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We examine how those re-entering paid-employment after a brief self-employment spell fare upon return using data from the European Community Household Panel. Unconditionally, those re-entering paid-employment appear to have considerably lower wages than those staying in the wage sector. This...
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We examine gender differences in careers using a large linked employer-employee dataset on Finnish white-collar manufacturing workers over the period of 19812006. Our focus is on labour market entrants whom we follow over time. We find that men start their careers from higher ranks of the...
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This dissertation is an empirical study of the gender wage gap in Finland. Much of the dissertation focuses explicitly on the early career as it is found that the first years after labour market entry are of great importance with respect to the overall gender wage gap. The dissertation consists...
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Abstract: To examine the productivity, employment and wage effects of ICT, we apply novel occupation based measures of organisational change within firms. With these measures, we directly address the complementarities between ICT and organisational changes. Our results support the view that...
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This study conducts an international comparison of productivity and profitability. First, the level and growth of productivity are compared in OECD countries for the period from 1975 to 2009. According to this comparison, productivity growth has been faster in the key Finnish sectors com-pared...
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providing evidence on the age-productivity and age-earnings profiles for a sample of plants in three manufacturing industries …
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In Finnish manufacturing, the gender wage gap more than doubles during the first ten years in the labor market. This paper studies the factors contributing to the gender gap in early-career wage growth. The analysis shows that the size of the gender gap in wage growth varies with mobility status...
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The impact of parental leave on women`s carees and earnings - A literature review The role of various child care leaves … interruptions due to the care of newborns on womens career and earnings development. Since there is no Finnish empirical evidence on … the UK. Career interruptions due to the care of newborns seem to have a negative effect on womens earnings. Parental …
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This paper compares the effects of intangible capital on wage formation among white-collar manufacturing workers using comparative data from three European countries : the Czech Republic, Finland and Norway. The analysis is undertaken in two steps. First, we explore the wage differentials and...
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