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Ñopo, Hugo; Valenzuela, Patricio - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

Using the 1996-2001 Chilean CASEN Panel Survey, this paper analyzes the impact onincome of the switch from salaried employment to entrepreneurship (self-employment andleadership of micro-enterprises). By means of a difference-in-differences non-parametricmatching estimator the paper alleviates...

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What Is the Value of Entrepreneurship?A Review of Recent Research

Praag, Mirjam van; Versloot, Peter H. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

This paper examines to what extent recent empirical evidence can collectively andsystematically substantiate the claim that entrepreneurship has important economic value.Hence, a systematic review is provided that answers the question: What is the contribution ofentrepreneurs to the economy in...

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Firm-Worker Matching in Industrial Clusters

Figueiredo, Octávio; Guimarães, Paulo; Woodward, … - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011

developments in the estimationand analysis of models with high-dimensional fixed effects. Using wage regressions withcontrols for …

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Cost and Benefit of Apprenticeship Training : A Comparison of Germany and Switzerland

Dionisius, Regina; Mühlemann, Samuel; Pfeifer, Harald; … - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008

For the first time it has been made possible to merge a German and a Swiss firm-level data set that include detailed information about costs and benefits of apprenticeship training. Previous analyses based only on aggregate data showed that the net costs of training apprentices are substantial...

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Earnings Instability and Earnings Inequality inUrban China: 19892006

Zhao, Zhong - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

This paper investigates the evolution of earnings inequality in urban China from 1989 to2006. After decomposing the variance of log of earnings into transitory and permanent twoparts, we find that both components are important contributors to the total variance ofearnings. We also find that the...

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Union Density and Varieties of Coverage : The Anatomy of Union Wage Effects in Germany

Fitzenberger, Bernd; Kohn, Karsten; Lembcke, Alexander C. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008

associated with higher wages. Yet, individual bargaining coverage in a covered firm shows a negative impact both on the wage … level and on wage dispersion... …

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City Air or City Markets:Productivity Gains in Urban Areas

Krupka, Douglas J. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

Persistent productivity gains to rural-urban migrants have been documented by a number ofresearchers. One interpretation of this result is that individuals learn higher value skills incities than they would have learned in less dense areas. Another explanation for this result,however, is that...

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Why Are the Returns to Education Higher forEntrepreneurs than for Employees?

Sluis, Justin van der; Praag, Mirjam van; … - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

We compare the returns to education (RTE) for entrepreneurs and employees, based on 19waves of the NLSY database. By using instrumental variable techniques (IV) and takingaccount of selectivity, we find that the RTE are significantly higher for entrepreneurs than foremployees (18.3 percent and...

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Jump-Starting Self-Employment?Evidence among Welfare Participants in Argentina

Almeida, Rita; Galasso, Emanuela - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

One important concern of governments in developing countries is on how to phase-out largesafety nets programs. This paper evaluates the short run effects of one possible exit strategy,programs that promote self-employment, in Argentina. We provide evidence that a smallfraction of beneficiaries...

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Wage Structure and Labor Mobilityin the Netherlands 1999-2003

Borghans, Lex; Kriechel, Ben - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

In this paper we document the wage structure and labor mobility in the Netherlands in theperiod 1999-2003. We explain … the importance of wage-setting institutions in the Netherlandsand the main actors. The analyses are based on … investigated the Netherlands experienced an increase in wage inequality... …

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