’s share of income; inequality at the bottom of the income distribution, including labor mobility; skill-biased technical change; inequality among high incomes;...

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The Evolution of Modern Educational Systems: Technical Vs. General Education, Distributional Conflict and Growth

Bertocchi, Graziella; Spagat, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

We study the evolution of an educational system which is founded on a hierarchical differentiation between technical and general education, with a superior social status attached to general. The resulting dynamic political equilibrium is best summarized by the ratio of vocational to general...

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Eastern Germany Since Unification: Wage Subsidies Remain a Better Way

Begg, David; Portes, Richard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1992

wage subsidy in Eastern Germany and the elimination of all other subsidies. Subsequent events have strengthened the …

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The Economic Performance of Germany's East European Immigrants

Schmidt, Christoph M - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994

Germany has experienced a substantial influx of German immigrants from Eastern Europe after World War II and expects … German migrants to West Germany in comparison with native born West Germans. Ethnic German immigrants from Eastern Europe … from East Germany. Similar to foreign guest-workers, German immigrants are more likely to work in blue collar jobs; they do …

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