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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 - 2017

We estimate the impact of union density on wages using Portuguese matched employer-employee-contract data, extending …-title heterogeneity to the union wage premium. The principal result is the dominance of the firm fixed effect: the allocation of workers … among firms with different wage policies. For their part, the unobserved skills of union workers have only a modest impact …

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Effect of Labor Division between Wife and Husband on the Risk of Divorce : Evidence from German Data

Kraft, Kornelius; Neimann, Stefanie - 2009

Using German panel data from 1984 to 2007, we analyze the impact of labor division between husband and wife on the risk of divorce. Gary Becker's theory of marriage predicts that specialization in domestic and market work, respectively, reduces the risk of separation. Traditionally, the...

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Do Reservation Wages Really Decline? Some International Evidence on the Determinants of Reservation Wages

Addison, John T.; Centeno, Mário; Portugal, Pedro - 2008

Using cross-country data, we investigate the determinants of reservation wages and their course over the jobless spell. Higher unemployment benefits lead to higher reservation wages. Further, again consistent with the basic search model, repeated observations on the same individual provide scant...

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