This paper provides the first estimates of the effects of handedness on hourly earnings. Augmenting a conventional … earnings equation with an indicator of left handedness shows there is a well determined positive effect on male earnings with … non-manual workers enjoying a slightly larger premium. These results are inconsistent with the view that lefthanders in …

It is clear that education has an important effect on wages paid in the labour market However it not clear whether this … is due to the role that education plays in raising the productivity of workers (the human capital explanation) or whether …

In this article, I evaluate the hypothesis that firms respond to negative demand shocks by assigning workers to tasks … requirements of the tasks carried out by workers are procyclical. The results are consistent with a specific capital model where … employers move workers between tasks so that layoffs are concentrated on workers with low levels of firm-specific human capital. …

substantially lower earnings; with more comparable measures, wage penalties can be more accurately estimated. …

It is clear that education has an important effect on wages paid in the labour market However it not clear whether this … is due to the role that education plays in raising the productivity of workers (the human capital explanation) or whether …

We propose a model where imperfect matching between firms and workers on local labor markets leads to spatial … workers and firms. We analyse the effect of different public policies. In our setting, the effect of a higher level of human … capital on regional disparities depends on whether it makes workers more mobile on the labour market or more specialised …