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Inter-industry wage differentials and the gender wage gap in Belgium
Tojerow, Ilan D.; Rycx, Francois - In: Brussels Economic Review 45 (2002) 2, pp. 119-141
This paper simultaneously analyses the gender wage gap and the inter-industry wage differentials in the Belgian private sector. On the basis of the 1995 Structure of Earning Survey, we estimate the inter-industry wage differentials by gender and the gender wage gap by industry. We find...
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The wage penalty induced by part-time work: the case of Belgium
O'Dorchai, Sile; Plasman, Robert Alain; Rycx, Francois; … - Département d'Économie Appliquée (DULBEA), Solvay … - 2005
of such discrimination suggests that equal opportunities policies should focus not only on labour market conditions but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005596855
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The wage penalty induced by part-time work: the case of Belgium
O'Dorchai, Sile; Plasman, Robert Alain; Rycx, Francois; … - In: Brussels Economic Review 48 (2005) 1-2, pp. 73-94
of such discrimination suggests that equal opportunities policies should focus not only on labour market conditions but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005163114
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Indicators on gender pay equality
Plasman, Robert Alain; Rusinek, Michael; Rycx, Francois; … - In: Brussels Economic Review 45 (2002) 2, pp. 11-40
In 2001, the Belgian Presidency of the European Union, in accordance with Sweden, has suggested a set of indicators on gender pay equality. These indicators have been adopted at the Employment and Social Affairs Council on 3 December 2001. Gender pay equality is the topic of one of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005163124
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Wage Discrimination against Immigrants: Measurement with Firm-Level Productivity Data
Kampelmann, Stephan; Rycx, Francois - 2016
This paper is one of the first to use employer-employee data on wages and labor productivity to measure discrimination … endogeneity issues through a diff GMM-IV estimator. Our models also test for gender-based discrimination. Empirical results for … Belgium suggest significant wage discrimination against women and (to a lesser extent) against immigrants. We find no evidence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011559587
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L'union fait la force? Evidence for Wage Discrimination in Firms with High Diversity
Grinza, Elena; Kampelmann, Stephan; Rycx, Francois - 2018
discriminate against them. The wage discrimination in high-diversity firms could be alleviated through a stronger presence of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011873524
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Does Over-Education Raise Productivity and Wages Equally? The Moderating Role of Workers' Origin and Immigrants' Background
Jacobs, Valentine; Rycx, Francois; Volral, Mélanie - 2022
We provide first evidence of the impact of over-education, among natives and immigrants, on firm-level productivity and wages. We use Belgian linked panel data and rely on the methodology from Hellerstein et al. (1999) to estimate ORU (over-, required, and under-education) equations aggregated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013177715
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Rent-Sharing under Different Bargaining Regimes: Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data
Rusinek, Michael; Rycx, Francois - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
In many European countries, the majority of workers have their wages directly defined byindustry-level agreements. In addition, for some workers, industry agreements arecomplemented by firm-specific agreements. Yet, the relative importance of firm and industryagreements (in other words, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005860385
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Wage Structure Effects of International Trade:Evidence from a Small Open Economy
Du Caju, Philip; Rycx, Francois; Tojerow, Ilan - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011
In the last decades, international trade has increased between industrialised countries andbetween high- and low-wage countries. This important change has raised questions on howinternational trade affects the labour market. In this spirit, this paper aims to investigate theimpact of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009360536
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Wage Dispersion and Firm Productivity inDifferent Working Environments
Mahy, Benoît; Rycx, Francois; Volral, Mélanie - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2009
This paper investigates the impact of wage dispersion on firm productivity in different workingenvironments. More precisely, it examines the interaction with: i) the skills of the workforce,using a more appropriate indicator than the standard distinction between white- and bluecollar workers,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009360649