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, we observe interesting patterns in the skill composition, employment opportunities and wages for migrants to the …
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exposure to these automation technologies affects employment and wages across these different phases of their life cycle. We … find that the negligible long term impact of automation on employment conceals significant short term positive and negative … effects within phases of the technology life cycle. We also find that the negative impact of ICT investment on employment is …
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We analyze the impact of the UK national minimum wage (NMW) on the employment of young workers. The previous literature …, we find a significant and negative employment effect for male workers at 21, which we believe to be an anticipation … effect on employment of young workers, with this effect possibly occurring already well in advance of reaching the threshold …
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by behavioral adjustments yet which are of considerable importance to one's quality of life: employment, earnings and …
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business growth, without crowding out male employment. By contrast, the tax cut does not raise net wages, suggesting that tax … that the payroll tax cut generates long-lasting growth in female employment, reduces the time spent on welfare, and spurs … labor and tackle the gender employment gap, but they are not sufficient for reducing the gender pay gap …
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developed countries. We begin with an overview of the trends in the gender differences in wages and employment rates. We then …
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Using a multi-dimensional measure of occupational mismatch, we report distinct gender differences in match quality and changes in match quality over the course of careers. A substantial portion of the gender wage gap stems from match quality differences among more educated individuals....
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Using an originally constructed dataset that follows 30,000 Italian individuals from high school to the labor market, we analyze whether the gender composition of peers in high school affected their choice of college major, their academic performance and their labor market income. We exploit the...
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setting wages and determining work amenities. In the administrative data, we causally examine through which channels unions … depending on the age at which workers enroll. In addition, we show that focusing on a restricted set of outcomes, such as wages … and employment, generates a fractionalized understanding of the multidimensional career effect that union membership has …
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. But with rapid technological change, gains in youth employment from vocational education may be offset by less … adaptability and thus diminished employment later in life. To test our main hypothesis that any relative labor-market advantage of … vocational education decreases with age, we employ a difference-in-differences approach that compares employment rates across …
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