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Sources of the union wage gap : results from high-dimensional fixed effects regression models

Addison, John T.; Portugal, Pedro; Vilares, Hugo - 2015

This paper provides estimates of the union wage gap in Portugal, a nation until recently lacking independent data on union density at firm level. Having estimated nonlinear and linear estimates of the effect of union density on the wage gap, the next stage of the analysis seeks to account for...

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Temporary jobs : stepping stones or dead ends?

Booth, Alison L.; Francesconi, Marco; Frank, Jeff - 2000

In Britain about 7% of male employees and 10% of female employees are in temporary jobs. In contrast to much of continental Europe, this proportion has been relatively stable over the 1990s. Using data from the British Household Panel Survey, we find that temporary workers report lower levels of...

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'Atypical work' and compensation

Addison, John T. (contributor); … - 2005

Atypical work, or alternative work arrangements in U.S. parlance, has long been criticized for providing poorly-compensated employment. Although one group of atypical workers (contractors) seems to enjoy a wage premium, our cross-section results from the CPS and NLSY for the better-known...

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Are there asymmetries in the effects of training on the conditional male wage distribution?

Arulampalam, Wiji (contributor); … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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The impact of deunionisation on earnings dispersion revisited

Addison, John T. (contributor); Bailey, Ralph (contributor); … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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The formal/informal employment earnings gap : evidence from Turkey

Tansel, Aysıt; Öznur Kan, Elif - 2012

typically subject to lower remuneration than similar workers in the formal sector. Estimation of standard Mincer earnings …-tier jobs being largely penalized. Finally, fixed effects estimation of the earnings gap depict that unobserved individual fixed …

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Wage inequality and wage mobility in Turkey

Tansel, Aysıt; Dalgıç, Başak; Güven, Aytekin - 2014

analyses of wage inequality and wage mobility over various socioeconomic groups such as gender, age, education and sector of …

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Cognitive skills, gender and risk preferences

Booth, Alison L.; Katic, Pamela - 2012

affected by cognitive skills and gender. We find that cognitive ability (measured by the percentile ranking for university … IQ measures to proxy cognitive skills. However we do find that gender matters. While young women are significantly more … between the impact of gender on risk attitudes and the hypothetical lottery investment suggests that impatience and framing …

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Determinants of unemployment duration for men and women in Turkey

Tansel, Aysıt (contributor); Taşçi, H. Mehmet (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Training in Europe

Arulampalam, Wiji (contributor); … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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