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Human Capital in Transitional Russia
Vernon, Victoria - EconWPA - 2002
This paper applies parametric and nonparametric techniques to the most recent data from the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS) 1992- 2000 and shows the returns to schooling increased over the course of transition, overall and for attainment cohorts neither at the top nor bottom of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076535
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Why Are Racial And Ethnic Wage Gaps Larger For Men Than For Women? Exploring The Role Of Segregation Using The New Worker-Establishment Characteristics Database
Bayard, Kimberly; Hellerstein, Judith; Neumark, David; … - EconWPA - 1999
contributor to the lower wages paid to black and Hispanic men than to white men with similar individual characteristics. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125706
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Work arrangements on large capital city building projects
Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2002
The study examines the relationship between work arrangements and workplace performance on large capital building sites.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005135099
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College Characteristics and the Wages of Young Women
Daniel, Kermit; Black, Dan; Smith, Jeffery - EconWPA - 1996
have positive impacts on young women's wages. We find evidence of ability sorting, but controlling for ability, women who … attend higher quality colleges earn higher wages. Women receive smaller gains from college quality than do men; black women … earn more than those who attend public colleges, and women earn lower wages, the higher the proportion of their college …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125045
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College Quality and the Wages of Young Men
Daniel, Kermit; Black, Dan; Smith, Jeffery - EconWPA - 1996
have substantial positive impacts on young men's wages. This finding is robust to a wide array of alternative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125048
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Evaluating the effect of tax deductions on training
Leuven, Edwin; Oosterbeek, Hessel - EconWPA - 2002
wages. We find that the training rate of workers just above 40 is about 15-20 percent higher than the training rate of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125714
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Negative Stereotypes and Willingness to Change Them: Testing Theories of Discrimination in South Africa
Aguero, Jorge - EconWPA - 2005
This paper proposes a new test to distinguish between the two leading theories of discrimination: preference versus information. Discrimination based on preferences occurs when people behave as if they refuse to change their stereotypes about the capabilities of discriminated individuals. Those...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076553
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Spatial Effects upon Employment Outcomes: The Case of New Jersey Teenagers
O'Regan, Katherine M.; Quigley, John M. - EconWPA - 1998
Theories about the importance of space in urban labor markets have emphasized the role of employment access, on the one hand, and neighborhood composition, on the other hand, in affecting employment outcomes. This paper presents an empirical analysis which considers both of these factors,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076929
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What's in a Name?
Aura, Saku; Hess, Gregory D. - EconWPA - 2004
Plenty. This paper analyzes two broad questions: Does your first name matter? And how did you get your first name anyway? Using data from the National Opinion Research Center’s (NORC's) General Social Survey, including access to respondent’s first names from the 1994 and 2002 surveys, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125742
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Evolution, Green Beards, And Skin Hue Wage Discrimination
Price, Gregory N. - EconWPA - 1996
This paper provides an evolutionary rationale for both interracial and intraracial wage differentials by examining the implications of white employers mediating their employer-employee relationships on the basis of genetic similarity. If in organized labor markets, relationships mediated through...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125798