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currently open in the literature. This debate is relevant as it matters for the understanding of the labor market dynamics, and … for devising labor policies that aim at dampening employment fluctuations. The theoretical literature suggests that job … firm size, wages and productivity are positively related. This paper constructs a unique monthly linked employer …
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capital investment by crucially investigating whether there is a link between tenure and wages - this has come to be an … reasonably strong link between wages and tenure, allowing us to infer that a value can be ascribed to the continuation of …
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Over the last two decades Mexico has had an open trade regime, experienced macroeconomic stability, and made substantial progress in education. However, average workers¿ earnings have stagnated and earnings for workers with more schooling have declined, compressing the earnings distribution and...
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primary determinant of the evolution of lower-tail (50/10) inequality. Relative labor supply is important for explaining …
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Matched employee-employer data from the UK are used to investigate the importance of social skills, in particular team-work and communication with co-workers, as a driver of wage growth for workers with lower formal education. We find that in social skills tasks, workers enjoy greater wage...
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We use matched employee-employer data from the UK to highlight the importance of social skills, including the ability to work well in a team and communicate effectively with co-workers, as a driver for individual wage growth for workers with few formal educational qualifications. We show that...
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