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Booth, Alison L. - 2009

In almost all European Union countries, the gender wage gap is increasing across the wages distribution. In this … returns and focus especially on those incorporating pyschological factors as an explanation of the gender gap. Research areas … differences between men and women that might lead to gender wage gaps …

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Promotion and Wages in Mid-Career : Gender, Unionism, and Sector

Addison, John T. - 2012

This paper considers the role of gender in the promotion process and the impact of promotion on wages and wage growth …

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Recruitment policy when firms observe workers' employment status : an equilibrium search approach

Tudela, Carlos Carrillo (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Changes in Bargaining Status and Intra-Plant Wage Dispersion in Germany : A Case of (Almost) Plus Ça Change?

Addison, John T. - 2014

union representation.Using linked employer-employee data, our estimation strategy hinges upon the identification of …

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Union Decline and the Coverage Wage Gap in Germany

Addison, John T. - 2014

Using linked employer-employee data, this paper estimates the effect of collective bargaining coverage on wages over an interval of continuing decline in unionism. Unobserved firm and worker heterogeneity is dealt with using two establishment sub-samples, comprising collective bargaining joiners...

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Wage Dispersion in a Partially Unionized Labor Force

Addison, John T. - 2009

Taking as our point of departure a model proposed by David Card (2001), we suggest new methods for analyzing wage dispersion in a partially unionized labor market. Card's method disaggregates the labor population into skill categories, which procedure entails some loss of information....

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Works Councils and the Anatomy of Wages

Addison, John T.; Teixeira, Paulino; Zwick, Thomas - 2021

This paper provides the first full examination of the effect of German works councils on wages using matched employer-employee data (specifically, the LIAB for 2001). We find that works councils are associated with higher earnings. The wage premium is around 11 percent (and is higher under...

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Back-to-Front Down-Under? Part-Time/Full-Time Wage Differentials in Australia

Booth, Alison L.; Wood, Margi - 2021

In 2003, part-time employment in Australia accounted for over 42% of the Australian female workforce, nearly 17% of the male workforce, and represented 28% of total employment. Of the OECD countries, only the Netherlands has a higher proportion of working women employed part-time and Australia...

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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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Gender differences in risk behaviour : does nurture matter?

Booth, Alison L. (contributor); Nolen, Patrick (contributor) - 2009

pressure to conform to gender-stereotypes encourages girls and boys to modify their innate preferences. Single-sex environments … choices to environmental factors could be explored. The results of our real-stakes gamble show that gender differences in … coed girls. Moreover, we found that gender differences in preferences for risk-taking are sensitive to the gender mix of …

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