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replies to the same questionnaire by more than 6000 college students all over Europe. We study the determinants of wage … the results of the first systematic study of the wage expectations of European college students. Our data are based on the … variation across universities and fields. We also examine the trade-off between expected starting wages and wage growth. In the …
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We study how class size and composition affect the academic and labor market performances of college students, two … crucial policy questions given the secular increase in college enrollment. We rely on the random assignment of students to … deviation deterioration of the average grade. Further, the effect is heterogenous as female and higher income students seem …
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Florida students to identify the returns to four-year college for students on the academic margin of college admission. In … of the importance of credit constraints within this population. I find that students who obtain high school grades just … a four-year college and much less likely to attend a community college than students with grades just below the …
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We use cohort data from 11 European countries to study whether experience profiles differ by educational attainment. Previous literature does not provide a clear answer to this question, that is important to evaluate private returns to education over the working life of individuals. We find...
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affiliate wages to parent profits per worker is approximately 0.03, which can explain over 20 percent of the observed variation … in affiliate wages. These results reveal a previously ignored aspect of labor-market rent sharing. They also reveal an …
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Using nationally representative data in China, we find substantial positive partial correlations of both parents' education with one's wage. In addition, returns to father's education are higher in more monopsonistic and less meritocratic labor markets, including non-coastal regions, the...
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but also analyze its effect on post-unemployment wages and job stability for unemployed Danish workers. We find evidence … permanent posts. Finally, our results suggest that agency employment may improve subsequent match quality in terms of wages and …
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We investigate the effects of works councils on employees' wages and job satisfaction in general and for subgroups with … support for the hypothesis that the introduction of a works council itself increases wages or job satisfaction for the …
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What makes workers happy? Here we argue that pure ?rank? matters. It is currently believed that wellbeing is determined partly by an individual?s absolute wage (say, 30,000 dollars a year) and partly by the individual?s relative wage (say, 30,000 dollars compared to an average in the company or...
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headache on labor force participation, hours worked, and wages. We find that migraine headache is associated with a decrease in … wages. However, there is little evidence that migraine headache leads to reductions in labor force participation or hours … worked. We conclude that estimates of the cost of migraine headache to society should include its impact on wages. …
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