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Working Conditions and Job Satisfaction of China's New Generation of Migrant Workers: Evidence from an Inland City
Wang, Huashu; Pan, Lei; Heerink, Nico - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
China is experiencing notable changes in rural-urban migration. Young, more educated migrants with different attitudes … in medium and small size cities, often located in western and central China. Understanding the characteristics and … inland China. The purpose of this paper is to provide insights into the characteristics, working conditions and job attitudes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010659257
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Income Mobility of Individuals in China and the United States
Khor, Niny; Pencavel, John - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
Though much has been written about annual income inequality in China, little research has been conducted on longer run … measures of income inequality and on income mobility. This paper compares income mobility of urban individuals in China and the … misleading indicators of long-run income inequality? How much income mobility was there in China in the first half of the 1990s …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703814
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The Occupational Attainment of American Jewry: 1990 to 2000
Chiswick, Barry R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
This paper compares the occupational distributions in 1990 and 2000 of adult white men and women for American Jews and non-Jews, after adjusting for the changes in occupational classifications. The data are from the microdata files from the National Jewish Population Surveys (1990, 2000/01) and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822098
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A "Glass-Ceiling" Effect for Immigrants in the Italian Labour Market?
Dell'Aringa, Carlo; Lucifora, Claudio; Pagani, Laura - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This paper investigates earnings differentials between immigrants and natives. We focus on returns and on the (imperfect) international transferability of human capital. Data are drawn from the 2009 Italian Labour Force Survey (LFS). We show that returns to human capital are considerably lower...
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The International Transferability of Immigrants’ Human Capital Skills
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
This paper uses the approach in the under/over education literature to analyze the extent of matching of educational level to occupational attainment among adult native born and foreign born men in the U.S., using the 2000 Census. Overeducation is found to be more common among recent labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761876
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How Damaging Is Part-Time Employment to a Woman's Occupational Prospects?
Prowse, Victoria - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
This paper investigates the causes of the well documented association between part-time employment and low occupational attainment amongst British women. In particular, the relative importance of structural factors and unobserved heterogeneity to the occupational attainment of women who choose...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566351
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The Impact of Alcohol Consumption on Occupational Attainment in England
MacDonald, Ziggy; Shields, Michael A. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000
In this study we provide evidence on the effect of alcohol consumption on occupational attainment in England. To do this we use samples of employees from the Health Survey for England between 1992 and 1996. We find that due to the endogenous nature of alcohol consumption, OLS estimates may...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703436
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Getting It Right: Employment Subsidy or Minimum Wage?
Strobl, Eric; Walsh, Frank - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
In monopsony models of the labour market either a minimum wage or an employment subsidy financed by a lump sum tax on profits can achieve the efficient level of employment and output. Incorporating working conditions into a monopsony model where higher wages raise firm labour supply, but less...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822602
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A Web Survey Analysis of the Subjective Well-being of Spanish Workers
Guzi, Martin; de Pedraza, Pablo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper makes use of a large sample of individual data obtained from web surveys in the WageIndicator project. Data includes extensive information on the quality of working conditions together with different well-being indicators. The paper emphasizes the role of work-related characteristics...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212760
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Work, Risk and Health: Differences between Immigrants and Natives in Spain
Solé, Meritxell; Diaz-Serrano, Luis; Rodriguez … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
We analyze the impact of working and contractual conditions, particularly exposure to job risks, on the probability of acquiring a disability. We postulate a model in which this impact is mediated by the choice of occupation, with a level of risk associated to it. We assume this choice is...
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