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The gender pay gap in university student employment
Bolls, Paul David; Mergele, Lukas; Zierow, Larissa - 2021 - This version: March 7, 2021
stage by investigating the gender pay gap among university students working alongside their studies. With data from five … pay gaps and potential explanations. We find that female students earn about 6% less on average than male students, which … male and female students pursue. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012800656
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On the desirability of taxing charitable contributions
Blumkin, Tomer; Sadka, Efraim - 2007
We develop a model that allows for public goods and status signaling through charitable contributions. This model provides a unified framework in which contributions are driven both by altruism and status signaling. We use this setup to re-examine the conventional practice of rendering a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264058
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A case for taxing education
Blumkin, Tomer; Sadka, Efraim - 2005
individuals to acquire education may serve as an additional signal (to earned labor income) on the underlying unobserved innate … education, as a supplement to the labor income tax. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261166
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Do undergraduate majors or Ph.D. students affect faculty size?
Becker, William E.; Greene, William H.; Siegfried, John J. - 2010
Regression analysis using panel data for 42 colleges and universities over 14 years suggests that the economics faculty size of universities offering a Ph.D. in economics is determined primarily by the long-run average number of Ph.D. degrees awarded annually; the number of full-time faculty...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270507