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Piracha, Matloob - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)

The occupational choice of return migrants is important to their home country. Return migrants are likely to have acquired human capital while abroad, either through formal training or by working in a more efficient labor market. The employment of these newly acquired skills in the home country...

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Does return migration influence fertility at home?

Bertoli, Simone - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)

Demographic factors in migrant-sending countries can influence international migration flows. But when migrants move across borders, they can also influence the pace of demographic transition in their countries of origin. This is because migrants, who predominantly move on a temporary basis,...

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Union wage effects

Bryson, Alex - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)

successfully to raise worker wages, income inequality would almost certainly be higher than it is. …

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Does it pay to be beautiful?

Sierminska, Eva - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)

It is a well-established view amongst economists that good-looking people have a better chance of employment and can earn more than those who are less physically attractive. A “beauty premium” is particularly apparent in jobs where there is a productivity gain associated with good looks,...

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Low-wage employment

Schnabel, Claus - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)

Low-wage employment has become an important feature of the labor market and a controversial topic for debate in many countries. How to interpret the prominence of low-paid jobs and whether they are beneficial to workers or society is currently an open question. The answer depends on whether...

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Low-wage employment

Schnabel, Claus - In: IZA World of Labor (2021)

Low-wage employment has become an important feature of the labor market and a controversial topic for debate in many countries. How to interpret the prominence of low-paid jobs and whether they are beneficial to workers or society is still an open question. The answer depends on whether low-paid...

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Noncompete agreements in employment contracts

Lavetti, Kurt - In: IZA World of Labor (2021)

Labor market institutions that may weaken workers' bargaining leverage have received increased scrutiny in recent years. One example is noncompete agreements, which prevent workers from freely moving across employers, potentially weakening earnings growth. New data sources and empirical evidence...

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Does it pay to be beautiful?

Sierminska, Eva; Singhal, Karan - In: IZA World of Labor (2023)

It is a well-established view amongst economists that good-looking people have a better chance of employment and can earn more than those who are less physically attractive. A "beauty premium" is particularly apparent in jobs where there is a productivity gain associated with good looks, though...

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Union wage effects

Bryson, Alex - In: IZA World of Labor (2014) July, pp. 1-10

successfully to raise worker wages, income inequality would almost certainly be higher than it is. …

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Do immigrant workers depress the wages of native workers?

Peri, Giovanni - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)

Politicians, the media, and the public express concern that immigrants depress wages by competing with native workers … countries have found no effect on wages, on average, and only modest effects on wage differentials between more and less … educated immigrant and native workers. Native workers’ wages have been insulated by differences in skills, adjustments in local …

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