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Does It Pay to Be Productive? The Case of Age Groups

Cataldi, Alessandra; Kampelmann, Stephan; Rycx, Francois - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

to young workers. Findings further indicate that average hourly wages within firms increase significantly and …

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Are Occupations Paid What They Are Worth? An Econometric Study of Occupational Wage Inequality and Productivity

Kampelmann, Stephan; Rycx, Francois - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

Labour economists typically assume that pay differences between occupations can be explained with variations in productivity. The empirical evidence on the validity of this assumption is surprisingly thin and subject to various potential biases. The authors use matched employer-employee panel...

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Too Many Graduates? An Application of the Gottschalk-Hansen Model to Young British Graduates between 2001-2010

O'Leary, Nigel C.; Sloane, Peter J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

There is an apparent inconsistency in the existing literature on graduate employment in the UK. While analyses of rates of return to graduates or graduate mark-ups show high returns, suggesting that demand has kept up with a rapidly rising supply of graduates, the literature on over-education...

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Job Mismatches and Labour Market Outcomes: Panel Evidence on Australian University Graduates

Mavromaras, Kostas G.; McGuinness, Seamus; O'Leary, Nigel C. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

The interpretation of graduate mismatch manifested either as overeducation or as overskilling remains problematical. This paper uses annual panel information on both educational and skills mismatches uniquely found in the HILDA survey to analyse the relationship of both mismatches with pay, job...

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The Return to a University Education in Great Britain

Sloane, Peter J.; O'Leary, Nigel C. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

In this paper, we estimate the rate of return to first degrees, masters degrees and PhDs in Britain using data from the Labour Force Survey. We estimate returns to broad subject groups and more narrowly defined disciplines, distinguishing returns by gender and attempting to control for...

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The Changing Wage Return to an Undergraduate Education

O'Leary, Nigel C.; Sloane, Peter J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

subjects, with declines in those subjects in which women predominate and in the lowest quartile of the earnings distribution …

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Graduate Employment in the UK: An Application of the Gottschalk-Hansen Model

Grazier, Suzanne; O'Leary, Nigel C.; Sloane, Peter J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

There is an apparent inconsistency in the existing literature on graduate employment in the UK. While analyses of rates of return to graduates or graduate markups show high returns, suggesting that demand has kept up with a rapidly rising supply of graduates, the literature on over-education...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703371

Part-time Work, Wages and Productivity: Evidence from Belgian Matched Panel Data

Garnero, Andrea; Kampelmann, Stephan; Rycx, Francois - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

lower wages for women, relatively higher productivity for part-timers). Interactions between gender and part-time suggest … the groups of women and part-timers generate employer rents, but also that the origin of these rents differs (relatively … part-timers is associated with wage penalties. The authors conclude that men and women differ with respect to motives for …

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