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We use a quantile regression framework to investigate the degree to which work-related training affects the location, scale and shape of the conditional wage distribution. Human capital theory suggests that the percentage returns to training investments will be the same across the conditional...
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The dual economy development models hold minimum wages (among other institutions) accountable for persistent dualism …. We use 12 years of micro data on thousands workers in Costa Rica to test whether legal minimum wages have a differential … impact on wages in the formal sector vs. informal sector, defined in various ways. We find the evidence from Costa Rica is …
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According to the classical human capital theory general training is entirely financed by workers. This prediction is at odds with the empirical evidence. This observation inspired new theoretical models of training in frictional labour market. These frictions create incentives for firms to...
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on wages which can be seen as a lower bound for the effects on productivity. Based on panel data from the Swiss Labour … together, there are significant effects of work-related training on wages of roughly 2% for each training event. There is some …
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several sources, we explore the relationship between wages and measures of classic and new monopsony. Micro wage data for 1993 …-2002 provide little evidence of classic monopsonistic outcomes in the long run, the relative wages of RNs in 240 U.S. labor markets … being largely uncorrelated with market size or employer concentration. A short-run relationship is found, with RN wages …
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This paper investigates the effects of legal minimum wages on wages, employment, hours worked and monthly earnings … Costa Rica. This country?s large uncovered sector and complex minimum wage policy, which has for decades set numerous wages … minimum wages. We find that legal minimum wages have a significant positive effect on the wages of workers in the covered …
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The question we address in this paper is which factors influence the quitting decision of public sector teachers in England and Wales, using a nationally representative panel data set over 1997-2003. We document the outcomes of former teachers, fit single and competingrisks duration models and...
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18 studies using data from 20 highly developed, developing, and less developed countries document that average wages in …
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coverage on work-related training and how the union-training link affects wages and wage growth for a sample of full-time men …
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In this paper, we estimate the rate of return to first degrees, masters degrees and PhDs in Britain using data from the Labour Force Survey. We estimate returns to broad subject groups and more narrowly defined disciplines, distinguishing returns by gender and attempting to control for...
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