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Jacob Mincer, Experience and the Distribution of Earnings
Chiswick, Barry R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
This paper reviews Jacob Mincer’s contributions to the analyses of earnings and the distribution of earnings through … theoretical literature on the distribution of earnings in the pre-Mincer period, and then discusses his analysis of human capital … and earnings developed in his 1957 doctoral dissertation and 1958 Journal of Political Economy (JPE) article. Further …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822355
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Are All of the Good Men Fathers? The Effect of Having Children on Earnings
Kunze, Astrid - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This study reconsiders the empirical question of whether men's earnings increase because of children. Large Norwegian … market. The data permit family-fixed effects to be modeled in various ways, as well as observing earnings growth before and … after having children. The simple conditional correlation between children and earnings is positive. When only variation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011105074
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A Human Capital Model of the Effects of Abilities and Family Background on Optimal Schooling Levels
Regan, Tracy L.; Burghardt, Galen; Oaxaca, Ronald L. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
(the years of work experience at which individuals' observed earnings approximately equal what they would have been based …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762296
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Parental Leave and Mothers' Careers: The Relative Importance of Job Protection and Cash Benefits
Lalive, Rafael; Schlosser, Analia; Steinhauer, Andreas; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Parental leave regulations in most OECD countries have two key policy instruments: job protection and cash benefits. This paper studies how mothers' return to work behavior and labor market outcomes are affected by alternative mixes of these key policy parameters. Exploiting a series of major...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009147294
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Explaining Rising Returns to Education in Urban China in the 1990s
Liu, Xuejun; Park, Albert; Zhao, Yaohui - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
Although theory predicts that international trade will decrease the relative demand for skilled workers in relatively skill-deficit countries, in recent decades many developing countries have experienced rising wage premiums for skilled workers. We examines this puzzle by quantifying the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008457141
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Earnings Differences between Chinese and Indian Wage Earners, 1987–2004
Bargain, Olivier; Bhaumik, Sumon K.; Chakrabarty, Manisha; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
This paper is one of the first comprehensive attempts to compare earnings in urban China and India over the recent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761863
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In-Work Benefits and the Nordic Model
Kolm, Ann-Sofie; Tonin, Mirco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Welfare benefits in the Nordic countries are often tied to employment. We argue that this is one of the factors behind the success of the Nordic model, where a comprehensive welfare state is associated with high employment. In a general equilibrium setting, the underlining mechanism works...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011271987
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The Rise and Fall of Swiss Unemployment: Relative Demand Shocks, Wage Rigidities, and Temporary Immigrants
Puhani, Patrick A. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
Switzerland, traditionally a ‘zero unemployment’ economy, has seen an unprecedented rise in joblessness in the 1990s although unemployment fell again to a rather low level after 1997. This paper tests whether Switzerland experienced a negative relative net demand shock against the low...
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Income and Employment Effects of Health Shocks - A Test Case for the German Welfare State
Riphahn, Regina T. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1998
and those individuals with the highest remaining earnings potential are least affected by the health shock. Welfare state …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703254
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Differences in Early Occupational Earnings of UK Male Graduates by Degree Subject: Evidence from the 1980-1993 USR
Bratti, Massimiliano; Mancini, Luca - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
This paper investigates the differences in early occupational earnings of UK male graduates by degree subject during … occupational earnings information from the New Earnings Survey (NES). The paper estimates relative earnings premia by degree … and earnings determination. Our analysis shows that there is a substantial amount of sample selection originating from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703701