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Mexico : human capital effects on wages and productivity

Lopez Acevedo, Gladys - 2005

"The authors follow the Hellerstein, Neumark, and Troske (1999) framework to estimate marginal productivity differentials and compare them with estimated relative wages. The analysis provides evidence on productivity and nonproductivity-based determinations of wages. Special emphasis is given to...

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Activities, employment, and wages in rural and semi-urban Mexico

Verner, Dorte - 2005

consumption distribution tend to earn a larger share of their nonagricultural incomes from wage labor activities. For the poorest …, low-productivity wage labor activities are important. The quantile wage regression analysis for rural Mexico shows a … rather heterogeneous impact pattern of individual characteristics across the wage distribution on monthly wages. The author …

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Teachers' salaries and professional profile in Mexico

Lopez Acevedo, Gladys - 2004

"Teachers' salaries have often been highlighted as an important issue in discussions on school improvement. The level and structure of teacher remuneration affect morale and the ability to focus on and devote adequate time to teaching. Lopez-Acevedo examines who teachers are, whether teachers...

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No more cutting class? : reducing teacher absence and providing incentives for performance

Rogers, F. Halsey - 2009

"Expanding and improving basic education in developing countries requires, at a minimum, teachers who are present in the classroom and motivated to teach, but this essential input is often missing. This paper describes the findings of a series of recent World Bank and other studies on teacher...

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Auctions with endogenous participation and quality thresholds : evidence from oda infrastructure procurement

Estache, Antonio - 2009

"Infrastructure projects are often technically complicated and highly customized. Therefore, procurement competition tends to be limited. Competition is the single most important factor toward auction efficiency and anti-corruption. However, the degree of competition realized is closely related...

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Energy demand models for policy formulation : a comparative study of energy demand models

Bhattacharyya, Subhes C. - 2009

"This paper critically reviews existing energy demand forecasting methodologies highlighting the methodological diversities and developments over the past four decades in order to investigate whether the existing energy demand models are appropriate for capturing the specific features of...

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Career placement of skilled migrants in the U.S. labor market : a dynamic approach

Neagu, Ileana Cristina - 2009

"The initial occupational placements of male immigrants in the U.S. labor market vary significantly by country of origin even when education and other factors are taken into account. Does the heterogeneity persist over time? Using data from the 1980, 1990, and 2000 U.S. Censuses, this study...

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Entrepreneurship in post-conflict transition : the role of informality and access to finance

Demirgüç-Kunt, Aslı - 2009

"The authors examine the factors affecting the transition to self-employment in Bosnia and Herzegovina, using the World … activity. The analysis identifies individuals that switched to self-employment (employers and own account) during the sample … in self-employment. After controlling for household wealth, having an existing bank relationship increases the likelihood …

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Race, immigration, and the U.S. labor market : contrasting the outcomes of foreign born and native blacks

Walque, Damien de - 2008

Series data for the 2000 Census. Among women and for labor market outcomes such as labor force participation, employment, and … Blacks. Among men, for labor force participation and employment, foreign-born Blacks are doing better than native Blacks. The …

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The place premium : wage differences for identical workers across the US border

Clemens, Michael A. - 2008

formal-sector wage-earners in 43 countries. The paper then uses five independent methods to correct these estimates for … unobserved differences and introduces a selection model to estimate how migrants' wage gains depend on their position in the … distribution of unobserved wage determinants. Following all adjustments for selectivity and compensating differentials, the authors …

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