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Using data from the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) we show performance pay (PP) increased earnings dispersion among men and women, and to a lesser extent among full-time working women, in the decade of economic growth which ended with the recession of 2008. PP was also associated with...
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This paper assesses the potential of `workplace training'' with reference to German Apprenticeship. When occupational matching is important, we derive conditions under which firms provide `optimal'' training packages. Since the German system broadly meets these conditions, we evaluate the...
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of British cross-sectional micro data of observations on male wages and employment from the mid-1970s to the mid-2000s … of labour. But, existing studies of the impact of immigration on the wages of native-born workers in the UK (e … an increase in immigration reduces the wages of immigrants relative to natives. We show this using a pooled time series …
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This paper is concerned with the relationship between wages and unemployment. Using UK regions and individuals as the … unemployment and wages or wage changes? Second, can we identify the relationship completely by looking at regional wages and … regional unemployment or do regional wages depend on aggregate unemployment as well? Third, are wages influenced only by the …
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Tax credits have been a popular way to alleviate in-work poverty. The assumption is typically that the incidence is on the claimant workers. However, economic theory suggests no particular reason to believe that this should be the case. This paper investigates the incidence of the Working...
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age ten in the 1970 Cohort to predict later, economic outcomes, namely qualifications, employment and earnings. It is …
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There is a growing body of research that measures employment effects of the minimum wage by using longitudinal data on … insignificant negative effects on the employment retention rates of all adults and, most notably, male workers. Analysis of the … probability of employment retention across different hourly wage rates also show how sensitive this methodology can be to …
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labor share, employment and wages respond to privatization and other regulatory changes. We exploit cross-country panel data …
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have been exaggerated. It is hard to find evidence of much displacement of UK workers or lower wages, on average … have experienced greater downward pressure on wages and greater competition for jobs than others, but these effects still …
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much displacement of UK workers or lower wages, on average. Immigrants, especially in recent years, tend to be younger and …
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