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Wage and employment gains from exports : evidence from developing countries
Brambilla, Irene; Depetris Chauvin, Nicolas; Porto, Guido G. - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011414420
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Skill premium, labor supply and changes in the structure of wages in Latin America
Fernández, Manuel; Messina, Julián - 2017
Earnings inequality declined rapidly in Argentina, Brazil and Chile during the 2000s. A reduction in the experience premium is a fundamental driver of declines in upper-tail (90/50) inequality, while a decline in the education premium is the primary determinant of the evolution of lower-tail...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011661649
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Gender inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean
Berniell, Inés; Fernández, Raquel; Krutikova, Sonya - 2023
This chapter examines gender inequality, focusing on two critical spheres in which gender inequality is generated: education and work. The objective is to provide a current snapshot of gender inequality across key indicators as well as a dynamic perspective that highlights successes and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014540560
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Gender, selection into employment, and the wage impact of immigration
Borjas, George J.; Edo, Anthony - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012659250
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Investment abroad and adjustment at home : evidence from UK multinational firms
Simpson, Helen - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003846998
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Immigration and national wages : clarifying the theory and the empirics
Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P.; Peri, Giovanni - 2008
This paper estimates the effects of immigration on wages of native workers at the national U.S. level. Following Borjas … evaluate the competition as well as cross-skill complementary effects of immigrants on wages. We also emphasize the importance … degree (-0.7%) and on average wages (-0.4%) while it had small positive effects on native workers with no high school degree …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008796285
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The sector bias of skill-biased technical change and the rising skill premium in transition economies
Esposito, Piero (contributor); Stehrer, Robert (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003567250
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Wage differences between immigrants and natives in Austria : the role of literacy skills
Christl, Michael; Köppl-Turyna, Monika; Gnan, Phillipp - 2017
This paper analyzes wage differences between natives and immigrants in Austria. First, we show that for both groups, literacy skills are an important determinant of the hourly wage. In the second step, we show that differences in proficiency with respect to literacy can explain more than three...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011747965
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The heterogeneous effects of employer concentration on wages : better sorting or uneven rent extraction?
Arquié, Axelle; Bertin, Julia - 2023
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013482198
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Foreign ownership wage premium : does financial health matter?
Bas, Maria - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009665287