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The human capital explanation of sex differences in wages is that women intend to work in the labor market more … intermittently than men, and therefore invest less. This lower investment leads to lower wages and wage growth. The alternative …
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We estimate the longer-run effects of minimum wages, the Earned Income Tax Credit, and welfare on key economic …
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We estimate the longer-run effects of minimum wages, the Earned Income Tax Credit, and welfare on key economic …
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We present evidence on changes in workplace segregation by education, race, ethnicity, and sex, from 1990 to 2000. The evidence indicates that racial and ethnic segregation at the workplace level remained quite pervasive in 2000. At the same time, there was fairly substantial segregation by...
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We argue in this paper that the focus on employment effects in recent studies of minimum wages ignores an important … negative influence of minimum wages on school enrollment and a positive effect on the proportion of teens neither employed nor …
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We present evidence on changes in workplace segregation by education, race, ethnicity, and sex, from 1990 to 2000. The evidence indicates that racial and ethnic segregation at the workplace level remained quite pervasive in 2000. At the same time, there was fairly substantial segregation by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005058749
used or can be used to increase economic self-sufficiency by increasing earnings, including mandating higher wages …
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that higher minimum wages are the predominant factor explaining changes in the schooling and workforce behavior of those … age 16–17 since 2000. We also consider implications for human capital. Higher minimum wages have led both to fewer teens … with a greater focus on schooling. We find no evidence that higher minimum wages have led to greater human capital …
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used or can be used to increase economic self-sufficiency by increasing earnings, including mandating higher wages … place in the United States, including minimum and living wages, the Earned Income Tax Credit, wage subsidies, and school …
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used or can be used to increase economic self-sufficiency by increasing earnings, including mandating higher wages … place in the United States, including minimum and living wages, the Earned Income Tax Credit, wage subsidies, and school …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822377