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Huaita, Franklin; VAlenzuela, Patricio - EconWPA - 2005

generación de ingresos de una mujer que logra convertirse en microempresaria en Chile, basándose en técnicas paramétricas y no …

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Ingresos y Microempresarias

Huaita, Franklin; VAlenzuela, Patricio - EconWPA - 2005

generación de ingresos de una mujer que logra convertirse en microempresaria en Chile, basándose en técnicas paramétricas y no …

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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...

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The workers' value of the remaining employment contract duration

Ommeren, Jos Van; Hazans, Mihails - EconWPA - 2005

This paper introduces and applies a method for estimating workers' marginal willingness to pay for job attributes employing data on job search activity. Worker's willingness to pay for the remaining duration of the employment contract is derived. We provide evidence that workers attach...

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An Equilibrium Search Model with Co-Worker Discrimination

Sasaki, Masaru - EconWPA - 1998

This paper analyzes the effect of co-worker discrimination on wage and unemployment differentials between males and females using a search model. In the presence of asymmetric co- worker discrimination, no female-dominated firm emerges in the labor market. An increase in female participation...

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Market Forces and Sex Discrimination

Hellerstein, Judith K.; Neumark, David; Troske, Kenneth R. - EconWPA - 1998

strongest finding is that among plants with high levels of product market power, those that employ relatively more women are …

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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...

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What is Left to Residual Claimants? The Empirics of Income Reported by Entrepreneurs and Workers

Poutvaara, Panu; Tuomala, Juha - EconWPA - 2004

Using Finnish panel data, we study how entrepreneurs differ from workers in education and income dynamics. We find that … workers have higher median income in all educational groups. Without additional controls, entrepreneurs have higher average … income with all but undergraduate level of education. However, random effects and matching models suggest that entrepreneurs …

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Bilateral Uncertainty in a Model of Job-Market Screening with Intermediaries

Schweinzer, Paul - EconWPA - 2001

We look at a job-market model of bilateral uncertainty. Workers are uncertain about what job descriptions advertised by firms really mean and firms are uncertain about the qualifications of workers before they are interviewed. Both types of uncertainty can be resolved but both processes are...

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Fixed wage or share: Contingent contract renewal and skipper motivation

Matthiasson, Thorolfur - EconWPA - 1997

Fishermen around the world are usually remunerated by shares. Iceland is no exception in that respect. The fixed wage systems,that have been tried out, have been short- lived and their utilization limited. The fundamental question asked in this paper is: Why do almost all vessel owners use the...

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