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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861085
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861423
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On Gender Gaps and Self-fulfilling Expectations : Theory, Policies and Some Empirical Evidence
Rica, Sara de la; Dolado, Juan José; … - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
This paper considers a simple model of self-fulfilling expectations that leads to a multiple equilibrium of gender gaps …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005859583
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Labor Supply with Social Interactions:Econometric Estimates and Their Tax Policy Implications
Grodner, Andrew; Kniesner, Thomas J. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
Our econometric research allows for a possible response of a person's hours worked tohours typically worked by members of a multidimensional labor market reference group thatconsiders demographics and geographic location...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861866
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Is Part-time Employment Here To Stay? Evidence from the Dutch Labour Force Survey 1992–2005
Bosch, Nicole; Deelen, Anja; Euwals, Rob - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
To balance work and family responsibilities, the Netherlands have chosen a unique model that combines a high female employment rate with a high part-time employment rate. The model is likely to be the result of (societal) preferences as the removal of institutional barriers, like lower marginal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005860615
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005859602
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Feedback and Incentives : Experimental Evidence
Eriksson, Tor; Poulsen, Anders; Villeval, Marie-Claire - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
This paper experimentally investigates the impact of different pay and relative performance information policies on employee effort. We explore three information policies: No feedback about relative performance, feedback given halfway through the production period, and continuously updated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005860221
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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, irrespective of labour market sector, the gender wage gap among low-paid, Australian …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005859579
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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 … significant impact on the GWG; (8) the gender gap in absenteeism is between 26 and 46 percent... …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005859626