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wages in start‐ups unambiguously predicts the existence and the direction of wage differentials between spin‐offs and non … higher wages to employees with linkages to the university sector – either as university graduates or as student workers. …
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elasticities derived from microeconometric models can also be explained by modeling assumptions with respect to wages. Specifically … very sensitive to the treatment of wages. In particular, the often-made but highly restrictive independence assumption … between preferences and wages is key. To overcome this restriction, we propose a flexible estimation strategy that nests …
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Graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) are usually found to have higher wages and a … overqualification and wages in a causal way, since individuals choosing these subjects might differ systematically in unobserved … differences in the risk of overqualification and wages when STEM graduates are compared to the Business & Law group, while it …
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We present a new and simple empirical methodology to identify relative wage rigidity dynamics. The methodology is applied to data from the Polish Labour Force Survey for the period 1994 to 1998. We estimate ceteris paribus changes in relative wage and unemployment differentials for various...
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With the purpose to reduce winter unemployment and to promote all-season employment in the constructions sector, Germany maintains an extensive bad weather allowance system. Since the mid 1990s, these regulations have been subject to several reforms that resemble the range of approaches for...
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This paper analyses whether wages in Germany respond to firm-specific profitability conditions. Particular emphasis … bargaining coverage. To derive testable hypotheses, we set up a theoretical model that analyses the sensitivity of wages to firm …
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approach where mothers’ wages upon return to the job are compared with those of their female colleagues within the same firm … motherhood, since we find first births to reduce women’s wages by 16 to 19 percent, regardless of the matching procedure applied …
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correlation between continuing vocational training and wages are examined. Results are compared in order to analyse in how far …
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employees. With panel data from 1996-2002, I analyse the impact of continuing training on wages and productivity in a Cobb … on both wages and productivity. The effect on productivity is about three times higher than the one on wages. High …
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groups and between those of different age, taking account of the endogeneity of wages and employment. Compared to estimates …
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