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The effect of educational mismatch on wages using European panel data
Iriondo, Iñaki; Pérez-Amaral, Teodosio - 2013
This paper analyzes the effect of educational mismatch on wages, using a rich panel dataset of workers in the major …, we find that the wages of people aged under 35 basically depend on the level of education attained, while those of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010368169
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Technological change and the Swedish labor market
Graetz, Georg - 2020
This report takes stock of recent research into the effects of technology on the labor market; assesses to what extent the Swedish labor market has been affected by technological change in the past three decades, in particular with respect to the themes highlighted by the research; and draws...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012660609
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Training intensity and first labor market outcomes of apprenticeship graduates
Euwals, Rob; Winkelmann, Rainer - 2003
longer first-job durations but not higher wages than apprentices leaving the training firm. Retention rates, first job … durations, and post-apprenticeship wages are all increasing functions of training intensity. Some implications for the ongoing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010315550
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Causal effects of subsidized career breaks
Nordström Skans, Oskar; Lindqvist, Linus - 2005
The paper uses a quasi-experimental situation to analyze the effects of career interruptions on future labor market outcomes. Data are generated by a Swedish program that granted career breaks to applicants until funds where exhausted. Comparing approved and declined (due to lack of funds)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010317907
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Estimating occupation- and location-specific wages over the life cycle
Ilin, Elias; Terry, Ellyn - 2021
In this paper we develop a novel method to project location-specific life-cycle wages for all occupations listed in the … experience that is associated with each percentile of the education-level specific wage distribution. In the second step, we map … this estimated average years of experience to the wage-level percentiles reported in the Occupational Employment and Wage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012653503
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Insider Bargaining Power, Starting Wages, and Involuntary Unemployment
Gottfries, Nils; Sjöström, Tomas - 1999
Recent analyses of wage bargaining has emphasized the distinction between insiders and outsiders, yet one typically assumes that insiders and recently hired outsiders are paid the same wage. We consider a model where the starting wage for outsiders may be lower than the insider wage, but...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321755
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Firm pay dynamics
Engbom, Niklas; Moser, Christian; Sauermann, Jan - 2021
We study the nature of firm pay dynamics. To this end, we propose a statistical model that extends the seminal framework by Abowd, Kramarz, and Margolis (1999a) to allow for idiosyncratically time-varying firm pay policies. We estimate the model using linked employeremployee data for Sweden from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013394335
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Comparative advantage and risk premia in labor markets
Cubas, German; Silos, Pedro - 2012
Using the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), we document a significant and positive association between earnings risk (both permanent and transitory) and the level of earnings across 21 industries. We propose an equilibrium framework to analyze the interplay between earnings...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010292276
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Decomposing the education wage gap: Everything but the kitchen sink
Hotchkiss, Julie L.; Shiferaw, Menbere - 2010
high school and college graduates by providing a comprehensive, multidimensional decomposition of wages across both time …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010292295
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Changes in earnings in Brazil, Chile and Mexico: Disentangling the forces behind pro-poor change in labour markets
Zepeda, Eduardo; Alarcon, Diana; Soares, Fábio Veras; … - 2009
and sluggish wages lie at the root of high inequality and poverty. This paper looks at changes in hourly earnings from the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293299