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Changing Unchanged Inequality: Higher Education, Youth Population, and the Japan's Seniority Wages
Yamada, Ken; Kawaguchi, Daiji - Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University - 2012
Wage inequality declined in the 1990s for full-time male workers in Japan, while it in- creased in the 2000s. We find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011144004
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Returns to Human Capital and Investment in New Technology
Luzio, Rodolfo; Dunaway, Steven Vincent; Kaufman, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001
This paper presents a simple framework that illustrates the link between skill-based wage differentiation and human capital acquisition given skill-biased technical progress. The analysis points to the economic costs resulting from labor market and income redistribution policies that prevent the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005264106
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Lohnentwicklung im Lebenszyklus : eine Analyse von Ausmaß, Begründung und Heterogenität von Lohnsteigerungen (Wages over the life cycle : an empirical analysis of wage structures i...
Orlowski, Robert; Riphahn, Regina T. - In: Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung - Journal for … 44 (2011) 1/2, pp. 29-41
"This paper summarizes the findings of studies which investigate the determinants of wages in Germany, using data of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010732016
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Lohnentwicklung im Lebenszyklus : eine Analyse von Ausmaß, Begründung und Heterogenität von Lohnsteigerungen (Wages over the life cycle : an empirical analysis of wage structures i...
Orlowski, Robert; Riphahn, Regina T. - In: Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung - Journal for … 44 (2011) 1/2, pp. 29-41
"This paper summarizes the findings of studies which investigate the determinants of wages in Germany, using data of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009144387
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Social Returns to Education; Evidence From Italian Local Labor Market Areas
Dalmazzo, A.; Blasio, Guido De - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
for individual characteristics, local average human capital is positively correlated with individual wages, with estimated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248310
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Returns for Entrepreneurs vs. Employees: The Effect of Education and Personal Control on the Relative Performance of Entrepreneurs vs. Wage Employees
van Praag, Mirjam; van Witteloostuijn, Arjen; van der … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
How valuable is education for entrepreneurs' performance as compared to employees'? What might explain any differences? And does education affect peoples' occupational choices accordingly? We answer these questions based on a large panel of US labor force participants. We show that education...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008558947
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Returns for Entrepreneurs versus Employees: The Effect of Education and Personal Control on the Relative Performance of Entrepreneurs vis-à-vis Wage Employees
Praag, Mirjam van; Witteloostuijn, Arjen van; Sluis, … - Tinbergen Institute - 2009
How valuable is education for entrepreneurs’ performance as compared to employees’? What might explain any differences? And does education affect peoples’ occupational choices accordingly? We answer these questions based on a large panel of US labor force participants. We show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008513241
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College Characteristics and the Wages of Young Women
Daniel, Kermit; Black, Dan; Smith, Jeffery - EconWPA - 1996
have positive impacts on young women's wages. We find evidence of ability sorting, but controlling for ability, women who … attend higher quality colleges earn higher wages. Women receive smaller gains from college quality than do men; black women … earn more than those who attend public colleges, and women earn lower wages, the higher the proportion of their college …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125045
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College Quality and the Wages of Young Men
Daniel, Kermit; Black, Dan; Smith, Jeffery - EconWPA - 1996
have substantial positive impacts on young men's wages. This finding is robust to a wide array of alternative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125048
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Returns for Entrepreneurs versus Employees: The Effect of Education and Personal Control on the Relative Performance of Entrepreneurs vis-a-vis Wage Employees
Praag, Mirjam van; Witteloostuijn, Arjen van; Sluis, … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2009
How valuable is education for entrepreneurs’ performance as compared to employees’? What might explain any differences? And does education affect peoples’ occupational choices accordingly? We answer these questions based on a large panel of US labor force participants. We show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256522