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This paper analyzes the wage development of mothers interrupting their careers, in comparison to the wages of men who … penalty for maternity differ according to the duration of interruption. We find a lower wage penalty in the short run for …
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wage gaps and that selectivity corrected decompositions are quite capable of yielding very different conclusions than those …This paper presents a modified and improved methodology for the decomposition of wage differentials between two groups … into the wage differential decompositions, two statistical methodologies are merged: the Oaxaca methodology and the Heckman …
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world. The current research is an examination of the prevalent wage differentials in the organised sector of India's capital …
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In this paper we use a newly constructed dataset following 30,000 Italian individuals from high school to labor market and we analyze whether the gender composition of peers in high school affected their choice of college major, their academic performance and their labor market income. We...
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between wage/productivity differentials and the firm's labor composition in terms of part-time and sex. Findings suggest that … part-timers is associated with wage penalties. The authors conclude that men and women differ with respect to motives for …
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Using an originally constructed dataset that follows 30,000 Italian individuals from high school to the labor market, we analyze whether the gender composition of peers in high school affected their choice of college major, their academic performance and their labor market income. We exploit the...
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, we decompose the impacts on earnings into effects on wage rates and effects on hours. For most degrees, the earnings … gains come from increased wage rates, though hours play an important role in some degrees, such as medicine, especially for …
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There is now a large literature on the correlates of prenatal androgen exposure and various individual measures of performance in sports, business, or schooling. However, there is still relatively limited evidence of the impact of prenatal androgens on life achievement. Using data from the...
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Occupational positions can explain an important part of the differences in pay between men and women. However, a considerable Gender Pay Gap exists even within the same occupational position. In this paper, we aim at understanding the reasons for the gap within occupational positions and,...
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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 of the big five personality characteristics...
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