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redundancies. This results in superior predictions of individual wages and occupational switches. It also allows identifying career …
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The standard human-capital model is based on the assumption that the observed wage of an individual is equal to the monetary value of the individual net human-capital productivity, the so-called net potential wage. We argue that this assumption is rejected by the ECHP data for Belgium, Denmark...
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height on log hourly wages in recent national surveys from three countries: Ghana, Brazil and the United States. I conclude … human capital wage effects of height compared with the OLS estimates. The OLS estimates of height effects on wages are …
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human capital may be heterogeneous and where firms may offer different combinations of entry level wages and firm specific … human capital development. We allow for the the possibility that wages are match specific and that workers move jobs as a …
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This paper explores the theoretical issues and the empirical literature regarding the selectivity of migrants. Although the primary focus is on international migration, reference is made to internal migration and return migration. The theoretical analysis indicates a tendency toward the...
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This paper studies the link between a firms education level, export performance and wages of its workers. We argue that … that firms with high export intensities pay higher wages. However, an interaction term between export intensity and skill … intensity has a positive impact on wages and it absorbs the direct effect of the export intensity. That is, we find an export …
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We develop a product market theory that explains why firms invest in general training of their workers. We consider a …-specific training if others do the same, because they would otherwise suffer a competitive disadvantage or need to pay high wages in …
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Why do political constituencies delegate decision power to representative assemblies? And how is the size of such assemblies determined? We analyze these questions of constitutional design in a model with voters learning their preferred alternative only after engaging in costly information...
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results on occupational mobility and wages show that labor market skills are more portable than previously considered. We find …
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