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The public sector pay premium, compensating differentials and unions: propensity score matching evidence from Australia, Canada, Great Britain and the United States
Gibson, John - In: Economics Bulletin 29 (2009) 3, pp. 2325-2332
workers, obtained most probably with assistance from the actions of their labor unions. …
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Age-adjusted measures of earnings inequality in the United States, 1980-2010
Schirle, Tammy - In: Economics Bulletin 32 (2012) 3, pp. 2662-2669
I demonstrate a simple procedure for creating age-adjusted earnings distribution statistics, using US data and recentered influence function regression methods. As the baby boom generation has moved toward the latter part of their career, earnings distribution statistics for the working age...
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The Cournot-Bertrand profit differential in a differentiated duopoly with unions and labour decreasing returns
Fanti, Luciano; Meccheri, Nicola - In: Economics Bulletin 31 (2011) 1, pp. 233-244
This paper compares Cournot and Bertrand equilibria in a differentiated duopoly, total wage bill maximizing unions and …
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Labour market, obesity and public policy considerations
Eleftheriou, Konstantinos; Athanasiou, George; … - In: Economics Bulletin 33 (2013) 1, pp. 783-793
This paper attempts to investigate the relation among wages, unemployment, obesity and to identify public policies to …
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Firm-Size and Inter-hierarchy Wage Dispersion in Shanghai
Mishra, Vinod; Smyth, Russell - In: Economics Bulletin 31 (2011) 3, pp. 2159-2166
For a sample of Shanghai firms, we find that while larger firms pay lower wages, managers in larger firms still receive … higher wages. There are two reasons for this result. The wage gap between managers and non-managers is positively correlated …
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Firm Exporting and Employee Benefits: First Evidence from Vietnam Manufacturing SMEs
Vu, Huong; Lim, Steven; Holmes, Mark; Doan, Tinh - In: Economics Bulletin 33 (2013) 1, pp. 519-535
This study examines linkages between the export participation of firms and employee benefits in terms of wages and … participation by firms in Vietnam has a positive impact on wages when taking into account firm characteristics alone. However, the … negative effect on employment quality. Nevertheless, the impact of export participation on both wages and employment quality …
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Reexamining the Economics of Marital Infidelity
Potter, Joel - In: Economics Bulletin 31 (2011) 1, pp. 41-52
This study utilizes data from the National Youth Survey to reevaluate key conclusions made by Fair (1978). While Fair (1978) used data collected from mail-in surveys, the National Youth Survey was collected using standard probability techniques. This paper also extends Fair (1978), by including...
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Individual and institutional determinants of the male female wage gap among U.S. economics faculty
Cherry, Todd L; Durden, Garey C.; Gaynor, Patricia E. - In: Economics Bulletin 31 (2011) 1, pp. 245-254
This paper provides new evidence on the male female wage gap in academia. Using unique data from the economics discipline, we estimate a human-capital based model to explore the nature of wage differentials among male and female economics professors. Results indicate the salary gap varies across...
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Prior Restrictions on Bargaining Contract Curves
Brueckner, Jan K. - In: Economics Bulletin 10 (2001) 1, pp. 1-7
It is well-known that the efficient-bargain model imposes no general restrictions on the slope of the contract curve. As a result, both upward- and downward-sloping curves are consistent with the theory. Less is known, however, about the effect on the contract curve of changes in the demand and...
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Promotion Policy and Firm Size
Zax, Ori - In: Economics Bulletin 32 (2012) 4, pp. 3347-3356
wages positively correlated with the size of the firm employing them. To explain these findings we augment the Waldman (1984 … correlation between firm size and wages. …
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