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Transition from school to work : search time and job duration

Bratberg, Espen - 1998

longer than other individuals at the same educational level. Females appear to have lower reservation wages when entering the … labour market (shorter search time and lower wages). They also stay in the first job longer than males do. The search …

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Canadian immigration experience : any lessons for Europe?

DeVoretz, Don J.; Laryea, Samuel A. - 1999

This paper reviews and analyzes the effects of Canada's post World War II immigration policies with the perspective of what European policy makers can learn from this experience. Impact of Immigration on natives' employment and earnings, as well as, immigrants' labor market experiences are...

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Rates of return to education : the view of students in Switzerland

Wolter, Stefan C.; Zbinden, André - 2001

. Its main findings are that point estimates of wages after graduation are close to actual wages, whereas the expectations … of the deviation of individual expectations from actual wages can not be explained, we find that rates of return to …

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Overtime work, overtime compensation and the distribution of economic well-being : evidence for West Germany and Great Britain

Pannenberg, Markus; Wagner, Gert G. - 2001

Using panel data for West Germany and Great Britain, we show that there are striking differences in overtime work and overtime compensation in the two countries in the 1990s. Our estimates reveal that the observed overtime patterns affect both the evolution of the monthly labour earnings...

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Works councils and collective bargaining in Germany : the impact on productivity and wages

Hübler, Olaf; Jirjahn, Uwe - 2001

works councils has a positive effect on wages within the uncovered industrial relations regime but not to the same degree …

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Careers and wage growth within large firms

Lima, Francisco; Pereira, Pedro Telhado - 2001

The relationship between the worker's career path and wage growth is studied using a longitudinal sample of large firms. The econometric analysis shows that promoted workers receive a positive wage premium even if they stay in the same job level. Demotions are associated with negative wage...