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Why Ex(Im)porters Pay More:Evidence from Matched Firm-Worker Panels
Martins, Pedro S.; Opromolla, Luca David - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011
We investigate the relationship between exporting, importing, and wage premia using a richmatched employer-employee data set. We improve on the previous literature (i) by using anew methodology to quantify the contribution of an extensive set of worker- and firm-levelobservable and unobservable...
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Assessing the Importance of Male and FemalePart-Time Work for the Gender Earnings Gap in Britain
Mumford, Karen; Smith, Peter N. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
This study examines the role of individual characteristics, occupation, industry, region, andworkplace characteristics in accounting for differences in hourly earnings between men andwomen in full and part-time jobs in Britain. A four-way gender-working time split (male fulltimers,male...
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Exploring the Causes of Frictional Wage Dispersion
Tjaden, Volker; Wellschmied, Felix - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2012
Standard search models are unreliable for structural inference of the underlying sources ofwage inequality because they are inconsistent with observed residual wage dispersion. Weaddress this issue by modeling skill development and duration dependence in unemploymentbenefits in a random on the...
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Average Wage, Qualification of the Workforce andExport Performance in German Enterprises:Evidence from KombiFiD Data
Wagner, Joachim - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2012
Empirical investigations with enterprise level data from official statistics often use the averagewage as a proxy variable for the qualification of the workforce, mostly due to the lack ofdetailed information on the qualification of the employees. This paper uses unique newlyavailable data for...
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Works Councils, Wages, and Job Satisfaction
Grund, Christian (Wirtschaftswissenschaftler); Schmitt, … - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011
We investigate the effects of works councils on employees’ wages and job satisfaction ingeneral and for subgroups with … support for the hypothesis that the introductionof a works council itself increases wages or job satisfaction for the …
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New Estimates of the Effects of Minimum Wages in the U.S. Retail Trade Sector
Addison, John T.; Blackburn, McKinley L.; Cotti, Chad D. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
This paper examines the impact of minimum wages on earnings and employment in selected branches of the retail …
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Foreign Ownership, Employment and Wages in Brazi l: Evidence from Acquisitions, Divestments and Job Movers
Martins, Pedro S.; Esteves, Luiz A. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
How much do developing countries benefit from foreign investment? We contribute to this question by comparing the employment and wage practices of foreign and domestic firms in Brazil, using detailed matched firm-worker panel data...
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Minimum Wages in Kenya
Andalon, Mabel; Pagés, Carmen - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
as well as in terms of their implications for wages and employment. Our findings based on the 1998/99 labor force data … - the last labor force survey available - indicate that minimum wages, which, in principle, apply to all salaried employees … specifically, our results suggest that (i) compliance rates were higher in occupations other than agriculture, (ii) minimum wages …
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Do Immigrants Affect Firm-Specific Wages?
Malchow-Møller, Nikolaj; Munch, Jakob Roland; Rose … - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
In this paper, we propose and test a novel effect of immigration on the wages of nativeworkers. Existing studies have … developed countries has a significantly negative effect onthe wages of native workers at the workplace - also when controlling …
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Errors in Self-Reported Earnings:The Role of Previous Earnings Volatility
Akee, Randall K. Q. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
I report the measurement error in self-reported earnings for a developing country.Administrative data from the Federated States of Micronesia`s (FSM) Social Security officeare matched to the FSM Census data for the wage sector employed. I find that the error inannual self-reported earnings is...
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