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The Costs of Job Displacement over the Business Cycle and Its Sources : Evidence from Germany
Schmieder, Johannes; Wachter, Till von; Heining, Jörg - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We document the sources behind the costs of job loss over the business cycle using administrative data from Germany. Losses in annual earnings after displacement are large, persistent, and highly cyclical, nearly doubling in size during downturns. A large part of the long-term earnings losses...
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Moral Hazard and Unemployment in Competitive Equilibrium
Rey, Patrick; Stiglitz, Joseph E. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
, that frictions (sand-in-the-wheels) may decrease unemployment and that the equilibrium is determined by two simple …
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Attrition from Administrative Data : Problems and Solutions with an Application to Postsecondary Education
Foote, Andrew; Stange, Kevin M. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
This paper examines the bias arising from individuals' migration from administrative outcome data, with a focus on the labor market consequences of postsecondary education. We find that out-of-state migration is particularly problematic for high-earners, flagship graduates, and certain majors....
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Statistical Discrimination and the Distribution of Wages
Bharadwaj, Prashant; Deb, Rahul; Renou, Ludovic - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
statistical discrimination. We adapt this theoretical characterization to develop a novel empirical test, the rejection of which … we interpret as evidence of taste-based discrimination. In doing so, we provide a theoretical foundation via which the …-based discrimination. We provide a proof of concept application using Census and NLSY-79 data, which suggests taste-based discrimination at …
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Race and Gender Pay Differentials
Blau, Francine D. - 1992
In this paper we review research findings from the 1980s and early 1990s on race and gender pay gaps. In addition. we present some evidence from the Current Population Surveys (1972, 1982 and 1989) regarding the impact of shifts in the industrial composition of employment and in interindustry...
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Racial Discrimination in the Labor Market : Theory and Empirics
Lang, Kevin - 2011
We review theories of race discrimination in the labor market. Taste-based models can generate wage and unemployment … existing model explains the unemployment rate differential. Models of statistical discrimination based on differential … employment and unemployment. At their current state of development, models of statistical discrimination based on rational …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012461208
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What Do Wage Differentials Tell Us about Labor Market Discrimination?
O'Neill, June E. - 2005
We examine the extent to which non-discriminatory factors can explain observed wage gaps between racial and ethnic minorities and whites, and between women and men. In general we find that differences in productivity-related factors account for most of the between group wage differences in the...
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Shocking Offers : Gender, Wage Inequality, and Recessions in Online Labor Markets
Archibong, Belinda; Henry, Peter Blair - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Using data from the largest online job portal in Nigeria, we document: (a) gender differences in salary offers for jobs, and (b) the response of (a) to recessions. Jobs in industries where the number of job applicants skews female, offer lower starting salaries than jobs in industries where...
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Hispanic Americans in the Labor Market : Patterns Over Time and Across Generations
Antman, Francisca M.; Duncan, Brian; Trejo, Stephen J. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
-generation immigrants and the second-generation consisting of the US-born children of immigrants. Continued progress beyond the second …-generation descendants of Hispanic immigrants often do not self-identify as Hispanic when they come from families with mixed ethnic origins …
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The Minimum Wage and Inequality Between Groups
Blau, Francine D.; Cohen, Isaac; Comey, Matthew L.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We use wage data from the Current Population Survey Merged Outgoing Rotation Group (CPS MORG) to study the effect of state and federal minimum wage policies on gender, race, and ethnic inequality throughout the wage distribution, focusing on lower-tail inequality between men and women, Blacks...
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