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On the Ranking Uncertainty of Labor Market Wage Gaps
Horrace, William C. - EconWPA - 2002
This paper uses multiple comparison methods to perform inference on labor market wage gap estimates from a regression model of wage determination. The regression decomposes a sample of workers' wages into a human capital component and a gender specific component; the gender component is called...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005062534
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Globalization and the Right to Free Association and Collective
Neumayer, Eric; Soysa, Indra de - EconWPA - 2004
Economies that are more open to trade and foreign direct investment face greater competitive pressure than closed ones. Globalization critics are concerned that this pressure induces countries to lower labor standards in order to remain competitive and retain or attract foreign investment....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125769
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The Two Faces of Knowledge Diffusion: the Chilean Case
Morone, Piergiuseppe - EconWPA - 2002
This paper analyses the dynamics of return to knowledge where knowledge is acquired through the combination of interactive and individual learning. We suggest that in light of this new definition of knowledge, choosing the optimal level of education is no longer an individual exercise of present...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408325
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Does tariff liberalization increase wage inequality? Some empirical evidence
Milanovic, Branko; Squire, Lyn - EconWPA - 2005
inequality ? We consider two types of wage inequality : between occupations (skills premium), and between industries. We use two … large data bases of wage inequality that have become recently available and a large dataset of average tariff rates all …-industry inequality in poorer countries (those below the world median income) and the reverse in richer countries. The results for inter …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408336
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Does tariff liberalization increase wage inequality? Some empirical evidence
Milanovic, Branko; Squire, Lyn - EconWPA - 2005
inequality ? We consider two types of wage inequality : between occupations (skills premium), and between industries. We use two … large data bases of wage inequality that have become recently available and a large dataset of average tariff rates all …-industry inequality in poorer countries (those below the world median income) and the reverse in richer countries. The results for inter …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005119296
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Some are Punished and Some are Rewarded: A Study of the Impact of Performance Pay on Job Satisfaction
McCausland, W.D.; Pouliakas, K.; Theodossiou, I. - EconWPA - 2005
Using an econometric procedure that corrects for both self-selection of individuals into their preferred compensation scheme and wage endogeneity, this study investigates whether significant differences exist in the job satisfaction of individuals receiving performance- related pay (PRP)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076512
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Do Job Disamenities Raise Wages or Ruin Job Satisfaction?
Böckerman, Petri; Ilmakunnas, Pekka - EconWPA - 2005
This study investigates the role of adverse working conditions in the determination of individual wages and overall job satisfaction in the Finnish labour market. The potential influence of adverse working conditions on self-reported fairness of pay at the workplace is considered as an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125762
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Elusive effects of unemployment on happiness
Böckerman, Petri; Ilmakunnas, Pekka - EconWPA - 2005
This paper explores the connection between unemployment and subjective well-being in Finland by using cross-sections for the years 1990, 1996 and 2000 from World Values Surveys. An unprecedented increase in the national unemployment rate (from 3 to 17 per cent) did not produce a drop in the mean...
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Job disamenities, job satisfaction, and on-the-job search: is there a nexus?
Böckerman, Petri; Ilmakunnas, Pekka - EconWPA - 2005
This study explores the potential role of adverse working conditions at the workplace in the determination of on-the-job search in the Finnish labour market. The results reveal that workers currently facing adverse working conditions have greater intentions to switch jobs and they are also more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556803
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Reciprocal fairness and gift exchange practices in the labor
Mahuteau, Stephane - EconWPA - 2002
We aim at investigating to what extent reciprocal considerations, exhibited by employers and employees, should lead to stable gift exchange practices in the labor contract, giving rise to non- compensating wage differentials among industries. We use the concept of Sequential Reciprocity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408349