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of the gender pay gap at affected employers. This large-magnitude effect is primarily due to a decline in male wages …
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In this paper, the inter-industry wage structure in West Germany and USA is compared using the German Socio … is shown that the structure of wages has remained remarkably stable over this time period, and that the German structure …
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While available evidence suggests that the events of September 11th negatively influenced the relative earnings of employees with Arab background in the US, it is not clear that they had similar effects in other countries. Our study for Germany provides evidence that the events also affected the...
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We assess the relevance of formal education on the productivity of the self-employed and distinguish between opportunity entrepreneurs, who voluntarily pursue a business opportunity, and necessity entrepreneurs, who lack alternative employment options. We expect differences in the returns to...
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examines whether occupational feminization is accompanied by a decline in wages: Do workers suffer a wage penalty if they … Switzerland and three percent in Germany. The impact of occupational feminization on wages is not linear, but sets apart …
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Does mobile broadband subscription rates have a positive effect on closing the earnings gap? Examining United States county level data, higher rates of mobile broadband subscription lead to reductions in the earnings gini coefficient. Specifically, a one standard deviation increase in mobile...
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decline in the demand for and the real wages of this group after 2000. We investigate empirically, whether there has been a … education attainment and wages over time, we put a particular focus on changes of the task composition, the chances of entering … top-paying jobs, entry wages and wage growth, and skill premia over time. To allow for a detailed analysis, we distinguish …
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We study the age- and gender-specific labour market effects of two key modern technologies, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and robots, in 14 European countries between 2010 and 2018. To identify the causal effects of technology adoption, we utilise the variation in technology...
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labor, wages were increasing disproportionately both for low- and highskilled labor whereas employment trends were favoring … institutions were holding up relative wages of low-skilled labor which accounts for the disproportionate increase of unemployment …
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