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Intergenerational Progress of Mexican-Origin Workers in the U.S. Labor Market
Trejo, Stephen J. - 2001
Using unique Current Population Survey data from November 1979 and 1989, this paper compares the wage structure across generations of Mexican-origin men. I find that the sizable earnings advantage U.S.-born Mexican Americans enjoy over Mexican immigrants arises not just from intergenerational...
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The effects of living wage laws: evidence from failed and derailed living wage campaigns
Adams, Scott; Neumark, David - 2005
living wage laws and living wage campaigns. We find that living wage laws raise wages of low-wage workers but reduce …
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The narrowing of the US gender earnings gap, 1959 - 1999: a cohort-based analysis
Weinberger, Catherine; Kuhn, Peter - 2006
Using Census and Current Population Survey data spanning 1959 through 1999, we assess the relative contributions of two factors to the decline in the gender wage gap: changes across cohorts in the relative slopes of men's and women's age-earnings profiles, versus changes in relative earnings...
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Changes in the labor supply behavior of married women: 1980 - 2000
Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence M. - 2006
observed in the 1980s, with an additional factor being that husbands' real wages fell slightly in the 1980s but rose in the … elasticity. And, continuing past trends, women's labor supply also became less responsive to their husbands' wages. Between 1980 … wages and work hours; and omitted variables that affect both wage offers and the propensity to work; as well as when age …
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Self-esteem and earnings
Drago, Francesco - 2008
Recent research in economics suggests a positive association between self-esteem and earnings. A major problem in this literature is that from simple cross-sectional wage regressions it is not possible to conclude that self-esteem has a causal impact on earnings. While classical measurement...
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The prevalence and effects of occupational licensing
Kleiner, Morris M.; Krueger, Alan B. - 2008
on wages as do unions - that is about 15 percent, but unlike unions which reduce variance in wages, licensing does not …
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Is bigger still better? The decline of the wage premium at large firms
Even, William E.; Macpherson, David A. - 2009
This study shows that the wage premium paid by large firms fell over the past 20 years and that the decline in the size premium has been most pronounced among the least educated work force. Empirical evidence supports several explanations for the decline in the size premium. First, there has...
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Wage formation between newly hired workers and employers: survey evidence
Hall, Robert E.; Krueger, Alan B. - 2008
to substantial differences in labor-market equilibrium between bargained and posted wages. The fraction of workers hired …
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Which immigrants are most innovative and entrepreneurial? Distinctions by entry visa
Hunt, Jennifer - 2010
who first entered on a student/trainee visa or a temporary work visa have a large advantage over natives in wages …
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Youth unemployment: Déjà Vu?
Bell, David N.F.; Blanchflower, David G. - 2010
This paper reviews current issues in youth labour markets in developed countries. It argues that young people aged 16-25 have been particularly hard hit during the current recession. Using the USA and UK as cast studies, it analyses both causes and effects of youth unemployment using micro-data....
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