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Does the Glass Ceiling Exist? A Cross-National Perspective on
Gang, Ira N.; Landon-Lane, John S.; Yun, Myeong-Su - 2003
We compare male and female upward labor income mobility in Germany and the United States using the GSOEP-PSID Cross …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274497
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The threat effect of participation in active labor market programs on job search behavior of migrants in Germany
Bergemann, Annette; Caliendo, Marco; van den Berg, Gerard J. - 2011
Labor market programs may affect unemployed individuals' behavior before they enroll. Such ex ante effects may differ according to ethnic origin. We apply a novel method that relates self-reported perceived treatment rates and job search behavioral outcomes, such as the reservation wage or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274689
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Disability and skill mismatch
Jones, Melanie K.; Sloane, Peter J. - 2009
This paper integrates two strands of literature on overskilling and disability using the 2004 British Workplace Employment Relations Survey (WERS). It finds that the disabled are significantly more likely to be mismatched in the labour market, to suffer from a pay penalty and to have lower job...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269604
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Immigrants and Unemployment in the European Community: From the Eyes of Natives
Gang, Ira N.; Rivera-Batiz, Francisco L.; Yun, Myeong-Su - 1999
This paper examines whether immigrants increase the likelihood of unemployment among native-born workers in the …-born workers? assessment of the number of immigrants in the local market. By doing so, the association between unemployment of … immigrants and unemployment among native-born workers. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277289
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The Threat Effect of Participation in Active Labor Market Programs on Job Search Behavior of Migrants in Germany
Bergemann, Annette; Caliendo, Marco; den Berg, Gerard J. van - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Labor market programs may affect unemployed individuals' behavior before they enroll. Such ex ante effects may differ according to ethnic origin. We apply a novel method that relates self-reported perceived treatment rates and job search behavioral outcomes, such as the reservation wage or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008839263
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Immigrants and Unemployment in the European Community: From the Eyes of Natives
Gang, Ira N.; Rivera-Batiz, Francisco L.; Yun, Myeong-Su - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1999
This paper examines whether a greater concentration of foreigners increases the likelihood of unemployment in local …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703023
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Gender Differences in German Upward Income Mobility
Gang, Ira N.; Landon-Lane, John S.; Yun, Myeong-Su - 2002
We examine the upward labor income mobility of men and women in Germany using the GSOEP Cross National Equivalent File …. Women have greater overall income mobility. However, utilizing a measure of upward income mobility and calculating the … posterior probability that men?s upward income mobility is greater than women?s, we find that men have overall greater upward …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274499
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Enclaves, Language and the Location Choice of Migrants
Bauer, Thomas K.; Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2002
Empirical studies in the migration literature have shown that migration enclaves (networks) negatively affect the language proficiency of migrants. These studies, however, ignore the choice of location as a function of language skills. Using data on Mexican migration to the US, we show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262689
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Disability and Job Mismatches in the Australian Labour Market
Jones, Melanie K.; Mavromaras, Kostas G.; Sloane, Peter J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
We examine the relationship between disability, job mismatch, earnings and job satisfaction, using panel estimation on data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey (2001-2008). While we do not find any relationship between work-limiting disability and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009371898
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Disability and Skill Mismatch
Jones, Melanie K.; Sloane, Peter J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
This paper integrates two strands of literature on overskilling and disability using the 2004 British Workplace Employment Relations Survey (WERS). It finds that the disabled are significantly more likely to be mismatched in the labour market, to suffer from a pay penalty and to have lower job...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008565209