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Polarization and rising wage inequality: comparing the U.S. and Germany
Antonczyk, Dirk; DeLeire, Thomas; Fitzenberger, Bernd - 2010
This paper compares trends in wage inequality in the U.S. and Germany using an approach developed by MaCurdy and Mroz (1995) to separate age, time, and cohort effects. Between 1979 and 2004, wage inequality increased strongly in both the U.S. and Germany but there were various country specific...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010300009
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Polarization and rising wage inequality: Comparing the U.S. and Germany
Antonczyk, Dirk; DeLeire, Thomas; Fitzenberger, Bernd - 2010
This paper compares trends in wage inequality in the U.S. and Germany using an approach developed by MaCurdy and Mroz (1995) to separate age, time, and cohort effects. Between 1979 and 2004, wage inequality increased strongly in both the U.S. and Germany but there were various country specific...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269884
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Career and wage dynamics: Evidence from linked employer-employee data
Kauhanen, Antti; Napari, Sami - 2011
findings. Careers within firms are important, but the strong version of the theory of internal labor markets does not fit the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326854
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Intangible capital and wages: An analysis of wage gaps across occupations and genders in Czech Republic, Finland and Norway
Asplund, Rita; Napari, Sami - 2011
comparative data from three European countries: the Czech Republic, Finland and Norway. The analysis is undertaken in two steps …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326900
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How fast do wages adjust to human-capital productivity? Dynamic panel-data evidence from Belgium, Denmark and Finland
Andini, Corrado - 2009
assumption is rejected by the ECHP data for Belgium, Denmark and Finland. The empirical evidence supports a dynamic approach to … dynamic panel-data wage equation and provide measures of the speed of adjustment in Belgium, Denmark and Finland. Further, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271292
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Toimihenkilöiden työ- ja palkkaurat Suomen teollisuudessa
Jokinen, Juha-Pekka - 2009
of job mobility and theories of wage and promotion dynamics inside firms are combined with the human capital theory. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272986
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Koulutus työmarkkinasignaalina
Leino, Topias - 2008
regarding the whole educational system. The sample used in the empirical analysis consists of over 120 000 men, born in Finland … between 1962 and 1966. It is a cross-section of the Finnish Longitudinal Census Data File generated by Statistics Finland. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273007
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Comment on Education Returns of Wage Earners and Self-employed Workers
Jordahl, Henrik; Poutvaara, Panu; Tuomala, Juha - 2008
In a recent paper, García-Mainar and Montuenga-Gómez (2005) apply the generalized IV model of Hausman and Taylor to estimate education returns of wage earners and the self-employed in Portugal and in Spain. Our examination reveals several problems which relate to the validity and documentation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320223
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From creative destruction to human capital growth: Wage dispersion effects in Finland
Piekkola, Hannu - 2002
In Finland the shifts in compensation have been of a similar kind compared to those in the US, but moderate with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285060
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Monopolistic Competition and Costs in the Health Care Sector
Kumpmann, Ingmar - 2009
Competition among health insurers is widely considered to be a means of enhancing efficiency and containing costs in … is able to counterbalance the strong position of physicians and to achieve lower costs. … MonopolKrankenversicherung kann die starke Verhandlungsposition der Ärzte ausgleichen und niedrigere Kosten durchsetzen. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271400