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experience profiles of wages is explained, in part, by changes in relative demographic supplies (cohort effects), and in part by …
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Zeitverwendungserhebung, 2012-13, have sufficient observations to allow examining the theory of household production in much more detail than …
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productivity of women is less than that of men, but not by enough to fully explain the gap in wages, a result that is consistent … deferred wages. We find a productivity premium for marriage equal to that of the wage premium, and a productivity premium for …
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Complementing existing work on firm organizational structure and productivity, this paper examines the impact of organizational change on workers. We find evidence that employers do appear to compensate at least some of their workers for engaging in high performance workplace practices. We also...
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This paper analyzes the effects of differential turnover patterns and the existence of firm specific training, jointly financed by employer and employee, on male-female wage and employment differentials. Chapter 1 introduces the topic of sex differences in occupational distribution and...
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This paper examines whether the sector bias of skill-biased technical change (sbtc) explains changing skill premia within countries in recent decades. First, using a two-factor, two-sector, two-country model we demonstrate that in many cases it is the sector bias of sbtc that determines sbtc's...
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country characteristics that lead to high wages at the time of entry also lead to faster wage growth …
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an increasing share of available income, while low-skilled workers have seen an absolute decline in real wages. How and … escalation of high-skill wages. This collection brings together innovative new ideas and data sources in order to provide more … on U.S. wages. This timely volume offers a thorough appraisal of the wage distribution predicament, examining the …
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This paper reviews and synthesizes the literature on the macroeconomic implications of human capital theory. I begin …
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This paper investigates the determinants of wages and compensation in child care centers for teachers and aides …. Nonprofit status has no across-the-board impact on wages. The extent of the wage premium enjoyed by some nonprofit workers … and zero for aides. An additional year of general education brings about a 5 percent increase in teacher wages, and half …
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