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Insider Power, Wage Discrimination, and Fairness
Fehr, Ernst; Kirchsteiger, Georg - EconWPA - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076544
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Sheepskin Effects in the Returns to Education by Ethnic Group: Evidence from Northeastern Brazil
Arcand, Jean-Louis; d'Hombres, Béatrice - EconWPA - 2005
The purpose of this paper is to examine inter-ethnic differences in the returns to education for the three main ethnic groups in the Metropolitan Region of Salvador (MRS), Bahia state, in Northeastern Brazil. Our results suggest that sheepskin effects take the traditional form of an additional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125740
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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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Evaluating the effect of tax deductions on training
Leuven, Edwin; Oosterbeek, Hessel - EconWPA - 2002
Due to a tax law implemented in 1998, Dutch employers can claim an extra tax deduction when they train employees aged 40 years or older. This causes a discontinuity in a firm's cost of training an employee. We exploit this discontinuity to identify two effects: the effect of the tax deduction on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125714
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'Residual' Wage Disparity in Directed Search Equilibrium
Kennes, John; King, Ian Paul; Julien, Benoit - EconWPA - 2002
We examine how much of the observed wage dispersion among similar workers can be explained as a consequence of a lack of coordination among employers. To do this, we construct a directed search model with homogenous workers but where firms can create either good or bad jobs, aimed at either...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005126186
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Which Human Capital Matters for Rich and Poor’s Wages? Evidence from Matched Worker-Firm Data from Tunisia
Muller, Christophe; Nordman, Christophe - EconWPA - 2005
In this paper, we study the return to human capital variables for wages of workers observed in Tunisian matched worker-firm data in 1999. This tells us how returns to human capital in a Less Developed Country like Tunisia differ from the industrial countries usually studied with matched data. We...
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Optimal Unemployment Insurance with Variable Skill Levels
Pollak, Andreas - EconWPA - 2004
with different match qualities. No search effort by the agent is needed to receive offers. Individual productivity declines … agent. A further complication is due to the unobservability of an agent’s productivity. I find that under an optimal …, agents whose productivity is relatively high tend to have a shorter unemployment duration and a higher productivity growth in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408328
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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...
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Estimating a Life Cycle Model with Unemployment and Human Capital Depreciation
Pollak, Andreas - EconWPA - 2005
. Following the loss of a job and during unemployment, an agent’s productivity declines. Using micro data, I estimate the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005119102
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Does Social Capital Improve Labour Productivity in Small and Medium Enterprises?
Sabatini, Fabio - EconWPA - 2005
This paper carries out an empirical assessment of the relationship between social capital and labour productivity in … significant and positive influence both on labour productivity and on human development. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076902