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There is a considerable empirical literature which compares wage levels of workers who have studied at secondary vocational schools with wages of workers who took academic schooling. In general, vocational education does not lead to higher wages. However, in some countries where labor markets...
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National Insurance Institute. The paper focuses on gender differences in work history patterns and, within each gender …, particularly those relating to the considerable amount of intermittent employment found amongst Israeli male workers. Also, women …?s labor market attachment is stronger than is generally presumed. Gender differences in employment interruptions are greater …
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sample of professionals is decomposed into several subsamples: men and women and within each gender a distinction is made …). Comparisons by gender and ethnicity can then be made. Characteristics (endowments) and wage structures of the four groups are …
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Recent studies exploring sibling rivalry in the allocation of household resources in the U.S. produce conflicting results. We contribute to this discussion by addressing the role of sibling rivalry in educational attainment in Germany. Using the German Socioeconomic Panel (GSOEP) we are able to...
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Virtue is modeled as an asset that women can use in the marriage market: since men value virginity in prospective mates … virginity, across societies and over time, can be influenced by socio-economic factors such as male income inequality, gender …
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more inhospitable routes. These changes are likely to place a heavier burden on illegal immigrant women as they are more … immigrant women from Mexico relative to men as a result of higher migration costs: 1) A decrease in the relative flow of older … and highly educated undocumented immigrant women relative to men; 2) A change in the skill composition of immigrant women …
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via women's labour force participation. Using data from the Young Lives Study and taking advantage of the spatial and …
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This paper considers the role of gender in the promotion process and the impact of promotion on wages and wage growth …, thereby complementing extant studies of the NLSY that relate to differences between men and women at an earlier stage in their …
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single households. In the model, labor supply of married women reacts positively and relatively strongly to minimum wages …, in our baseline experiments, average labor supply of married women increases by 3-5%, whereas hours supplied by married …
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on age and gender) and its performance with respect to innovative activities (outlays and employment in research and …
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