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We investigate the effect of compulsory military service on wages in Hungary. We use administrative social security data and difference-in-difference strategy to estimate how the conscription in 2003 and 2004 affected the wages of soldiers. Before conscription, the soldiers earned 20 percent...
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We investigate the effect of compulsory military service on wages in Hungary. We use administrative social security data and difference-in-difference strategy to estimate how the conscription in 2003 and 2004 affected the wages of soldiers. Before conscription, the soldiers earned 20 percent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012254058
reasons: different preferences towards job characteristics, or perhaps to lower discrimination against women in the public … sector due to strict wage grids and hiring and promotional practices. Lower discrimination may manifest itself in the gender … regarding the size of the differences in these measures between the two sectors. This study examines whether discrimination is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009712412
We provide a detailed descriptive analysis of the long-term effects of the 50 percent public sector wage increase initiated by the government in 2002 in order to improve the relative situation of public sector workers. The aim of this policy was to attract high quality workers to the public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009712415
Similarities of the applied technology and human resources make learning between industries easier and spillover effects stronger. For this reason, economic growth of countries and regions is largely dependent on the relatedness structure between their industries, which affects the appearance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012290263
Similarities of the applied technology and human resources make learning between industries easier and spillover effects stronger. For this reason, economic growth of countries and regions is largely dependent on the relatedness structure between their industries, which affects the appearance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012011568
We provide a detailed descriptive analysis of the long-term effects of the 50 percent public sector wage increase initiated by the government in 2002 in order to improve the relative situation of public sector workers. The aim of this policy was to attract high quality workers to the public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010494728
reasons: different preferences towards job characteristics, or perhaps to lower discrimination against women in the public … sector due to strict wage grids and hiring and promotional practices. Lower discrimination may manifest itself in the gender … regarding the size of the differences in these measures between the two sectors. This study examines whether discrimination is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010494731
chronically ill child or pair; in case of women having a husband who previously experienced unemployment. In these cases the usual …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009719060
The outcome of the economic performance of individuals is utilised in the form of consumption and consequent welfare. Despite this truism, there is relatively little information available on household consumption behaviour in Hungary stemming from investigations based on economic theory. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010494363