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Gender gaps and the rise of the service economy
Ngai, L. Rachel; Petrongolo, Barbara - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
This paper investigates the role of the rise of services in the narrowing of gender gaps in hours and wages in recent decades. We document the between-industry component of the rise in female work for the U.S., and propose a model economy with goods, services and home production, in which women...
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Gender and competition: evidence from academic promotions in France
Bosquet, Clément; Combes, Pierre-Philippe; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013
Differences in promotion across genders are still prevalent in many occupations. Recent work based on experimental … promotion system for French academics to look at women's attitudes towards competition in an actual labour market. Using data … of women in contests. In contrast, women have a substantially lower probability than men to enter the promotion contest …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126393
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Gender differences in response to big stakes
Azmat, Ghazala; Calsamiglia, Caterina; Iriberri, Nagore - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
In the psychology literature, “choking under pressure” refers to a behavioural response to an increase in the stakes. In a natural experiment, we study the gender difference in performance resulting from changes in stakes. We use detailed information on the performance of high-school...
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The promise of workplace training for non-college bound youth: theory and evidence from German apprenticeship
Clark, Damon; Fahr, Rene - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2002
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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Ambition, human capital acquisition and the metropolitan escalator
Gordon, Ian - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012
This paper examines the relation between ambition, as a form of dynamic human capital, and the escalator role of high order metropolitan regions, as originally identified by Fielding (1989). It argues that occupational progression in such places particularly depends on concentrations both of...
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Ambition, human capital acquisition and the metropolitan escalator
Gordon, Ian R. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2015
This paper examines the relation between ambition, as a form of dynamic human capital, and the escalator role of high-order metropolitan regions, as originally identified by A. J. Fielding. It argues that occupational progression in such places particularly depends on concentrations both of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011125904
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Do friends and relatives really help in getting a good job?
Pellizzari, Michele - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004
Informal contacts are extensively used by both firms and workers to find jobs and fill vacancies. The common wisdom in the economic literature is that jobs created through this channel are of better quality and pay higher wages than jobs created through formal methods. This paper explores the...
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What happens when employers are free to discriminate? Evidence from the English Barclays Premier Fantasy Football League
Bryson, Alex; Chevalier, Arnaud - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
Research on employers’ hiring discrimination is limited by the unlawfulness of such activity. Consequently, researchers have focused on the intention to hire. Instead, we rely on a virtual labour market, the Fantasy Football Premier League, where employers can freely exercise their taste for...
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WAGE DETERMINATION IN A SIMPLE HIERARCHICAL MODEL WITH A NONZERO PROBABILITY OF PROMOTION
BRUNELLO, G. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1989
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Video killed the radio star? Online music videos and digital music sales
Kretschmer, Tobias; Peukert, Christian - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
Sampling poses an interesting problem in markets with experience goods. Free samples reveal product quality and help consumers to make informed purchase decisions (promotional effect). However, sampling may also induce consumers to substitute purchases with free consumption (displacement...
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