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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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Decomposing the sources of earnings inequality: Assessing the role of reallocation
Andersson, Fredrik; Davis, Elizabeth E.; Freedman, … - 2011
This paper exploits longitudinal employer-employee matched data from the U.S. Census Bureau to investigate the contribution of worker and firm reallocation to changes in earnings inequality within and across industries between 1992 and 2003. We find that factors that cannot be measured using...
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German Works Councils Old and New: Incidence, Coverage and Determinants
Addison, John T.; Bellmann, Lutz; Schnabel, Claus; … - 2002
Although works councils are a core element of the German system of industrial relations, there is little reliable information on their incidence and coverage. This paper uses data from the nationally representative IAB establishment panel to fill this gap. We examine the frequency of works...
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Wage structure effects of international trade: Evidence from a small open economy
Du Caju, Philip; Rycx, Francois; Tojerow, Ilan - 2011
In the last decades, international trade has increased between industrialised countries and between high- and low-wage countries. This important change has raised questions on how international trade affects the labour market. In this spirit, this paper aims to investigate the impact of...
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The formal sector wage premium and firm size
Badaoui, Eliane; Strobl, Eric; Walsh, Frank A. - 2007
We show theoretically that when larger firms pay higher wages and are more likely to be caught defaulting on labour taxes, then large high-wage firms will be in the formal sector and small low-wage firms will be in the informal sector. The formal sector wage premium is thus just a firm size wage...
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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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Job creation by firms in Denmark
Ibsen, Rikke; Westergård-Nielsen, Niels Christian - 2011
In this paper we will look at job creation and destruction in firms. We will answer the question if it is the large companies that create jobs, while the smaller companies are contributing much less. Or is it the young companies that create jobs? And who destroys the most jobs? In the crisis...
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Establishment size and the dispersion of wages: evidence from European countries
Lallemand, Thierry; Rycx, François - 2005
We investigate how the wage distribution differs among small and large establishments in four European countries. Findings show that within-establishment wage dispersion rises with size because large employers have a more diverse workforce. They also suggest that screening and monitoring costs...
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Matching language proficiency to occupation: the effect on immigrants' earnings
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2007
are related to correct matching of an individual's language skills and that of his occupation. Moreover, the findings are …
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Occupational language requirements and the value of English in the US labor market
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2007
native born and foreign born, as reported in the 2000 Census, one percent sample. Working in an occupation that requires … required for the occupation, and when those with high levels of proficiency work in jobs requiring English language skills … occupation's requirements, and this matching does tend to occur in the labor market. …
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