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measure of wages used and the estimation approach applied. Combining information from two different Polish surveys from 2005 … on whether we use net or gross, and monthly or hourly wages, and show how important selection correction is for the … comprehensive analysis of the effects of using different methods and the issue of selection-correction in the estimation of the wage …
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The Swedish adult education program known as the Knowledge Lift is unprecedented in its size and scope, aiming to raise the skill level of all low-skilled workers towards the medium level. This paper evaluates the effects of program participation on individual labor market outcomes, notably...
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workers as well as on workers that chose not to migrate (?stayers?), and direct estimation of the moments of the latent … rather than negative. The latter finding entails substantial increases in mean wages and reduction in wage inequality …
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heterogeneity when analyzing the labor market effects of over- and undereducation. Using pooled OLS, the estimation results confirm …
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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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stability of educational wage premia was justified by market forces. However, relative wages did not respond to negative net …
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urban manufacturing firms. The impact of HIV on average wages is positive but imprecisely estimated. In contrast, HIV has a … large positive impact on the skill premium. The impact of HIV on the wages of low skilled workers is insignificantly …
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following arrival, wages of highly skilled immigrants grow at 8% a year. Rising prices of skills, occupational transitions …, accumulated experience in Israel and economy-wide rise in wages account for 3.4, 1.1, 1.5 and 1.4 percent each. In the long run …, the average wages of immigrants approach but do not converge to the wages of comparable natives. The main reason for that …
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. Its main findings are that point estimates of wages after graduation are close to actual wages, whereas the expectations … of the deviation of individual expectations from actual wages can not be explained, we find that rates of return to …
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Using unique Current Population Survey data from November 1979 and 1989, this paper compares the wage structure across generations of Mexican-origin men. I find that the sizable earnings advantage U.S.-born Mexican Americans enjoy over Mexican immigrants arises not just from intergenerational...
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