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Do Labour Market Institutions Matter? Micro-Level Wage Effects of International Outsourcing in Three European Countries
Geishecker, Ingo - 2008
labour market institutions: Germany, the UK and Denmark. To do so we use individual level data sets for the three countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012773080
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Losing Heart? The Effect of Job Displacement on Health
Black, Sandra E. - 2013
significant costs that are borne by displaced workers. We study how job displacement in Norway affects cardiovascular health using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013088650
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Does Grief Transfer Across Generations? In-Utero Deaths and Child Outcomes
Black, Sandra E. - 2014
While much is now known about the effects of physical health shocks to pregnant women on the outcomes of the in-utero child, we know little about the effects of psychological stresses. One clear form of stress to the mother comes from the death of a parent. We examine the effects of the death of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013056645
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The (Un)Importance of Inheritance
Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Landaud, Fanny; … - 2022
inequality. This paper uses administrative data for the population of Norway to examine the share of the Total Inflows (defined …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014083901
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Under Pressure? The Effect of Peers on Outcomes of Young Adults
Black, Sandra E. - 2010
separately identifying the role of peers. This paper uses data on the population of Norway and idiosyncratic variation in cohort …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013141770
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Like Father, Like Son? A Note on the Intergenerational Transmission of IQ Scores
Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2021
More able parents tend to have more able children. While few would question the validity of this statement, there is little large-scale evidence on the intergenerational transmission of IQ scores. Using a larger and more comprehensive dataset than previous work, we are able to estimate the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013325019
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Trade Union Membership and Dismissals
Goerke, Laszlo - 2010
In Germany, there is no trade union membership wage premium, while the membership fee amounts to 1% of the gross wage … evidence for a private gain from trade union membership which has hitherto not been documented: in West Germany, union members …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013137250
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Services, Offshoring and Wages : Evidence from Micro Data
Görg, Holger; Geishecker, Ingo - 2008
This paper investigates the effects of services offshoring on wages using individual level data combined with industry information on offshoring. Our results show that services offshoring affects the real wage of low and medium skilled individuals negatively. By contrast, skilled workers benefit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014216489
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Services Offshoring and Wages : Evidence from Micro Data
Geishecker, Ingo; Görg, Holger - 2021
This paper investigates the effects of services offshoring on wages using individual level data combined with industry information on offshoring. Our results show that services offshoring affects the real wage of low and medium skilled individuals negatively. By contrast, skilled workers benefit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013325054
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Social custom, free-riders, and trade union membership in Germany and Great Britain
Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 1998
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010283773