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Using quantile regression methods, this paper analyses the gender wage gap across the wage distribution and over time … (1990-2014), while controlling for changing sample selection into full-time employment. Our findings show that the selection …-corrected gender wage gap is much larger than the one observed in the data, which is mainly due to large positive selection of women …
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We study the impact of selection bias on estimates of the gender pay gap, focusing on whether the gender pay gap has … find robust evidence that, after controlling for selection, there were large declines in the raw and the unexplained gender … and actual labor market experience. However, we note that substantial gender wage gaps remain. In 2015, at the median, the …
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mobility patterns than men. Recent longitudinal studies of gender specific travel demand reveal converging mobility of males … and females. Moreover, in some countries results show convergence between cohort and gender specific travel demand: women … and men display more and more similar travel behaviour while older individuals today have higher mobility demands than …
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independently from education and that the results are not driven by workers' occupational mobility …
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largely depend on household composition and the individual's earner role within the household. We then estimate participation … separately, according to their potential earnings rather than gender. Our results show an average participation elasticity of 0 …
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As the policy debate on entrepreneurship increasingly centers on firm growth in terms of job creation, it is important to better understand which variables influence the first hiring decision and which ones influence the subsequent survival as an employer. Using the German Socioeconomic Panel...
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and dependent employment are estimated separately by gender, accounting for non-random selection into the employment …Why are female entrepreneurs so rare? Women have both to a lower entry rate into self-employment and a higher exit rate … in Germany. To explain the gender gap, a structural microeconometric model of the transition rates is estimated, which …
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Labor supply in the market for low-paid jobs in Germany is strongly influenced by tax exemptions - even for individuals to whom these exemptions do not apply. We present compelling evidence that an individual's choice set depends on other workers' preferences because firms cater their job offers...
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Several empirical minimum wage studies have recently been published that simulate employment effects of a federal …
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We use a rich personnel data set from a Russian firm for the years 1997 to 2002 to analyze how the financial crisis in 1998 and the resulting change in external labor market conditions affect the wages and the welfare of workers inside a firm. We provide evidence that large shocks to external...
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