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The theory of career mobility (Sicherman and Galor 1990) claims that wage penalties for overeducated workers are … compensated by better promotion prospects. Sicherman (1991) was able to confirm this theory in an empirical study. However, the …
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; Parameter estimation uncertainty ; Probability integral transform ; Quadratic form ; Short-term interest rate ; Transition …
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Using 1985-1999 data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (GSOEP) to analyze wages we confirm the hypothesis that … statistically significant effect on current wages leads one to conclude that computer wage differentials can be attributed to worker …
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performance elasticities are contrary to predictions of agency theory. Both results provide further support to the common belief …
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world income distribution dynamics. Formal statistical hypothesis tests allow us to discriminate between two competing … contributes to the polarization of the world income distribution. -- economic growth ; neoclassical convergence ; technological …
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In this note the unobserved component approach underlying the software package SEATS is compared with the Beveridge-Nelson type of decomposition for seasonal time series. The main strength of the SEATS approach lies in the appealing model formulation and the careful specification and adjustment...
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