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for median weekly earnings growth into the part associated with the wage growth ofpersons employed at the beginning and … end of the period (the wage growth effect) and the part associated withchanges in the composition of earners (the … tight job switchers get high wage increases,making them account for half of the variation in median weekly earnings growth …
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: by offering a generous wage and by giving attention. Contrary to the traditional gift-exchange hypothesis, we show that … than egoistic managers do. In such equilibria, a low wage signals to employees that the manager has something else to offer …
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We investigate the relationship between exporting, importing, and wage premia using a richmatched employer … set of worker- and firm-levelobservable and unobservable characteristics to the wage gap, and (ii) by controlling for … firm size and sales are, todifferent extents, important components of the wage gap both for exporters and importers …
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This paper considers the impact of public sector employment on local labour markets. Using English data at the Local Authority level for 2003 to 2007 we find that public sector employment has no identifiable effect on total private sector employment. However, public sector employment does affect...
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and other covariates halves the size of the wage elasticity of agglomeration externalities. On the contrary, accounting … for firms' unobservable heterogeneity has only a weak contribution to the explanation of wage differentials. Another …
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This paper examines the wage effects arising from changing local human capital in the labour market areas of Britain …. Employing wage regressions, it is found that individuals' wages are positively associated with changes in the employment shares … these services are non-traded, the increased demand for local low-paid services should be reflected in a wage premium for …
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Firms hiring fresh graduates face uncertainty on the future productivity of workers. Theory suggests that starting wages reflect this, with lower pay for greater uncertainty. We use the dispersion of exam grades within a field of education as an indicator of the unobserved heterogeneity that...
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spells in entrepreneurship versus wage employment, thereby accounting for selectivity into entrepreneurial positions based on … control over the profitable employment of their human capital than wage employees. …
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In a corporatist country, of which the Netherlands is an example, wages should not be distinguished by union membership status, but by the bargaining regime. Four bargaining regimes can be distinguished: (i) company level bargaining, (ii) industry level bargaining, (iii) mandatory extension of...
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relatively general. Applying human capital theory, we expect higher wage growth for full-time educated auditors than for dual …
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