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The over-education wage penalty among PhD holders : a European perspective
Rycx, François; Santosuosso, Giulia; Vermeylen, Guillaume - 2022
While the literature on the incidence and wage effects of over-education is substantial, specific results for doctoral graduates are surprisingly scarce. This article aims to fill this gap, not only by measuring the prevalence of over-educated PhD holders in Europe (i.e. in EU Member States and...
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Selective schooling systems increase inequality
Burgess, Simon M.; Dickson, Matt; Macmillan, Lindsey - 2014
We investigate the impact on earnings inequality of a selective education system in which school assignment is based on initial test scores. We use a large, representative household panel survey to compare adult earnings inequality of those growing up under a selective education system with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010409777
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Trade and worker deskilling
Costa, Rui; Dhingra, Swati; Machin, Stephen - 2019
studies the impact of trade on wages and worker training. Wages and training fell for workers employed in sectors where the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012022416
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Low wage returns to schooling in a developing country : evidence from a major policy reform in Turkey
Aydemir, Abdurrahman; Kirdar, Murat G. - 2015
In this paper, we estimate the returns on schooling for young men and women in Turkey using the exogenous and substantial variation in schooling across birth-cohorts brought about by the 1997 reform of compulsory schooling. We estimate that among 18- to 26-year-olds, the return from an extra...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011309044
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Fixed exchange-rate policy and real wage growth : quasi-experimental evidence
Andini, Corrado - 2014
Using Difference-in-Differences estimation and data from the European Community Household Panel, this paper suggests that the fixed exchange-rate policy adopted by Italy in the 1997-2000 period has reduced the real hourly wage growth of Italian fulltime workers with permanent contracts, on...
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The winner takes it all : internal migration, education and wages in Ethiopia
Blunch, Niels-Hugo; Ruggeri Laderchi, Caterina - 2015
wages. The results suggest that migrants are better educated and obtain higher wages than non-migrants, controlling for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010498500
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How forced displacements caused by a violent conflict affect wages in Colombia
Gimenez-Nadal, José Ignacio; Molina, José Alberto; … - 2016
In this paper, we analyze how forced displacements caused by violent conflicts affect the wages of displaced workers in … country. Using data from the Quality of Life Survey (2011-2014), we analyze differences in wages between those who were forced … find that forced displacement decreases between 6% and the 22% the wages of males, and between 17% and 37% the wages of …
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Return migrants and the wage premium: does the legal status of migrants matter?
El-Mallakh, Nelly; Wahba, Jackline - 2021
This paper examines the impact of the legal status of overseas migrants on their wages upon return to the home country … international migration, documented versus undocumented, we examine the impact of the illegal status on wages upon return. Relying …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012582329
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Training, productivity and wages : direct evidence from a temporary help agency
Dong, Xinwei; Hyslop, Dean Robert; Kawaguchi, Daiji - 2022
temporary help service firm that records both workers' wages and their productivity as measured by the fees charged to client … demonstrate that the fees charged to clients grow faster over workers' tenure than the wages paid to workers. Finally, we find …-by-doing increases productivity more than wages. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013209297
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Vacancy durations and entry wages : evidence from linked vacancy-employer-employee data
Kettemann, Andreas; Müller, Andreas; Zweimüller, Josef - 2018
establishment growth, vacancy filling and entry wages, we calibrate a model with directed search and ex-ante heterogeneous workers … response of vacancy filling to firm-level wages. We discuss the implications of this finding as well as potential resolutions. …
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