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The Narrowing of the U.S. Gender Earnings Gap, 1959-1999: A Cohort-Based Analysis
Weinberger, Catherine; Kuhn, Peter - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
factors to the decline in the gender wage gap: changes across cohorts in the relative slopes of men’s and women’s age …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822111
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Fifth Ethiopia Economic Update : Why So Idle? Wages and Employment in a Crowded Labor Market
World Bank Group - 2016
Strong economic growth continued in 2014-15, but the drought slowed down Ethiopia's growth to 8 percent in 2015-16. Exports have had their worst performance in the last decade and the current account balance remained large. Inflation is remarkable stable given the recent drought and even...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012248551
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The Impact of Immigration on the Labour Market Outcomes of Native-Born Canadians
Tu, Jiong - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
Although immigration has become a major growth factor for Canadian labour force, there is little economic research on the effect of immigration on native-born Canadians' labour market performance. This paper examines the relationship between changes in the share of immigrants by sub-labour...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008466459
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The Economics of Communist Party Membership: The Curious Case of Rising Numbers and Wage Premium during China’s Transition
Appleton, Simon; Knight, John; Song, Lina; Xia, Qingjie - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
wages. This wage premium has risen with the growing wage differentials associated with the emergence of a labour market and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761810
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International migration and development in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Russell, S.S.; Jacobsen, K.; Stanley, W.D. - World Bank Group - 1990
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TESTING FOR LABOR MARKET DUALITY: THE PRIVATE WAGE SECTOR IN COTE D'IVOIRE.
VIJVERBERG, W.; VAN DER GAAG, J. - World Bank Group - 1990
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005475242
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Making the Transition Work for Women in Europe and Central Asia.
Lazreg, M. - World Bank Group - 1999
Women in the Europe and Central Asia region complain about loss of employment, sexual harassment, violence, poor … World Bank held a conference in June 1999. Women from the ECA region, Western Europe and the United States gathered to … conference included in this volume describe the present conditions for women, emphasize the need to debunk the myth of gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005638736
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Myanmar Pay, Compensation, and Human Resource Management Review
World Bank Group - 2018
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Serbia : Human Capital and Jobs
World Bank Group - 2020
Several key policy documents guiding the broader education sector to align with European Union (EU) standards have recently been adopted in Serbia. However, a range of challenges have made it difficult for new policies and the systems they propose to be implemented. The gap between policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012647362
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The Heterogeneous Effects of Workforce Diversity on Productivity, Wages and Profits
Garnero, Andrea; Rycx, Francois - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
We estimate the impact of workforce diversity on productivity, wages and productivity-wage gaps (i.e. profits) using … econometric issues, show that educational (age) diversity is beneficial (harmful) for firm productivity and wages. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010990939