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The wage policy of firms : comparative evidence for the US and Germany from personnel data
Grund, Christian - 2002
production processes in different institutional environments are inspected. Convex wage profiles over the hierarchy levels of … intra-level wage inequality and yearly promotion rate. In contrast, wages are more distinctly attached to hierarchy levels …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011414006
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Promotions, demotions, halo effects and earnings dynamics of American executives
Belzil, Christian (contributor);  … - 2005
This paper explores the dynamics of wage growth in corporate hierarchies. Using panel data techniques, we estimate the causal effect of current and past transitions in reporting level and past earnings growth on components of current earnings and earnings growth using a large panel of US...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002898938
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Persistent occupational hierarchies among immigrant worker groups in the United States labor market
Postepska, Agnieszka; Vella, Francis - 2017
This paper examines the phenomenon of occupational hierarchies among immigrant labor groups in the United States. Using census data for 1940-2011 we document the persistent ranking of immigrant labor groups in major metropolitan areas reflected by their position in the empirical distribution of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011607514
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Why are economics students more selfish than the rest?
Bauman, Yoram; Rose, Elaina - 2009
A substantial body of research suggests that economists are less generous than other professionals and that economics students are less generous than other students. We address this question using administrative data on donations to social programs by students at the University of Washington....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003925572
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What does the public know about economic policy, and how does it know it?
Blinder, Alan S. (contributor); Krueger, Alan B. (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
-interest, knowledge, and ideology in public opinion formation? And how do people learn about economic issues? Using a new, specially … insurance), ideology is the most important determinant of public opinion, while measures of self-interest are the least …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002429333
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The seeds of ideology : historical immigration and political preferences in the United States
Giuliano, Paola; Tabellini, Marco - 2020
We test the relationship between historical immigration to the United States and political ideology today. We …-lasting effect on the political ideology of US born individuals. Our analysis proceeds in three steps. First, we document that the … historical presence of European immigrants is associated with a more liberal political ideology and with stronger preferences for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012226388
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The political economy of propaganda : evidence from US newspapers
Ottinger, Sebastian; Winkler, Max - 2022
We study the impact of the first American party committed to redistribution from rich to poor on anti-Black media content in the 1890s. The Populist Party sought support among poor farmers, regardless of race, providing the segregationist Democratic establishment in the South with an incentive...
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Ugly criminals
Mocan, Naci (contributor); Tekin, Erdal (contributor) - 2006
Using data from three waves of Add Health we find that being very attractive reduces a young adult's (ages 18-26) propensity for criminal activity and being unattractive increases it for a number of crimes, ranging from burglary to selling drugs. A variety of tests demonstrate that this result...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003301665
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The politicized pandemic: ideological polarization and the behavioral response to COVID-19
Grimalda, Gianluca; Murtin, Fabrice; Pipke, David; … - 2022
correlates positively with adherence to protective behaviors. Liberal political ideology predicts higher levels of protective … behavior than conservative ideology, independently of the differences in prosociality across the two groups. Differences …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012805879
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Who said or what said? : estimating ideological bias in views among economists
Javdani, Mohsen; Chang, Ha-joon - 2019
There exists a long-standing debate about the influence of ideology in economics. Surprisingly, however, there is no …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012133338