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Comparative advantage, segmentation and informal earnings : a marginal treatment effects approach
Arias, Omar (contributor); Khamis, Melanie (contributor) - 2008
labor market comparative advantage and segmentation in the participation and earnings performance of workers in formal and … are more consistent with segmentation. -- Marginal treatment effects ; occupational choice ; segmentation ; earnings … informal jobs in Argentina. A novel household data set on informality and self-employment and information on labor inspections …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793731
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Field of study, earnings, and self-selection
Kirkebøen, Lars J.; Leuven, Edwin; Mogstad, Magne - 2014 - This version: December 2014
Why do individuals choose different types of post-secondary education, and what are the labor market consequences of those choices? We show that answering these questions is difficult because individuals choose between several unordered alternatives. Even with a valid instrument for every type...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010468732
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Job search and hiring with two-sided limited information about workseekers' skills
Carranza Noguera, Eliana; Garlick, Robert; Orkin, Kate; … - 2021
share the results with firms increases workseekers' employment and earnings. It also aligns their beliefs and search … search, but smaller effects on employment and earnings. Giving assessment results only to firms increases callbacks. These …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012588689
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Recovering ex ante returns and preferences for occupations using subjective expectations data
Arcidiacono, Peter; Hotz, Vincent Joseph; Maurel, Arnaud; … - 2014
. By asking individuals about potential earnings associated with counterfactual choices of college majors and occupations … across majors. We then propose a model of occupational choice which allows us to link subjective data on earnings and choice … probabilities with the non-pecuniary preferences for each occupation. We find large differences in expected earnings across …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010418036
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Wages and informality in developing countries
Meghir, Costas; Narita, Renata; Robin, Jean-Marc - 2012
regulation. On the other hand informality may reduce the amount of social protection offered to workers. We extend the wage … micro data and evaluate the labo market and welfare effects of policies towards informality. -- Informality ; Unemployment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009627561
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Wages and Informality in Developing Countries
Meghir, Costas - 2012
regulation. On the other hand informality may reduce the amount of social protection offered to workers. We extend the wage … micro data and evaluate the labor market and welfare effects of policies towards informality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013101150
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Wages and Informality in Developing Countries
Meghir, Costas - 2012
regulation. On the other hand informality may reduce the amount of social protection offered to workers. We extend the wage … micro data and evaluate the labor market and welfare effects of policies towards informality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013100382
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Recovering Ex Ante Returns and Preferences for Occupations Using Subjective Expectations Data
Arcidiacono, Peter - 2014
. By asking individuals about potential earnings associated with counterfactual choices of college majors and occupations … across majors. We then propose a model of occupational choice which allows us to link subjective data on earnings and choice … probabilities with the non-pecuniary preferences for each occupation. We find large differences in expected earnings across …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013045057
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Trade, wages, and profits
Egger, Hartmut; Egger, Peter; Kreickemeier, Udo - 2012
This paper formulates a structural empirical model of heterogeneous firms whose workers exhibit fair-wage preferences, leading to a link between a firm's operating profits and wages of workers employed by this firm. We estimate the parameters of the model in a data-set of five European...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009581985
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Trade, wages, and profits
Egger, Hartmut; Egger, Peter; Kreickemeier, Udo - 2011
This paper formulates a structural empirical model of heterogeneous firms whose workers exhibit fair-wage preferences. In the underlying theoretical framework, such preferences lead to a link between a firm's operating profits on the one hand and wages of workers employed by this firm on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009404745