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The gender pay gap in the Australian private sector: Is selection relevant across the wage distribution?
Chzhen, Yekaterina; Mumford, Karen A.; Nicodemo, Catia - 2012
, interestingly, not found to be relevant in the Australian context. Substantial gender earnings gaps (and glass ceilings) are … established, with these earnings gaps found to be predominantly related to women receiving lower returns to their observable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282453
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Earnings over the lifecycle: the Mincer earnings function and its applications
Polachek, Solomon W. - 2007
In 1958 Jacob Mincer pioneered an important approach to understand how earnings are distributed across the population … research explained why education enhances earnings; why earnings rise at a diminishing rate throughout one's life; why earnings … questions based on research emanating from Mincer's original earnings function specification. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268458
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Education Driving the Rise in Dutch Female Employment: Explanations for the Increase in Part-time Work and Female Employment in the Netherlands, Contrasted with Germany
Schettkat, Ronald; Yocarini, Lara - 2001
Over the last 15 years, the Netherlands has experienced a tremendous jobs boom, mainly in services and female employment. This has often been related to changes in the Dutch institutional environment. Using a model which allows for direct utility of work, we find that institutional arrangements...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262608
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Immigrant networks and their implications for occupational choice and wages
Patel, Krishna; Vella, Francis - 2007
country. We also consider the earnings implications of these immigrant networks for recent arrivals. The empirical evidence … positive effect on their hourly wage and their level of weekly earnings. …
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Peer salaries and employee satisfaction in the workplace
Mumford, Karen A.; Smith, Peter N. - 2012
We explore the relationship between reported job satisfaction and own wage, relative wage and average comparison group wage; allowing for asymmetry in these responses across genders. We find that the choice of relevant comparison group is affected by gender in Britain; men display behaviour...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284021
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The role of sectoral growth patterns in labor market development
Arias-Vazquez, Francisco Javier; Lee, Jean Nahrae; … - 2012
This paper investigates the relationship between sectoral growth patterns and employment outcomes. A broad cross-country analysis reveals that in middle-income countries, employment responds more to growth in less productive and more labor-intensive sectors. Employment in middle-income countries...
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International Migration and the Economics of Language
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2014
acquiring destination language proficiency, with an emphasis on labor market outcomes, and in particular earnings. Factors that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329183
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The Economics of Language: An Introduction and Overview
Chiswick, Barry R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
(the three E’s) for proficiency. It also focuses on the labor market consequences (earnings) of proficiency for immigrants …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700952
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International Migration and the Economics of Language
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
acquiring destination language proficiency, with an emphasis on labor market outcomes, and in particular earnings. Factors that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010790510
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Electoral participation as a measure of social inclusion for natives, immigrants and descendants in Sweden
Bevelander, Pieter; Pendakur, Ravi - 2008
Three decades ago, Sweden extended municipal and county voting privileges to non-citizen residents arguing that it would increase political influence, interest and self-esteem among foreign citizens. Three decades later, electoral participation on the part of immigrants is perceived as being...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269363