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Do differing pay schemes help close the gender gap in overconfidence?
Lahav, Eyal; Nir, Arad; Siniver, Erez - In: Economics Bulletin 34 (2014) 4, pp. 2107-2114
overconfidence of women, and decreased the overconfidence of men. As a result, no gender difference in overconfidence was found when …
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Do differing pay schemes help close the gender gap in overconfidence
Lahav, Eyal; Nir, Arad; Siniver, Erez - In: Economics Bulletin 35 (2015) 1, pp. 30-36
overconfidence of women, and decreased the overconfidence of men. As a result, no gender difference in overconfidence was found when …
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Precocity and labor market outcomes: Evidence from professional basketball
Rodenberg, Ryan M.; Kim, Jun Woo - In: Economics Bulletin 31 (2011) 3, pp. 2185-2190
We show that precocity, as measured by the age of entry into the elite-level professional basketball labor pool, often leads to better career outcomes. Our findings cast doubt on the on-court efficacy of the National Basketball Association's contentious age eligibility rule.
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Gender Based Differences in Managerial Experience: The Case of Informal Firms in Rwanda
Kushnir, Khrystyna; Amin, Mohammad - In: Economics Bulletin 33 (2013) 4, pp. 3032-3049
The paper contributes to the literature on gender-based disparity in human capital by extending existing results on … lower, equaling 80-88 percent that of male managers. We also find that this gender disparity is higher among the relatively …
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Economic assimilation of Mexican and Chinese immigrants in the United States: is there wage convergence?
Wu, Yujie; Seeborg, Michael C - In: Economics Bulletin 32 (2012) 3, pp. 1978-1991
This research determines the economic assimilation experience of Mexican immigrants and Chinese immigrants towards natives level over time after controlling for human capital and demographic characteristics. Using Census data from multiple years, this research follows cohorts of Mexican and...
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On strategy and the likelihood of success in marital matchmaking under uncertainty
Batabyal, Amitrajeet - In: Economics Bulletin 10 (2004) 7, pp. 1-7
Individuals wishing to get married have made increasing use of matchmakers. This notwithstanding, economists have paid scant attention to the strategies employed by matchmakers and to the likelihood of success arising from the use of these strategies. Consequently, we first specify a...
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On strategy and the likelihood of success in marital matchmaking under uncertainty
Batabyal, Amitrajeet - In: Economics Bulletin 10 (2004) 7, pp. 1-7
Individuals wishing to get married have made increasing use of matchmakers. This notwithstanding, economists have paid scant attention to the strategies employed by matchmakers and to the likelihood of success arising from the use of these strategies. Consequently, we first specify a “local”...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011039070
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Does international trade impact wage discrimination?
Kim, Jongsung; Tebaldi, Edinaldo - In: Economics Bulletin 31 (2011) 3, pp. 2709-2724
analyses that fail to properly account for gender or race differences might produce unreliable results regarding the impact of … international trade (and/or competition) on the race/gender wage gap. Second, this paper provides evidence that export intensiveness … contributes to reduce the overall gender wage gap, but adversely affects the wages of Hispanic women when compared to white non …
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An experimental analysis of the existing differences of productivity across genders
Ennasri, Ahmed - In: Economics Bulletin 31 (2011) 4, pp. 3304-3310
This paper contributes to the empirical literature on the connection between productivity and gender by using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009368583
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On the substitutability between public and private employment
córdoba, Gonzalo F De; Pérez, Javier J; Torres, José L - In: Economics Bulletin 32 (2012) 3, pp. 2700-2709
In this note we provide empirical evidence that shows that there seems to be a high degree of substitutability between public and private employment. We estimate an aggregated production function with a CES specification over labor inputs both public and private. Under the assumption that...
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