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Intrafirm Mobility and Sex Differences in Pay
Oaxaca, Ronald L.; Ransom, Michael R. - 2003
job titles, wage rates, and earnings for all employees. We examine initial job assignments, mobility between departments … departments and jobs within the firm as a Markov process. The estimated transition probabilities imply that expected seniority is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276291
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Are Immigrants Favorably Self-Selected? An Economic Analysis
Chiswick, Barry R. - 2000
criteria can ration visas on one or more characteristics that enhance labor market earnings (e.g., education), or on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262350
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Migration, the quality of the labour force and economic inequality
Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2008
Mobility of workers involves flows of labour, human capital and other production factors and thus contributes to a more efficient allocation of resources. Besides these effects on allocative efficiency, migrant flows affect relative wages and also change the international and national...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268676
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The gender pay gap in the Australian private sector: Is selection relevant across the wage distribution?
Chzhen, Yekaterina; Mumford, Karen A.; Nicodemo, Catia - 2012
, interestingly, not found to be relevant in the Australian context. Substantial gender earnings gaps (and glass ceilings) are … established, with these earnings gaps found to be predominantly related to women receiving lower returns to their observable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282453
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Wage growth through job hopping in China
Ariga, Kenn; Ohtake, Fumio; Sasaki, Masaru; Wu, Zheren - 2012
disadvantage in urban labor market is compensated by their higher job mobility. After four jobs, the expected earnings …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291448
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Understanding urban wage inequality in China 1988 - 2008: Evidence from quantile analysis
Appleton, Simon; Song, Lina; Xia, Qingjie - 2012
This paper examines change in wage gaps in urban China by estimating quantile regressions on CHIPS data. It applies the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291330
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Wage growth and job mobility in the early career: Testing a statistical discrimination model of the gender wage gap
Belley, Philippe; Havet, Nathalie; Lacroix, Guy - 2012
links between statistical discrimination, mobility, tenure and wage profiles. The model assumes that it is more costly for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289893
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South-south migration: the impact of Nicaraguan immigrants on earnings, inequality and poverty in Costa Rica
Gindling, T. H. - 2008
the hypothesis that Nicaraguan migration to Costa Rica was an important factor contributing to falling earnings, increased …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268669
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Reassessing the wage penalty for temps in Germany
Jahn, Elke J. - 2008
As a consequence of the rapid growth of temporary agency employment in Germany, the debate on the poor working … from a marked wage decline before entering the temporary help sector. Nevertheless, temporary agency employment does not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268722
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Gender gaps across the earnings distribution in Britain: are women bossy enough?
Chzhen, Yekaterina; Mumford, Karen - 2009
substantial gender earnings gaps, and evidence of glass ceilings, in both sectors. The earnings gaps amongst the higher income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269606