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market. At the same time, education is a time-consuming process, and enrolment and dropout decisions depend on expected … in finding a job. Standard models of job search and education assume that skills can be upgraded instantaneously (and … mostly in the form of on-the-job training) at a fixed cost. This paper models education as a time-consuming process, a …
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This paper investigates the evolution of wages and the recent tendency to rising wage inequality in Germany, based on the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) for 1984 to 2004. Between 1984 and 1994 the wage distribution was fairly stable. Wage inequality started to increase around 1994 in...
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It is well-established that Arab labor markets share certain common characteristics, including an oversized public sector, high youth unemployment, weak private sectors, rapidly growing but highly distorted educational attainment, and low and stagnant female labor force participation. I argue in...
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Using data from social security records and an event study approach, we estimate the child penalty in Spain, looking at disparities for women and men across different labor outcomes following the birth of the first child. Our findings show that, the year after the first child is born, mothers'...
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Union. In the first three chapters we address the micro level of individual life courses: education, employment and income …
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Poor labour-market outcomes remain one of Poland’s major structural weaknesses, impeding firms’ competitiveness and the nation’s potential output. Boosting employment prospects is also critical, as the country will soon be ageing at a fast pace. Despite long working hours, labour...
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Union. In the first three chapters we address the micro level of individual life courses: education, employment and income …
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It is well-established that Arab labor markets share certain common characteristics, including an oversized public sector, high youth unemployment, weak private sectors, rapidly growing but highly distorted educational attainment, and low and stagnant female labor force participation. I argue in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010389642