explain sexual orientation differences in earnings, gay men would need to be less competitive than other men and lesbian women … data, we show that competitiveness is a significant predictor of earnings. Differences in competitiveness can account for a … significant portion of the gay earnings penalty, but cannot explain the lesbian premium. …

This paper explores the effects of a spouse's personality on earnings. We build on the growing literature spanning … economics and psychology that investigates how personality traits affect one's own individual earnings. In particular, several …) have been shown to be predictors of own earnings. To our knowledge only one paper studies the relationship between spousal …

degrees with the highest average earnings and underestimates the returns to degrees with the lowest average earnings. Second …, we decompose the impacts on earnings into effects on wage rates and effects on hours. For most degrees, the earnings …

Canada than in the US, where it predominates among the least educated. -- Immigrants ; skill ; schooling ; earnings ; rates …This paper examines the difference between the payoffs to schooling for immigrants and the native born in Canada, using … lower payoff to schooling because of the different effects under-education and over-education have on their earnings. The …

literature. We examine gender differences in labor market integration among refugees and other new immigrants who came to Germany … include recently arrived refugees (the IAB-BAMF-SOEP Sample of Refugees) and other immigrants (the IAB-SOEP Migration Sample …) in Germany, we compare the dynamics and sources of employment gender gap among refugees and other immigrants. The results …

literature, we find that immigrants in Italy are less likely to be self-employed. The negative gap is confirmed when propensity …

literature, we find that immigrants in Italy are less likely to be self-employed. The negative gap is confirmed when propensity …

development in affecting gender differences in the trends in, levels of, and returns to schooling observed in China and in many …

We examine how the gender of a sibling affects earnings, education and family formation. Identification is complicated …