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Micro foundations of earnings differences

Das, Tirthatanmoy; Polachek, Solomon W. - 2017

This paper examines how human capital based approaches explain the distribution of earnings. It assesses traditional … estimating individual-specific earnings function parameters. The paper finds one's ability to learn and one's ability to retain … knowledge are most influential in explaining earnings variations. Marketable skills actually acquired in school depend on these …

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Does conflict disrupt growth? : evidence of the relationship between political instability and national economic performance

Polachek, Solomon W.; Sevastianova, Daria - 2010

Current empirical growth models limit the determinants of country growth to geographic, economic, and institutional variables. This study draws on conflict variables from the Correlates of War (COW) project to ask a critical question: How do different types of conflict affect country growth...

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How do hurricanes impact achievement in school? : a Caribbean perspective

Spencer, Nekeisha; Polachek, Solomon W.; Strobl, Eric - 2016

This study examines whether hurricanes have any impact on performance in standardized examinations. The analysis uses a panel of thirteen Caribbean countries and over 800 schools for the period 1993 through 2010. In particular, the effect on subjects in the humanities and sciences are examined....

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Estimating labor force joiners and leavers using a heterogeneity augmented two-tier stochastic frontier

Das, Tirthatanmoy; Polachek, Solomon W. - 2017

We derive a non-standard unit root serial correlation formulation for intertemporal adjustments in the labor force participation rate. This leads to a tractable three-error component model, which in contrast to other models embeds heterogeneity into the error structure. Unlike in the typical iid...

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The gender pay gap across countries : a human capital approach

Polachek, Solomon W.; Xiang, Jun - 2009

The gender wage gap varies across countries. For example, among OECD nations women in Australia, Belgium, Italy and Sweden earn 80% as much as males, whereas in Austria, Canada and Japan women earn about 60%. Current studies examining cross-country differences focus on the impact of labor market...

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How the human capital model explains why the gender wage gap narrowed

Polachek, Solomon W. (contributor) - 2004 - June 2003, Latest Revision: March 2004

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How the human capital model explains why the gender wage gap narrowed

Polachek, Solomon W. (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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How the human capital model explains why the gender wage gap narrowed

Polachek, Solomon W. (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Heterogeneity in the production of human capital

Polachek, Solomon W.; Das, Tirthatanmoy; … - 2013

We derive a tractable nonlinear earnings function which we estimate separately for each individual in the NLSY79 data … earn ; heterogeneity ; earnings function …

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Earnings over the lifecycle : the Mincer earnings function and its applications

Polachek, Solomon W. (contributor) - 2007

In 1958 Jacob Mincer pioneered an important approach to understand how earnings are distributed across the population … research explained why education enhances earnings; why earnings rise at a diminishing rate throughout one's life; why earnings … questions based on research emanating from Mincer's original earnings function specification. -- Mincer ; earnings ; earnings …

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