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New Evidence on the Motherhood Wage Gap
Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina; Kimmel, Jean - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
the increasing importance of non-wage benefits in total compensation packages. As hedonic wage theory suggests, mothers … might view health benefits as desirable and trade-off wages for health insurance. Thus, lower wages for mothers might …
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The Value of a Statistical Injury: New Evidence from the Swiss Labor Market
Kuhn, Andreas; Ruf, Oliver - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
We study the monetary compensation for non-fatal accident risk in Switzerland using the number of accidents within cells defined over industry x skill-level of the job and capitalizing on the partial panel structure of our data which allows us to empirically isolate the wage component specific...
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How Large Is the Compensating Wage Differential for R&D Workers?
Dupuy, Arnaud; Smits, Wendy - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
The aim of this paper is to measure the extent to which lower wages in R&D functions reflect a preference effect. In contrast to the bulk of the literature on compensating wage differentials that compares wage levels of jobs with different attributes, we constructed measures of willingness to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005025601
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The Market for Mules: Risk and Compensation of Cross-Border Drug Couriers
Bjerk, David J.; Mason, Caleb - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper uses a unique dataset to examine the economics of cross-border drug smuggling. Our results reveal that loads are generally quite large (median 30 kg), but with substantial variance within and across drug types. Males and females, as well as U.S. citizens and non-U.S. citizens are all...
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Wages as Risk Compensation in Germany
Grund, Christian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000
The theory of compensating wage differentials is generally accepted. Still, there has been no strong or even contrary evidence for compensating wage differentials in Germany so far. Estimating wage regressions with data of the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) within individually perceived...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703729
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Is There a Risk-Return Trade-Off across Occupations? Evidence from Spain
Diaz-Serrano, Luis; Hartog, Joop - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
We use data from Spain to test for an effect of earnings risk and skewness on individual wages. We carry out separate estimation for men, women, public and private sector employees. In accordance with previous evidence for the US we show the existence of a riskreturn trade-off across occupations...
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The Timing of Work and Work-Family Conflicts in Spain: Who Has a Split Work Schedule and Why?
Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina; de la Rica, Sara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Spain, as other south-Mediterranean countries, is characterized for the predominance of split work schedules. Split work schedules typically consist of 5 hours of work in the morning (typically from 9 am to 2 pm), followed by a 2 hour break and another 3 hours of work in the afternoon/evening...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008527323
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Working in Family Firms: Less Paid but More Secure? Evidence from French Matched Employer-Employee Data
Bassanini, Andrea; Caroli, Eve; Rebérioux, Antoine; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
We study compensation packages in family and non-family firms. Using matched employer-employee data for a representative sample of French establishments, we first show that family firms pay on average lower wages to their workers. We find that part of this wage gap is due to differences in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009195642
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The Employment of Mothers: Recent Developments and their Determinants in East and West Germany
Hanel, Barbara; Riphahn, Regina T. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
We apply German Mikrozensus data for the period 1996 to 2004 to investigate the employment status of mothers …. Specifically, we ask whether there are behavioral differences between mothers in East and West Germany, whether these differences … substantial differences in the employment behavior of East and West German mothers. German family policy sets incentives …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009283583
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Labour Supply and Childcare for British Mothers in Two-Parent Families: A Structural Approach
Parera-Nicolau, Antonia; Mumford, Karen - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
the importance of childcare related variables. We find working mothers do not increase their working hours when hourly … wages increase, indeed, they are more likely to reduce their hours. The major inducement for working mothers to increase … at increasing working hours amongst British mothers of pre-school children may need to focus on the quality as well as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822660