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Gender Differences in Sorting
Merlino, Luca Paolo; Parrotta, Pierpaolo; Pozzoli, Dario - 2014
In this paper, we investigate the sorting of workers in firms to understand gender gaps in labor market outcomes. Using …
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Inequality and market power in Latin America and the Caribbean
Eslava, Marcela; García Marín, Alvaro; Messina, Julián - 2023 - This version: October 2023
Firms market power may exacerbate income inequality. We investigate this relationship among firms in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), where this phenomenon remains understudied. We use firm-level data for formal firms in 16 countries in LAC and 31 peer economies with similar levels of GDP...
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Training and search on the job
Lentz, Rasmus; Roys, Nicolas - 2016
The paper studies human capital accumulation over workers' careers in an on the job search setting with heterogenous firms. In renegotiation proof employment con- tracts, more productive firms provide more training. Both general and specific training induce higher wages within jobs, and with...
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The wage incentive to management : a comparison across European economies
Biagetti, Marco; Leonida, Leone; Scicchitano, Sergio - 2012
We define the wage incentive to management as the wage premium the manager earns because of his/her supervising role. We adopt an approach based on what if questions and estimate the premium at different quantiles of the distribution of wages for 26 European economies. To ease comparisons we...
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Wage incentive profiles in dual labor markets
Di Cintio, Marco; Grassi, Emanuele - 2014
This paper formalizes the use of flexible labor contracts in an efficiency wage framework and derives market dualism as an endogenous outcome. By allowing temporary contracts to be either renewed or converted into permanent contracts, new theoretical insights emerge both on the equilibrium wage...
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Gender disparities in valuing remote and hybrid work in Latin America
Diaz Escobar, Ana Maria; Salas, Luz Magdalena; Piras, … - 2024
This study sheds light on the growing trend and gender dynamics of workplace flexibility in Latin America, underscoring the importance of remote work options in the region's labor market. We explore gender differences in willingness to pay (WTP) for remote work arrangements in Latin America,...
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Minimum wage, business dynamism, and the life cycle of firms
Luduvice, André Victor Doherty; Martínez, Tomás R.; … - 2024
minimum wage hike not only shrinks young and low-productivity firms but also lowers incentives to innovate, resulting in lower …
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Productivity, wages, and marriage : a case study in professional athletics
Cornaglia, Francesca; Feldman, Naomi E. - 2017
The effect of marriage on productivity and wages has been long debated. A difficulty in estimating the effect of … marriage on productivity is the lack of data that contain measures of both marital status and exogenous productivity. We fill … between individual measures of productivity and marriage, yet, wages are up to 15 percent higher for some married players. We …
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The labor market power of exporting firms : evidence from Latin America
Amodio, Francesco; Brancati, Emanuele; Roux, Nicolás de; … - 2024
Using establishment-level data from the World Bank Enterprise Survey, we assess the market power of exporting firms across 16 countries in Latin America. Leveraging information on export destinations, as well as exchange rate and price data, we construct exchange rate-driven shocks to the...
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Is unemployment always higher when insiders decide?
Filges, Trine; Larsen, Birthe - 2000
This paper challenges the traditional view that unemployment is high because insiders determine the union wage. The insiders in this paper are characterized by being more efficient when they search for a job than the outsiders, implying that they experience relatively less unemployment. We...
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