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An influential recent literature argues that women are less likely to initiate bargaining with their employers and are (often) less effective negotiators than men. We use longitudinal wage data from Portugal, matched to balance sheet information on employers, to measure the relative bargaining...
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on the level and change in immigrant-native wage differences in Canada. We focus on immigrants who arrived in the early … earnings inequality in Canada and contribute to the average earnings gap between immigrants and natives. In the decade after … receiving permanent status, earnings of immigrants rise relative to those of natives. Compositional effects due to selective …
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newly legalized immigrants represented 12 percent of the non-French workforce and about 1 percent of all workers. Employers …
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A growing body of research shows that firms' employment and wage-setting policies contribute to wage inequality and pay disparities between groups. We measure the effects of these policies on racial pay differences in Brazil. We find that nonwhites are less likely to work at establishments that...
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A growing body of research shows that firms' employment and wage-setting policies contribute to wage inequality and pay disparities between groups. We measure the effects of these policies on racial pay differences in Brazil. We find that nonwhites are less likely to work at establishments that...
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We examine the changing relationship between unionization and wage inequality in Canada and the United States. Our study is motivated by profound recent changes in the composition of the unionized workforce. Historically, union jobs were concentrated among low-skilled men in private sector...
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We use data from the Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics program to study the causal effects of location on earnings. Starting from a model with employer and employee fixed effects, we estimate the average earnings premiums associated with jobs in different commuting zones (CZs) and...
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newly legalized immigrants represented 12 percent of the non-French workforce and about 1 percent of all workers. Employers …
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newly legalized immigrants represented 12 percent of the non-French workforce and about 1 percent of all workers. Employers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014311686