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The Real Exchange Rate and Foreign Direct Investment in the United States : Relative Wealth vs. Relative Wage Effects
Klein, Michael W. - 2010
significantly affects U.S. inward foreign direct investment. We find no evidence that relative wages have a significant impact on …
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Wage Dispersion between and within U.S. Manufacturing Plants, 1963-1986
Davis, Stephen J. - 2010
This paper exploits a rich and largely untapped source of information on the wages and other characteristics of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013138351
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Wage Effects of Unionization and Occupational Licensing Coverage in the United States
Gittleman, Maury - 2013
Recent estimates in standard models of wage determination for both unionization and occupational licensing have shown wage effects that are similar across the two institutions. These cross-sectional estimates use specialized data sets, with small sample sizes, for the period 2006 through 2008....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013081831
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The Causal Effect of Unemployment Duration on Wages : Evidence from Unemployment Insurance Extensions
Schmieder, Johannes F. - 2013
This paper provides quasi-experimental estimates of the causal effect of long-term unemployment on wages. Using … standard job search theory, the paper derives and tests conditions on reemployment wages under which Unemployment Insurance (UI … paper shows that UI extensions at age thresholds reduced reemployment wages of job searchers in Germany. The UI extensions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013071300
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International Trade and Labor Income Risk in the United States
Krishna, Pravin - 2009
This paper studies empirically the links between international trade and labor income risk faced by workers in the United States. We use longitudinal data on workers to estimate time-varying individual income risk at the industry level. We then combine our estimates of persistent labor income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013159518
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Immigrants' Complementarities and Native Wages : Evidence from California
Peri, Giovanni - 2007
demand and wages of most U.S. native workers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012777397
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Why Has CEO Pay Increased so Much?
Gabaix, Xavier - 2006
This paper develops a simple equilibrium model of CEO pay. CEOs have different talents and are matched to firms in a competitive assignment model. In market equilibrium, a CEO%u2019s pay changes one for one with aggregate firm size, while changing much less with the size of his own firm. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012779748
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The Value of Working Conditions in the United States and Implications for the Structure of Wages
Maestas, Nicole - 2018
This paper documents variation in working conditions among workers in the United States, presents new estimates of how workers value these conditions, and assesses the impact of working conditions on estimates of the wage structure and inequality. We use evidence from a series of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012908816
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The Impact of Early Investments in Urban School Systems in the United States
Schmick, Ethan - 2019
resources significantly increased educational attainment and wages later in life, particularly for the children of unskilled …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012890472
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The Unequal Cost of Job Loss across Countries
Bertheau, Antoine; Acabbi, Edoardo; Barceló, Cristina; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We document the consequences of losing a job across countries using a harmonized research design. Workers in Denmark and Sweden experience the lowest earnings declines following job displacement, while workers in Italy, Spain, and Portugal experience losses three times as high. French and...
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