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Inequality and income dynamics in Germany
Drechsel-Grau, Moritz; Peichl, Andreas; Schmieder, Johannes - 2022
lower tail. We further document substantial gender differences in average earnings and inequality over the life-cycle. While …
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War and Science in Ukraine
Ganguli, Ina; Waldinger, Fabian - 2023
We discuss the impacts of the Russian invasion on Ukrainian science. Using newly collected data, we show that the war has already had significant effects on science in Ukraine: research papers produced by Ukrainian scientists declined by about 10%, approximately 5% of the most prolific...
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Measuring Science: Performance Metrics and the Allocation of Talent
Hager, Sebastian; Schwarz, Carlo; Waldinger, Fabian - 2023
We study how performance metrics affect the allocation of talent. We exploit the introduction of a new measure of scientific performance: citation metrics. For technical reasons, the first citation database only covered citations from certain journals and years. Thus, only a subset of citations...
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Analyzing wage differentials by fields of study: Evidence from Turkey
Di Paolo, Antonio; Tansel, Aysit - 2017
accounted by differences in observable characteristics (especially occupation and, to a lesser extent, employment sector). These …
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Returns to foreign language skills in a developing country: The case of Turkey
Di Paolo, Antonio; Tansel, Aysıt - 2013
Foreign language skills represent a form of human capital that can be rewarded in the labor market. Drawing on data from the Adult Education Survey of 2007, this is the first study estimating returns to foreign language skills in Turkey. We contribute to the literature on the economic value of...
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English skills, labour market status and earnings of Turkish women
Di Paolo, Antonio; Tansel, Aysit - 2019
household tasks. The results indicate that being proficient in English is conditionally associated with a higher probability of … likelihood of being involved in household tasks. Moreover, there is a significant conditional correlation between having a high … when selection into employment status is controlled for. Therefore, the knowledge of foreign languages (in this case …
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