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Occupational Segregation and the Gender Wage Gap in Private- and Public-Sector Employment : A Distributional Analysis

Baron, Juan; Cobb-Clark, Deborah - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008

We use HILDA data from 2001 - 2006 to analyse the source of the gender wage gap across public- and private-sector wage distributions in Australia. We are particularly interested in the role of gender segregation within sector-specific occupations in explaining relative wages. We find that,...

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The Role of Educational Choice in Occupational Gender Segregation : Evidence from Trinidad and Tobago

Sookram, Sandra; Strobl, Eric - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008

We analyse the role of educational choice on the degree of occupational segregation in Trinidad and Tobago during a period in which educational policies intent on equating gender opportunities in education were implemented. To this end we utilise waves of the Trinidad and Tobago labour force...

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Occupational Gender Composition and Wages inRomania: From Planned Equality to Market Inequality?

Andrén, Daniela; Andrén, Thomas - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

In Romania, the communist regime promoted an official policy of gender equality for morethan 40 years, providing equal access to education and employment, and restricting paydifferentiation based on gender. After its fall in December 1989, the promotion of equalopportunities and treatment for...

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Invest in the best or compensate the weak? An empirical analysis of the heterogeneity of a firm’s provision of human capital

Muehlemann, Samuel; Wolter, Stefan C.; Braendli, Romy - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2013

The paper aims to test whether a firm’s provision of training depends on the intake quality of trainees. While a firm may just treat each trainee equally, independent of his or her intake quality, firms may alternatively also provide more training to less able individuals or focus on the most...

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Works councils, collective bargaining and apprenticeship training

Kriechel, Ben; Muehlemann, Samuel; Pfeifer, Harald; … - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2011

We investigate the effects of works councils on apprenticeship training. The German law attributes works councils substantial information and co-determination rights on training-related issues. Thus, works councils may also have an impact on the cost-benefit relation of workplace training. Using...

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Monopsony power, pay structure and training

Muehlemann, Samuel; Wolter, Stefan C.; Ryan, Paul - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2011

Although interest in monopsonistic influences on labour market outcomes has revived in recent years, only a few empirical studies provide direct evidence on it. This paper analyses empirically the effect of monopsony power on pay structure, using a direct measure of labour market ÔthinnessÕ....

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Hiring Costs for Skilled Workers and the Supply of Firm-Provided Training

Muehlemann, Samuel; Schenker, Samuel; Wolter, Stefan C.; … - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2012

This paper analyzes how the costs of hiring skilled workers from the external labor market affect a firm's supply of training. Using administrative survey data with detailed information on hiring and training costs for Swiss firms, we find evidence for substantial and increasing marginal hiring...

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TOP TEAM DEMOGRAPHICS, INNOVATION AND BUSINESS PERFORMANCE: FINDINGS FROM ENGLISH FIRMS AND CITIES, 2008-9

Nathan, Max - European Regional Science Association - 2013

knowledge or better access to international markets). These channels may be balanced by internal downsides (lower trust) and … information on revenues, product and process innovation. I then regress these measures of business performance on top team … between diversity and business performance, which is net positive for process innovation and net negative for turnover …

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