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The paper discusses the empirical methodology developed by labor economists in order to analyze the gender wage gap.
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We evaluate empirically the impact of the dramatic 1991 trade liberalization in India on the industry wage structure. The empirical strategy uses variation in industry wage premiums and trade policy across industries and over time. In contrast to earlier studies on developing countries, we find...
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Wage Dispersion and Efficiency. It is often assumed that markets generate efficient allocations, but these are not necessarily fair. The widening of wage differentials that is currently observed is interpreted in this manner: Skill-biased technological progress increases demand for skilled work...
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the length of the career. At issue is the effectiveness of NBA executives in identifying college players who will be …
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In this paper we examine the price movements of contracts that represent bets on NBA games and find that the …
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The NBA’s 1999 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) included provisions capping individual player pay in addition to … team payrolls. This study examines the effect the NBA’s maximum player salary on player rents by comparing player pay from …
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The authority of the National Basketball Association (NBA) over the past decade has actively internationalized the game … salaries for NBA players, aiming to identify the existence of nationality discrimination on players’ salary and whether the … 618 NBA players between the 1999-2000 and 2007-2008 seasons and employing the technique of two-stage double fixed …
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