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Skill Mismatch and the Costs of Job Displacement
Neffke, Frank; Nedelkoska, Ljubica; Wiederhold, Simon - 2022
market consequences. We study how these consequences vary with the amount of skill mismatch that workers experience when … histories in Germany between 1975 and 2010. We estimate difference-in-differences models, using a sample in which we match … occupational change eleven fold, and that the type of skill mismatch after displacement is strongly associated with the magnitude …
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Ethnic Divisions and Production in Firms
Hjort, Jonas - 2013
A body of literature suggests that ethnic heterogeneity limits economic growth. This paper provides microeconometric evidence on the direct effect of ethnic divisions on productivity. In team production at a plant in Kenya, an upstream worker supplies and distributes flowers to two downstream...
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Gender, Access to Finance, Occupational Choice, and Business Performance
Gazanchyan, Nelli S.; Hashimzade, Nigar; Rodionova, Yulia; … - 2017
We present a theoretical and empirical analysis of the links between the gender of an entrepreneur, access to finance, occupational choice, and business performance. Our theoretical model predicts that, when lenders discriminate against women entrepreneurs, the average entrepreneurial skill of...
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Size matters!: body height and labor market discrimination : a cross-European analysis
Cinnirella, Francesco; Winter, Joachim - 2009
Taller workers earn on average higher salaries. Recent research has proposed cognitive abilities and social skills as explanations for the height-wage premium. Another possible mechanism, employer discrimination, has found little support. In this paper, we provide some evidence in favor of the...
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The consequences of being different: Statistical discrimination and the school-to-work transition
Mueller, Barbara; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2011
When information about the true abilities of job-seekers and applicants are hard to get, statistical discrimination by employers can be an efficient strategy in the hiring and wage setting process. But statistical discrimination can induce costs, if labor relations cannot be terminated in the...
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The Gender Wage Gap: Extent, Trends, and Explanations
Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence - 2016
Using PSID microdata over the 1980-2010, we provide new empirical evidence on the extent of and trends in the gender wage gap, which declined considerably over this period. By 2010, conventional human capital variables taken together explained little of the gender wage gap, while gender...
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Does Information Affect Homophily?
Gallen, Yana; Wasserman, Melanie - 2022
It is common for mentorship programs to use race, gender, and nationality to match mentors and mentees. Despite the popularity of these programs, there is little evidence on whether mentees value mentors with shared traits. Using novel administrative data from an online college mentoring...
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The Gender Wage Gap in Developed Countries
Kunze, Astrid - 2017
Despite the increased attachment of women to the labour force in nearly all developed countries, a stubborn gender pay gap remains. This chapter provides a review of the economics literature on the gender wage gap, with an emphasis on developed countries. We begin with an overview of the trends...
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The Native-Migrant Gap in the Progression into and through Upper-Secondary Education
Wolter, Stefan C.; Zumbuehl, Maria - 2017
In this paper we follow the students that took the PISA 2012 test in Switzerland and analyze their transition into and progress in upper-secondary education. We observe a substantive difference in the rate of progress between natives and students with a migration background. One year after...
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Do employers discriminate less if vacancies are difficult to fill? Evidence from a field experiment
Baert, Stijn; Cockx, Bart; Gheyle, Niels; Vandamme, Cora - 2013
We empirically test the relationship between hiring discrimination and labour market tightness at the level of the occupation. To this end, we conduct a correspondence test in the youth labour market. In line with theoretical expectations, we find that, compared to natives, candidates with a...
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