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Evidence on training and career paths : human capital, information and incentives
Melero, Eduardo (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
In this paper, I analyse the relationship between job-related training and career progress of workers. Most theories of … career paths and task assignment rely on human capital accumulation. Therefore, it seems natural to start assessing the … empirical validity of such theories by analysing the effect of training on the career progress of an individual. I use the …
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Does pay transparency affect the gender wage gap? : evidence from Austria
Gulyas, Andreas; Seitz, Sebastian; Sinha, Sourav - 2021
We study the 2011 Austrian Pay Transparency Law, which requires firms above a size threshold to publish internal reports on the gender pay gap. Using an event-study design, we show that the policy had no discernible effects on male and female wages, thus leaving the gender wage gap unchanged....
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Does Pay Transparency Affect the Gender Wage Gap? Evidence From Austria
Gulyas, Andreas; Seitz, Sebastian; Sinha, Sourav - 2021
We study the 2011 Austrian Pay Transparency Law, which requires firms above a size threshold to publish internal reports on the gender pay gap. Using an event-study design, we show that the policy had no discernible effects on male and female wages, thus leaving the gender wage gap unchanged....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013323133
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Salary History Bans : Strategic Disclosure by Job Applicants and the Gender Pay Gap
Sinha, Sourav - 2022
I study the effects of US salary history bans which restrict employers from inquiring about job applicants’ pay history during the hiring process, but allow candidates to voluntarily share information. Using a difference-in-differences design, I show that these policies narrowed the gender pay...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013306274
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Pay Transparency, Workplace Norms, and Gender Pay Gap : Early Evidence from Germany
Seitz, Sebastian; Sinha, Sourav - 2023
We study the 2018 German Pay Transparency policy which allows employees in establishments with more than 200 workers, to ask their employers for information about the average earnings of their opposite-gender coworkers who do "equal work". Using an event study design and matched...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014261993
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Not for the profit, but for the training? : gender differences in training in the for-profit and non-profit sectors
Dostie, Benoît; Javdani, Mohsen - 2017
We use Canadian linked employer-employee data to examine gender differences in probability, duration, and intensity of firm-sponsored training. We find that women in the for-profit sector are less likely to receive classroom training, and receive shorter classroom training courses. However, we...
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Does personality matter? : the impact of the Big Five on the migrant and gender wage gaps
Brenzel, Hanna; Laible, Marie-Christine - 2016
We investigate whether the Big Five Personality Dimensions contribute to explaining gender and migrant wage gaps by using a linked employer-employee dataset. We expand the scarce literature concerning personality traits and gender wage gaps in Germany and we provide first evidence for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011523423
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Does gender of firm ownership matter? : female entrepreneurs and the gender pay gap
Kritikos, Alexander; Maliranta, Mika; Nippala, Veera; … - 2024
We examine how the gender of business-owners is related to the wages paid to female relative to male employees working in their firms. Using Finnish register data and employing firm fixed effects, we find that the gender pay gap is - starting from a gender pay gap of 11 to 12 percent - two to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014553982
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Does gender of firm ownership matter? : female entrepreneurs and the gender pay gap
Kritikos, Alexander; Maliranta, Mika; Nippala, Veera; … - 2024
We examine how the gender of business-owners is related to the wages paid to female relative to male employees working in their firms. Using Finnish register data and employing firm fixed effects, we find that the gender pay gap is - starting from a gender pay gap of 11 to 12 percent - two to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014528583
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Wage Responses to Gender Pay Gap Reporting Requirements
Blundell, Jack - 2020
In this paper I study a policy in which employers are required to publicly report gender pay gap statistics. Proponents argue that increasing the information available to workers and consumers places pressure on firms to close pay gaps, but opponents argue that such policies are poorly targeted...
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