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Marital Sorting, Household Labor Supply, and Intergenerational Earnings Mobility across Countries
Raaum, Oddbjorn - 2007
We present comparable evidence on intergenerational earnings mobility for Denmark, Finland, Norway, the UK and the US …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012775849
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Unobserved Heterogeneity and Risk in Wage Variance : Does Schooling Provide Earnings Insurance?
Mazza, Jacopo - 2011
We apply a recently proposed method to disentangle unobserved heterogeneity from risk in returns to education. We replicate the original study on US men and extend to US women, UK men and German men. Most original results are not robust. A college education cannot universally be considered an...
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The Extent of Collective Bargaining and Workplace Representation : Transitions between States and Their Determinants - A Comparative Analysis of Germany and Great Britain
Addison, John T. - 2009
Industrial relations are in flux in many nations, perhaps most notably in Germany and the Britain. That said … representation in Germany and still less in both countries about firm transitions between these institutions over time. The present … and the erosion of sectoral bargaining in Germany, and identify the respective roles of behavioral and compositional …
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Slip Sliding Away : Further Union Decline in Germany and Britain
Addison, John T. - 2010
changes in collective bargaining and worker representation in the private sector in Germany and Britain over the period 1998 …, the decline in collective bargaining is more pronounced in Britain than in Germany, thus continuing a trend apparent since …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013147557
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Gender Differences in Early Retirement Behaviour
Dahl, Svenn Aage; Nilsen, Øivind Anti; Vaage, Kjell - 2021
, spouse income and wealth, and spouses' labour market status. The female participation rate is high in Norway, implying that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013320482
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Gendering Technological Change : Evidence from Agricultural Mechanization
Afridi, Farzana - 2020
Technological change in production processes with gendered division of labor across tasks, such as agriculture, can …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012822834
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The Gendered Effects of Climate Change : Production Shocks and Labor Response in Agriculture
Afridi, Farzana; Mahajan, Kanika; Sangwan, Nikita - 2021
Climate change has increased rainfall uncertainty, leading to greater production risks in agriculture. We examine the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013217913
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Gender Bias in Agricultural Child Labor : Evidence from Survey Design Experiments
Galdo, Jose; Dammert, Ana; Abebaw, Degnet - 2021
Agricultural labor accounts for the largest share of child labor worldwide. Yet, measurement of farm labor statistics is challenging due to its inherent seasonality, variable and irregular work schedules, and the varying saliences of individuals' work activities. The problem is further...
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The Gender Reservation Wage Gap : Evidence Form British Panel Data
Brown, Sarah - 2011
Our findings suggest the existence of a gender reservation wage gap. The presence of children, particularly pre-school age children, plays an important role in determining the proportion of this gap that can be explained by individual characteristics. For individuals without children, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013130787
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Trade Union Membership and Dismissals
Goerke, Laszlo - 2010
In Germany, there is no trade union membership wage premium, while the membership fee amounts to 1% of the gross wage … evidence for a private gain from trade union membership which has hitherto not been documented: in West Germany, union members …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013137250