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The Consequences of Cumulative Discrimination: How Special Schooling Influences Employment and Wages of Roma in the Czech Republic
O'Higgins, Niall; Brüggemann, Christian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Unequal labour market outcomes between Roma and non-Roma have typically been explained by either the low level of educational attainment on the one hand or labour marked discrimination on the other – or both. A number of studies have found that significant labour market inequalities persist...
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What Happens When Employers are Free to Discriminate? Evidence from the English Barclays Premier Fantasy Football League
Bryson, Alex; Chevalier, Arnaud - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Research on employers' hiring discrimination is limited by the unlawfulness of such activity. Consequently, researchers have focused on the intention to hire. Instead, we rely on a virtual labour market, the Fantasy Football Premier League, where employers can freely exercise their taste for...
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Career Lesbians: Getting Hired for Not Having Kids?
Baert, Stijn - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Using a field experiment, we investigate whether discrimination based on women's sexual orientation differs by age and family constraints. We find weakly significant evidence of discrimination against young heterosexual women. This effect is driven by age (and fertility) rather than by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011085103
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Peer Effects in the Workplace
Cornelissen, Thomas; Dustmann, Christian; Schönberg, Uta - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Existing evidence on peer effects in a work environment stems from either laboratory experiments or from real-word studies referring to a specific firm or specific occupation. Yet, it is unclear to what extent these findings apply to the labor market in general. In this paper, therefore, we...
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Unions and the Labor Market for Managers
DiNardo, John; Hallock, Kevin F.; Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000
We examine the relationship between the employment and compensation of managers and CEOs and the presence of a unionized workforce. We develop a simple efficiency wage model, with a tradeoff between higher wages for workers and more monitoring, which requires more managers. The model also...
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The Structure of the Permanent Job Wage Premium: Evidence from Europe
Kahn, Lawrence M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and the United Kingdom. I find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010812037
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Establishment Size and the Dispersion of Wages: Evidence from European Countries
Lallemand, Thierry; Rycx, François - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
We investigate how the wage distribution differs among small and large establishments in four European countries. Findings show that within-establishment wage dispersion rises with size because large employers have a more diverse workforce. They also suggest that screening and monitoring costs...
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Wages and the Bargaining Regime under Multi-level Bargaining: Belgium, Denmark and Spain
Plasman, Robert; Rusinek, Michael; Rycx, François - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
by a multi-level system of bargaining: Belgium, Denmark and Spain. Our findings show that, compared to multiemployer …. In Spain, single-employer bargaining also increases wage levels but reduces wage dispersion. Our interpretation is that … in Belgium and Denmark, single-employer bargaining is used to adapt pay to the specific needs of the firm while, in Spain …
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Big Fish in Small Pond or Small Fish in Big Pond? An Analysis of Job Mobility
Cardoso, Ana Rute - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
The statement that individuals care for status and for their position within a hierarchy has been subject to sparse economic analysis. I check this assertion by analyzing wages and status within the firm, with status measured as the worker rank in the firm wage hierarchy. More precisely, I focus...
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Product Market Competition, Returns to Skill and Wage Inequality
Guadalupe, Maria - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
This paper shows that increasing product market competition can have a direct impact on the employment relationship and on wage inequality. I develop a simple model in which an increase in product market competition increases returns to skill through the effect of competition on the sensitivity...
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