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Firming up inequality
Song, Jae; Price, David J.; Guvenen, Fatih; Bloom, Nicholas - In: The quarterly journal of economics 134 (2019) 1, pp. 1-50
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Matching language proficiency to occupation: the effect on immigrants' earnings
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2007
are related to correct matching of an individual's language skills and that of his occupation. Moreover, the findings are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267923
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Occupational language requirements and the value of English in the US labor market
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2007
native born and foreign born, as reported in the 2000 Census, one percent sample. Working in an occupation that requires … required for the occupation, and when those with high levels of proficiency work in jobs requiring English language skills … occupation's requirements, and this matching does tend to occur in the labor market. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268142
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Earnings and occupational attainment: immigrants and the native born
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2007
This paper examines the determinants of occupational attainment and the impact of occupation on earnings. Results for … earnings gains associated with years of schooling derives from inter-occupational mobility. When occupation is held constant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268431
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Between-group Competition in the Labor Market and the Rising Returns to Skill: US and France 1964-2000
Wasmer, Etienne - 2001
This paper describes the changes in the composition of the labor force in the last 35 years and quantifies the substitution of low education / high experience workers by low experience / high education workers by using US and French microdata. The consequences of this substitution on the wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262498
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Capital deepening and wage differentials: Germany vs. US
Koeniger, Winfried; Leonardi, Marco - 2006
Capital deepening may affect the evolution of the wage differential between skilled and unskilled workers differently in countries with different labor market institutions. If labor market institutions raise the relative wage of unskilled workers in Germany, firms have incentives to invest...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267684
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Occupational attainment and immigrant economic progress in Australia
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2008
Using data from the 2001 Australian Census of Population and Housing, on adult men in full-time employment, this paper augments a conventional human capital earnings function with information on occupations. It also estimates models of occupational attainment. The results from both the earnings...
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Interpersonal styles and labor market outcomes
Borghans, Lex; ter Weel, Bas; Weinberg, Bruce A. - 2006
This paper develops a framework to understand the role of interpersonal interactions in the labor market including task assignment and wages. Effective interpersonal interactions involve caring, to establish cooperation, and at the same time directness, to communicate in an unambiguous way. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277202
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The effect of product demand on inequality: Evidence from the US and the UK
Leonardi, Marco - 2010
This paper examines the relationship between product demand and the pattern of rising skill premia and rising employment of skilled workers in the US and the UK since the 1980s. If more skilled workers demand more skill-intensive goods, then an increase in relative skill supply will also induce...
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Down from the mountain: skill upgrading and wages in Appalachia
Bollinger, Christopher R.; Ziliak, James Patrick; … - 2009
Despite evidence that skilled labor is increasingly concentrated in cities, whether regional wage inequality is predominantly due to differences in skill levels or returns is unknown. We compare Appalachia, with its wide mix of urban and rural areas, to other parts of the U.S., and find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271889