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Does the public sector discriminate against women? : occupational segregation prior to privatization in Egypt
Said, Mona - In: Advances in management & applied economics 1 (2011) 2, pp. 185-201
This paper utilizes a joint (ordered probit) occupational attainment and wage determination model to examine the channels through which occupational segregation and pay discrimination affect the overall gender wage gap in different sectors of ownership in Egypt. Using a large data set drawn from...
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A cohort analysis of the income distribution in Chile
Sapelli, Claudio - In: Estudios de economía 38 (2011) 1, pp. 223-242
In this paper we look at the income distribution by cohort in Chile. We construct a synthetic panel from cross section surveys and estimate the income distribution for cohorts born between 1902 and 1978. We then decompose the evolution of these distributions into age, year and cohort effects....
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Good workers for good jobs : improving education and workforce systems in the US
Holzer, Harry J. - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 1 (2012), pp. 1-19
Stagnant earnings and growing inequality in the US labor market reflect both a slowdown in the growth of worker skills and the growing matching of good-paying jobs to skilled workers. Improving the ties between colleges, workforce institutions, and employers would help more workers gain the...
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Optimal work effort, income and wage
Todorova, Tamara - In: Advances in management & applied economics 2 (2012) 1, pp. 121-137
set optimal wages disregarding reward for work effort with more productive workers receiving higher wages and exerting …
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Higher education externalities in Egyptian labor markets
Nazier, Hanan - In: Advances in management & applied economics 3 (2013) 2, pp. 193-217
externalities ; higher education ; wages …
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Gender differences in earnings and labor supply in early career : evidence from Kosovo’s school-to-work transition survey
Pastore, Francesco; Sattar, Sarosh; Tiongson, Erwin R. - In: IZA Journal of Labor & Development 2 (2013), pp. 1-34
Very little is known about gender wage disparities in Kosovo and, to date, nothing is known about how such wage disparities evolve over time, particularly during the first few years spent by young workers in the labor market. More generally, not much is known about gender wage gaps in early...
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Estimación de series de salarios regionales en Chile
Dresdner, Jorge; Sanhueza, Carlos - In: Estudios de economía 36 (2009) 2, pp. 243-261
source, it is preferable to use the corrected series presented in this paper. -- regional wages ; estimation ; truncation …
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Wage bargaining and partial ownership
Bárcena-Ruiz, Juan Carlos; Campo, María Luz - In: Estudios de economía 37 (2010) 1, pp. 27-42
strength of the firm owned by a single shareholder; although this firm pays lower wages produces less output than the other …
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Geringe Stundenlöhne, lange Arbeitszeiten
Brenke, Karl - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 21, pp. 3-12
Seit 2006 ist das starke Wachstum des Niedriglohnsektors vorbei, in den letzten Jahren entfielen auf diesen Bereich konstant 22 Prozent aller Arbeitnehmer. Innerhalb des Niedriglohnsektors hat sich in der vergangenen Dekade die Tätigkeitsstruktur nicht verändert. In der gesamten Wirtschaft...
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Mindestlohn im Bauhauptgewerbe : Beschäftigungseffekte nicht nachweisbar
Müller, Kai-Uwe - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 47, pp. 16-21
Die Debatte um einen allgemeinen gesetzlichen Mindestlohn in Deutschland hält an. Mittlerweile sind die … branchenbezogenen Mindestlöhne umfassend evaluiert worden. In diesem Beitrag werden die empirischen Untersuchungen zu den Lohn- und …The debate on a general statutory minimum wage in Germany prevails. Meanwhile, there have been comprehensive …
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