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Drivers of the underground economy around the millienium : a long term look for the United States
Goel, Rajeev K.; Saunoris, James W.; Schneider, Friedrich - 2017
This paper provides a long term analysis of the determinants of the shadow economy. Using data for the United States over the years 1870–2014 we examine economic and political factors driving the underground sector. Results show that among the economic factors, greater economic prosperity...
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Public versus private sector wage gap in Egypt : evidence from quantile regression on panel data
Tansel, Aysıt; Keskin, Halil Ibrahim; Ozdemir, Zeynel … - 2018
This paper considers the public and private sector wage earners in Egypt and examines their wage distribution during 1998-2012 using Egyptian Labor Market Panel Survey. We estimate the public-private sector wage gap with Mincer wage equations both at the mean and at different quantiles of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011925568
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Public-private sector wage differentials in Australia
Mahuteau, Stéphane; Mavromaras, Kostas G.; Richardson, Sue - 2017
This paper examines wage differentials between public sector and private sector workers in Australia. After controlling for observed characteristics and individual fixed effects, we show that on average workers in the public sector earn about 5.1% percent more hourly wages than those in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011641658
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Personality and public sector employment
Maczulskij, Terhi; Viinikainen, Jutta - 2021
Using a representative survey combined with register data on long-term labour market outcomes, this paper examines how personality traits predict sorting into public and private sector employment among prime working-age individuals. To gain deeper insights into the dynamic dimensions of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012431875
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Differential patterns between private and public sector wages in Spain
León, Alba Couceiro de; Dolado, Juan J. - 2022
This paper studies the wage differentials between the public and private sectors in Spain, as well as its distribution across different educational levels and by gender. To do so, the well-known Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition of mincerian wage regressions is applied for both sectors, breaking down...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012886756
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Nonstandard forms and measures of employment and unemployment in transition : a comparative study of Estonia, Romania, and Russia
Brown, J. David (contributor) - 2006
unemployment statistics. This paper analyzes microdata on detailed labor force survey responses in Russia, Romania, and Estonia to … alternative employment rates that are sharply higher in Russia but much lower in Romania and slightly lower in Estonia, and … alternative unemployment rates that are sharply higher in Romania and moderately higher in Estonia and Russia. -- alternative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003278938
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So many rocket scientists, so few marketing clerks : estimating the effects of economic reform on occupational mobility in Estonia
Campos, Nauro (contributor);  … - 2008
Why do workers change occupations? This paper investigates occupational mobility and its determinants following a large unexpected shock (communism's collapse in 1989.) Our calculations show that from 1989 to 1995 between 35 and 50 percent of Estonian workers changed occupations (classified at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793275
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Formal education, mismatch and wages after transition : assessing the impact of unobserved heterogeneity using matching estimators
Lamo, Ana; Messina, Julián - 2010
requirements of jobs in Estonia during the years 1997-2003. We find large wage penalties associated with the phenomenon of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003970946
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Estimating the need for PhDs in the academic sector via a survey of employers
Masso, Jaan (contributor); Eamets, Raul (contributor);  … - 2007
The aim of the current paper is to estimate the need for new PhDs in the Estonian academic sector for the 5-year period 2007-2012 using a survey of employers, such as universities, institutions of applied higher education and research institutes. The doctoral workforce in all countries around...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003561646
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Are specific skills an obstacle to labor market adjustment?
Lamo, Ana; Messina, Julián; Wasmer, Etienne - 2010
turbulence; a large economy with rigid labor markets, Poland, and a small open economy with increased flexibility, Estonia. We … unemployment compared to Estonia during the period of EU enlargement. Traditional labor market institutions (wage rigidity and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009153578