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On the persistence of firm expansion: The survival of new jobs in Austrian firms

Böheim, René; Stiglbauer, Alfred; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2005

While the volatility of job creations has been studied extensively, the survival chances of new jobs are less researched. The question when and how to expand a firm is of importance, both from the firm's and from a macro perspective. Adjustment cost theories and arguments about option values of...

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Why rising tides don't lift all boats: an explanation of the relationship between poverty and unemployment in Britain

Burgess, Simon; Gardiner, Karen; Propper, Carol - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2001

This paper is motivated by the lack of any obvious relationship between aggregate poverty and unemployment in Great Britain. We derive a framework based on individuals' risks of unemployment and poverty, and how these vary over the economic cycle. Analysing the British Household Panel Survey for...

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Externalities in the matching of workers and firms in Britain

Burgess, Simon; Profit, Stefan - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2001

We provide empirical evidence on the nature of spatial externalities in a matching model for the UK. We use a monthly panel of outflows, unemployment and vacancy stocks data from the registers at Jobcentres in the UK; these are mapped on to travel-to-work areas. We find evidence of significant...

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The effects of competition and equal treatment laws on the gender wage differential

Weichselbaumer, Doris; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2003

This paper evaluates the impact of economic and legal variables on wage differentials between men and women. Since … international data set on the gender wage gap, which is constructed via a meta-analysis of existing studies. The findings show that … both increased competition and the enactment of equal treatment laws reduce the gender wage gap. …

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A meta-analysis of the international gender wage gap

Weichselbaumer, Doris; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2003

Since the early seventies, hundreds of authors have calculated gender wage differentials between women and men of equal … productivity. This meta-study provides a quantitative review of this vast amount of empirical literature on gender wage … data restrictions have the biggest impact on the resulting gender wage gap. Moreover, we are able to show what effect a …

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Returns to apprenticeship training in Austria: Evidence from failed firms

Fersterer, Josef; Pischke, Jörn-Steffen; Winter-Ebmer, … - 2007

Little is known about the payoffs to apprenticeship training in the German speaking countries for the participants. There is a lot of heterogeneity in the types of apprenticeships offered, and there might be an important element of selection in who obtains an apprenticeship, and what type. To...

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Market orientation and gender wage gaps: An international study

Weichselbaumer, Doris; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf; … - 2007

Two very different approaches are used to explore the relation between market orientation and gender wage differentials … in international data. More market orientation might be related to gender wage gaps via its effects on competition in … calculating internationally consistent gender wage residuals in the first place. By comparing these two very different methods of …

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Jobs, workers and changes in earnings dispersion

Burgess, Simon; Lane, Julia; Stevens, David - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2001

The ''fractal'' nature of the rise in earnings dispersion is one of its key features and remains a puzzle. In this paper, we offer a new perspective on the causes of changes in earnings dispersion, focusing on the role of labour reallocation. Once we drop the assumption that all firms pay a...

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Returns to apprenticeship training in Austria: evidence from failed firms

Fersterer, Josef; Pischke, Jörn-Steffen; Winter-Ebmer, … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2008

Little is known about the payoffs to apprenticeship training in the German speaking countries for the participants. OLS estimates suggest that the returns are similar to those of other types of schooling. However, there is a lot of heterogeneity in the types of apprenticeships offered, and...

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Returns to apprenticeship training in Austria: evidence from failed firms

Fersterer, Josef; Pischke, Jörn-Steffen; Winter-Ebmer, … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2008

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