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Comparing Apples with Oranges : Revisiting the Gender Wage Gap in an International Perspective
Plasman, Robert; Sissoko, Salimata - 2004
Using a rich and comparable micro-data set, we analyse international differences in gender pay gaps in the private sector for a sample of five European economies: Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, Italy and Spain. Using different methods, we examine how wage structure, differences in the distribution...
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Movin' on up: Hierarchical occupational segmentation and gender wage gaps
Shatnawi, Dina; Oaxaca, Ronald L.; Ransom, Michael R. - 2012
Our study evaluates and extends existing wage decomposition methodologies that seek to measure the contributions of endowments, pure wage discrimination, and job segregation. Of particular interest is the model of hierarchical segregation in Baldwin, Butler, and Johnson (2001). We employ data...
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What are over-the-road truckers paid for? Evidence from an exogenous regulatory change on the role of social comparisons and work organization in wage determination
Burks, Stephen V.; Guy, Frederick - 2012
Using evidence from recent work on truckers and disaggregated older data prior researchers did not have, we revisit a classic topic and find some new answers. We focus on differentials in average annual earnings at the firm level among mileage-paid over-the-road tractor-trailer drivers (road...
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Wage dispersion in a partially unionized labor force
Addison, John T.; Bailey, Ralph W.; Siebert, William Stanley - 2009
Taking as our point of departure a model proposed by David Card (2001), we suggest new methods for analyzing wage dispersion in a partially unionized labor market. Card's method disaggregates the labor population into skill categories, which procedure entails some loss of information....
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The impact of family income on child achievement: Evidence from the earned income tax credit
Dahl, Gordon B.; Lochner, Lance - 2012
Past estimates of the effect of family income on child development have often been plagued by endogeneity and measurement error. In this paper, we use an instrumental variables strategy to estimate the causal effect of income on children's math and reading achievement. Our identification derives...
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The effect of job flexibility on female labor market outcomes: Estimates from a search and bargaining model
Flabbi, Luca; Moro, Andrea - 2010
This paper develops and estimates a search model of the labor market where jobs are characterized by wages and work-hours flexibility. Flexibility is valued by workers, and is costly to provide for employers. The model generates observed wage distributions directly related to the preference for...
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A comparative analysis of the nativity wealth gap
Bauer, Thomas K.; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Hildebrand, … - 2007
This paper investigates the source of the gap in the relative wealth position of immigrant households residing in Australia, Germany and the United States. Our results indicate that in Germany and the United States wealth differentials are largely the result of disparity in the educational...
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European vs. American hours worked: assessing the role of the extensive and intensive margins
Langot, François; Quintero-Rojas, Coralia - 2008
that the two dimensions of the extensive margin, the employment rate and the participation rate, explain the most of the …
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Time to work or time to play: the effect of student employment on homework, sleep, and screen time
Kalenkoski, Charlene Marie; Pabilonia, Sabrina Wulff - 2009
Surveys (ATUS) to investigate the effects of employment on the time a student spends on homework and other major activities … outcomes. Our results suggest that employment decreases the time that high school students spend on human …
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Human capital externalities and employment differences across metropolitan areas of the US
Winters, John V. - 2012
It has been well documented that employment outcomes often differ considerably across areas. This paper examines the … external effects on labor force participation and employment for U.S. metropolitan area residents. The empirical results … employment for both women and men. We also find that less educated workers generally receive the largest external benefits. …
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