controlled for there is a further pervasive source of bias, namely the co-movement of firm employment and firm wages. In a simple … aggregate or firm level) to firm's employment and wages cause downward bias in OLS regression estimates of RTT. We show that the … eliminate this bias. Estimates from two large panel datasets from Portugal and Germany show that the bias is empirically …

This paper analyzes the wage development of mothers interrupting their careers, in comparison to the wages of men who … point in time. We use data from the German Socioeconomic Panel from 1984 to 2011, to show that wages and the financial …

data on West Germany are used and we exploit the expansionary family policy during the late 1980s and 1990s for … identification. On the return to work after the birth, mothers' wages drop by 3 to 5.7 per cent per year of leave. We find negative … family gap. -- wages ; parental leave ; human capital ; return to work ; non-random selection …

data on West Germany are used and we exploit the expansionary family policy during the late 1980s and 1990s for … identification. On the return to work after the birth, mothers' wages drop by 3 to 5.7 per cent per year of leave. We find negative … family gap. -- wages ; parental leave ; human capital ; return to work ; non-random selection …

studies the impact of trade on wages and worker training. Wages and training fell for workers employed in sectors where the …

Paid parental leave schemes have been shown to increase women's employment rates but decrease their wages in case of …

Paid parental leave schemes have been shown to increase women's employment rates but decrease their wages in case of …