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Hu, Luojia - 2005

This paper expands on Gibbons and Katz (1991) by looking at how the difference in wage losses across plant closing and layoff varies with race and gender. We find that the differences between white males and the other groups are striking and complex. The lemons effect of layoff holds for white...

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Different paths? : human capital prices, wages, and inequality in Canada and the United States

Bowlus, Audra J.; Robinson, Chris; Liu, Haoming - In: Journal of labor economics 37 (2019), pp. 689-734

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The upside potential of hiring risky workers : evidence from the baseball industry

Bollinger, Christopher R.; Hotchkiss, Julie L. - In: Journal of labor economics 21 (2003) 4, pp. 923-944

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The Impact of Wage Structure on Trends in U.S. Gender Wage Differentials 1975-1987

Blau, Francine D. - 1994

and a rising level of wage inequality. This paper uses Michigan Panel Study on Income Dynamics (PSID) data for 1975 and …

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Lifetime earnings inequality in Germany

Bönke, Timm; Corneo, Giacomo; Lüthen, Holger - In: Journal of labor economics 33 (2015) 1, pp. 171-208

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Cross Sectional Facts for Macroeconomists

Krueger, Dirk - 2009

cycle, of several dimensions of economic inequality, including wages, labor earnings, income, consumption, and wealth. After … inequality, over the last three decades. While the trend in the skill premium differed widely across countries, the experience … premium rose and the gender premium fell virtually everywhere. At a higher frequency, earnings inequality appears to be …

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Handedness and Earnings

Ruebeck, Christopher S. - 2006

We examine whether handedness is related to performance in the labor market and, in particular, earnings. We find a significant wage effect for left-handed men with high levels of education. This positive wage effect is strongest among those who have lower than average earnings relative to those...

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Male-Female Differences in Wages and Employment : A Specific Human Capital Model

Landes, Elisabeth M. - 1974

This paper analyzes the effects of differential turnover patterns and the existence of firm specific training, jointly financed by employer and employee, on male-female wage and employment differentials. Chapter 1 introduces the topic of sex differences in occupational distribution and...

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Information and the Persistence of the Gender Wage Gap : Early Evidence from California's Salary History Ban

Hansen, Benjamin - 2020

Aiming to reduce the gender wage gap, several states and cities have recently adopted legislation that prohibits employers from asking about previously earned salaries. The advocates of these salary history bans (SHBs) have suggested pay history perpetuates past discrimination. We study the...

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Gender and Job Performance : Evidence from Wall Street

Green, T. Clifton - 2007

We study the relation between gender and job performance among brokerage firm equity analysts. Women's representation in analyst positions drops from 16% in 1995 to 13% in 2005. We find women cover roughly 9 stocks on average compared to 10 for men. Women's earnings estimates tend to be less...

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