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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
period in which educational policies intent on equating gender opportunities in education were implemented. To this end we …
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Analysing the Gender Wage Gap Using Personnel Records of a Large German Company
Pfeifer, Christian; Sohr, Tatjana - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
We use monthly personnel records of a large German company to analyse the gender wage gap (GWG). Main findings are: (1 …, entry age, schooling, and working hours, the GWG is 13 percent for blue-collar as well as for white-collar workers; (3 … significant impact on the GWG; (8) the gender gap in absenteeism is between 26 and 46 percent... …
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Between Meritocracy and Ethnic Discrimination : The Gender Difference
Arai, Mahmood; Bursell, Moa; Nekby, Lena - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
Using a two stage correspondence test methodology, this study tests employer priors against job-applicants with Arabic names compared to job-applicants with Swedish names. In the first stage, employers are sent CVs of equal observable quality. Thereafter, in the second stage, the CVs with Arabic...
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The Determinants of Female Labour Supply in Belarus
Pastore, Francesco; Verashchagina, Alina - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
Unlike in many other transition countries, where the gender pay gap has remained stable while female employment rates … have reduced, in the case of Belarus women activity rate has been practically unchanged despite an increase in the gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005859745
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Distributive Justice and CEO Compensation
Jasso, Guillermina; Meyersson Milgrom, Eva M. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
This paper develops a framework for studying individuals ideas about what constitutes justcompensation for chief executive officers (CEOs) and reports estimates of just CEO pay andthe principles guiding ideas of justice. The sample consists of students pursuing a Master ofBusiness Administration...
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Development and Sources of Labor Productivityin Chinese Provinces
Su, Biwei; Heshmati, Almas - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011
As China exhibited unprecedented rapid economic growth ever since its reform andopenness, the development and sources …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009486971
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Brain Drain and its Determinant : A Major Issue for Small States
Beine, Michel; Docquier, Frédéric; Schiff, Maurice - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
This paper examines the relationship between the brain drain and country size, as well as the extent of small states overall loss of human capital. We find that small states are the main losers because they i) lose a larger proportion of their skilled labor force and ii) exhibit stronger...
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Steering towards the High Road:A Study of Human Resource Management inTwo Indian Garment Factories
Lake, Henrietta - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
What are the performance benefits of investing in human resources in a low-cost laborenvironment where returns to such investment are widely perceived as negligible? This paperpresents a matched pair case study on the performance effect of human resourcemanagement systems at two garment...
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Ethnic Competition and Specialization
Kahanec, Martin - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
Are ethnic specialization and thus a downward sloping labor demand curve fundamentalfeatures of labor market competition between ethnic groups? In a general equilibrium model,this paper argues that spillover effects in skill acquisition and social distances between ethnicgroups engender...
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The Effect of Emigration on Child Labor
Epstein, Gil S.; Kahana, Nava - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
We present a general model of child labor that incorporates the various componentspresented in the literature as explanations for its existence. Our proposal is to mitigate thephenomenon by encouraging temporary emigration...
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