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Down from the mountain: skill upgrading and wages in Appalachia
Bollinger, Christopher R.; Ziliak, James Patrick; … - 2009
Despite evidence that skilled labor is increasingly concentrated in cities, whether regional wage inequality is predominantly due to differences in skill levels or returns is unknown. We compare Appalachia, with its wide mix of urban and rural areas, to other parts of the U.S., and find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271889
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Prevention of competition by competition law: Evidence from unbundling regulation on fiber-optic networks in Japan
Minamihashi, Naoaki - 2011
unbundling regulations on new optical-fiber lines. I find that unbundling regulation prevents new providers from building optical … particular, when a new technology is introduced, unbundling regulation has an oligopolization effect on the regulated firms. This … finding in the Japanese telecommunications industry suggests that unbundling regulation during periods of new technology …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010332517
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Regulation and Investment in Network Industries: Evidence from European Telecoms
Grajek, Michał; Röller, Lars-Hendrik - 2009
We provide evidence of an inherent trade-off between access regulation and investment incentives in telecommunications by using a comprehensive data set covering 70+ fixed-line operators in 20 countries over 10 years. Our econometric model accommodates: different investment incentives for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352072
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The structure of worker compensation in Brazil, with a comparison to France and the United States
Menezes Filho, Naércio Aquino; Mündler, Marc-Andreas; … - 2006
We employ a comprehensive matched employer-employee data set for Brazil to analyze wage determinants and compare results to Abowd, Kramarz, Margolis and Troske (2001) for French and U.S. manufacturing. Returns to education and experience in Brazilian manufacturing exceed those of the other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275905
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Wage structure and unionization in the US construction sector
Bilginsoy, Cihan - 2009
This paper estimates the union effects on the wage gap and dispersion in two pooled samples of construction craftworkers (CPS 1983-88 and 2000-05) using decomposition analysis and kernel density estimation. It shows that despite the decline in the adjusted union wage gap declined over time, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288079
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Disability-based labour market inequalities
Pettinicchio, David; Maroto, Michelle - 2024
Despite changing attitudes around disability over time, people with disabilities still face large barriers to labour market participation. We apply a sociological framework that considers both supply- and demand-side explanations for labour market inequality to help understand the continuing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015054234
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Central wage bargaining and local wage flexibility: evidence from the entire wage distribution
Büttner, Thiess; Fitzenberger, Bernd - 1998
We argue that in labor markets with central wage bargaining wage flexibility varies systematically across the wage distribution: local wage flexibility is more relevant for the upper part of the wage distribution, and flexibility of wages negotiated under central wage bargaining affects the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297598
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A Detailed Decomposition of Changes in Wage Inequality in Reunified Post-transition Germany 1999-2006: Accounting for Sample Selection
Al-Farhan, Usamah Fayez - 2010
In this article, I analyze the changes in wage inequality in the eastern region, western region and reunified Germany a decade after reunification. For that purpose, I use data from the German Socio-Economic Panel for the period 1999 - 2006, and implement the decomposition methodologies of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600912
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The Distribution of Wages in Belarus
Verashchagina, Alina; Pastore, Francesco - 2004
This paper uncovers evidence on the distribution of wages in Belarus in the second half of the 1990s. The returns to education and work experience are high and stable, which is atypical for a transition country. This might be due to the pervasive role of the state in fixing wages in the dominant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261890
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Earnings Inequality and Transition: A Regional Analysis of Poland
Sibley, Christopher W.; Walsh, Patrick Paul - 2002
In this paper we estimate the impact of transition on earnings inequality using data across Polish regions 1994-1997. Our central result is that earnings inequality is higher in regions that are more advanced in restructuring (higher labour productivity/job reallocation rates), controlling for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262806