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Has job polarization squeezed the middle class? Evidence from the allocation of talents
Boehm, Michael J. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013
Over the last two decades, earnings in the United States increased at the top and at the bottom of the wage distribution but not in the middle - the intensely debated middle class squeeze. At the same time there was a substantial decline of employment in middle-skill production and clerical...
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The effect of trade liberalization on informality and wages: evidence from Mexico
Aleman-Castilla, Benjamin - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006
This paper studies the impact of NAFTA on informality and real wages in Mexico. Using a dynamic industry model with firm heterogeneity, it is predicted that import tariff elimination could reduce the incidence of informality by making more profitable to some firms to enter the formal sector,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746201
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All-Star or benchwarmer? relative age, cohort size and career success in the NHL
Bryson, Alex; Gomez, Rafael; Zhang, Tingting - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2015
We analyze the performance outcomes of National Hockey League (NHL) players over 18 seasons (1990-1991 to 2007-2008) as a function of the demographic conditions into which they were born. We have three main findings. First, larger birth cohorts substantially affect careers. A player born into a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011183329
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The economic basis of social class
Goldthorpe, John H.; McKnight, Abigail - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004
In this paper we adopt a theory of class positions based on employment relations to assess what implications individuals¿ class positions have for their economic life. In particular we consider economic security (the risk of unemployment), economic stability (the variability component in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011125923
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Educational returns, ability composition and cohort effects: theory and evidence for cohorts of early-career UK graduates
Ireland, Norman; Naylor, Robin A.; Smith, Jeremy; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009
An increase over time in the proportion of young people obtaining a degree is likely to impact on the relative ability compositions (i) of graduates and non-graduates and (ii) across graduates with different classes of degree award. In a signalling framework, we examine the implications of this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745232
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The effect of parental wealth on children’s outcomes in early adulthood
Karagiannaki, Eleni - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012
parental education and income and in many cases are stronger than them. For labour market outcomes a small share of the … association reflects the indirect effect of parental wealth on children’s education whereas for homeownership the estimated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746617
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Big ideas: valuing schooling through house prices
Gibbons, Steve - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012
significance for public policy for education, cities and social mobility. …
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Social housing, neighborhood quality and student performance
Weinhardt, Felix - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
Children who grow up in deprived neighborhoods underperform at school and later in life but whether there is a causal link remains contested. This study estimates the short-term effect of very deprived neighborhoods, characterized by a high density of social housing, on the educational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126243
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Parental investment in childhood and later adult well-being: can more involved parents offset the effects of socioeconomic disadvantage?
Hango, Darcy - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2005
type of involvement and the gender of the parent. Father interest in education has the strongest impact on earlier poverty …, especially at age 11. Meanwhile, both father and mother interest in school at age 16 have the largest direct impact on education …. The frequency of outings with mother at age 11 also has a larger direct impact on education than outings with father …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126544
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Trends in hours and economic growth
Ngai, L. Rachel; Pissarides, Christopher - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2008
We study substitutions between home and market production over long periods of time. We use the results to get predictions about long-run trends in aggregate market hours of work and about employment shifts across economic sectors, driven by uneven TFP growth in market and home production. The...
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