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The economic situation of first- and second-generation immigrants in France, Germany and the United Kingdom

Algan, Yann; Dustmann, Christian; Glitz, Albrecht; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

countries in terms of education, earnings, and employment. …

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Impact of work experience and training in the current and previous occupations on earnings: micro evidence from the national longitudinal survey of youth

Dougherty, Christopher - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2000

In the empirical literature on work experience, job tenure, training and earnings, only one previous study has made a … training and vocational institute training for the current occupation have highly significant effects on earnings, with work … significantly negative effect on the earnings of those with high cognitive test scores, the previous-occupation counterparts do not …

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Numeracy, literacy and earnings: evidence from the national longitudinal survey of youth

Dougherty, Christopher - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2000

The analysis is concerned with the contributions of numeracy and literacy to earnings, for three reasons: first, no … the contributions of numeracy and literacy as reflected in earnings. The results suggest that numeracy has a highly … significant effect on earnings, mostly through its effect on college attainment, but also directly, controlling for attainment …

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Do women earn less even as social entrepreneurs?

Estrin, Saul; Stephan, Ute; Vujić, Sunčica - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

Based upon unique survey data collected using respondent driven sampling methods, we investigate whether there is a gender pay gap among social entrepreneurs in the UK. We find that women as social entrepreneurs earn 29% less than their male colleagues, above the average UK gender pay gap of...

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Biomarkers and long-term labour market outcomes: the case of creatine

Böckerman, Petri; Bryson, Alex; Hakulinen, Christian; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

I evaluate the impact of the UK Working Time Regulations 1998, which introduced mandatory paid holiday entitlement. The regulation gave (nearly) all workers the right to a minimum of 4 weeks of paid holiday per a year. With constant weekly pay this change amounts effectively to an increase in...

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It’s where you work: increases in earnings dispersion across establishments and individuals in the US

Barth, Erling; Bryson, Alex; Davis, James C.; Freeman, … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

earnings among individuals into the part due to changes in earnings among establishments and the part due to changes in … earnings within-establishments and finds that much of the 1970s-2010s increase in earnings inequality results from increased … dispersion of the earnings among the establishments where individuals work. It also shows that the divergence of establishment …

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Corporate ownership structure and performance in Europe

Grant, Jeremy; Kirchmaier, Thomas - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004

In this paper, we show that ownership structures vary considerably across Europe, and that the dominant form of ownership is not necessarily the most efficient one. These findings are in contradiction to similar research based on US samples. The results also demonstrate that firms without a...

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Corporate R&D and productivity in Germany and the United Kingdom

Bond, Stephen; Harhoff, Dietmar; Van Reenen, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003

This paper analyzes differences in R&D spending and in the impact of R&D on productivity between German and UK firms. We confirm that German firms spend significantly larger amounts on R&D than their UK counterparts, even after controlling for firm size and industry effects. Using a dynamic...

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The dark side of 'good' corporate governance: compliance-fuelled book-cooking activities

Kirchmaier, Thomas; Selvaggi, Mariano - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006

We argue on theoretical grounds that obligatory compliance with stricter financial reporting rules (e.g. the US Sabanes-Oxley Act) may entail important unintended consequences. Paradoxically, the amount of misreporting may increase because corporate boards spend more valuable resources...

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Evolution of decision and control rights in venture capital contracts: an empirical analysis

Bienz, Carsten; Walz, Uwe - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006

We analyze the structure and evolution of the allocation of decision and control rights in venture capital contracts by using a sample of 464 contracts between venture capitalists (VC) and portfolio firms from Germany. We focus on the evolution of control and decisions rights along three time...

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