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Locus of control and low-wage mobility
Schnitzlein, Daniel D.; Stephani, Jens - 2013
We investigate whether non-cognitive skills - in particular Locus of Control - are important determinants of the labour market processes at the low-wage margin. Based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we estimate dynamic multinomial logit models with random effects and investigate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010190193
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Earnings dynamics and inequality among men in Luxembourg, 1988 - 2004 : evidence from administrative data
Sologon, Denisa Maria; O'Donoghue, Cathal - 2010
Starting with the late 1980s and intensifying after early 1990s, Luxembourg evolved from an industrial economy to an … extraordinary longitudinal dataset drawn from administrative records on professional career, we decomposed Luxembourg’s growth in … Luxembourg are worst off both in terms of their relative wage and in terms of their opportunity of improving their relative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003976945
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Earnings Dynamics, Foreign Workers and the Stability of Inequality Trends in Luxembourg 1988-2009
Sologon, Denisa Maria - 2015
This paper exploits a large-scale administrative dataset to document trends in male earnings inequality in Luxembourg … transitory components of log hourly earnings variance. Given the importance of foreign labour in Luxembourg, models and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013021347
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Earnings Dynamics and Inequality Among Men in Luxembourg, 1988-2004 : Evidence from Administrative Data
Sologon, Denisa Maria - 2010
Starting with the late 1980s and intensifying after early 1990s, Luxembourg evolved from an industrial economy to an … Luxembourg are worst off both in terms of their relative wage and in terms of their opportunity of improving their relative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013141694
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Explaining Rising Income Inequality in Germany, 1991-2010
Schmid, Kai - 2013
In Germany, inequality of net equivalized income increased noticeably in the first half of the new millennium. We aim …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013074614
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Explaining rising Income inequality in Germany, 1991 - 2010
Schmid, Kai D.; Stein, Ulrike - 2013
In Germany, inequality of net equivalized income increased noticeably in the first half of the new millennium. We aim …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010190182
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Wage inequality in Spain : a regional perspective
Zarco Ahamdanech, Ismael; García Pérez, Carmelo; … - 2011
The research examines wage inequality in the Spanish labour market from a regional perspective, drawing on stochastic dominance techniques. The field of study is of particular interest because wage determination in Spain incorporates an important territorial component, facilitated by certain...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011537563
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Power Laws, CEO Compensation and Inequality
Blackwell, Calvin - 2014
We observe that CEO compensation and top incomes in the US have both been increasing rapidly over the last thirty years. We hypothesize that the trends in CEO compensation have been caused by the same economy-wide factors that have contributed to increases in income. We test this hypothesis by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013048209
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Deconstructing income inequality in Costa Rica : an income source decomposition approach
González Pandiella, Alberto; Gabriel, Mabel - 2017
Despite an improvement in overall macroeconomic performance in Costa Rica, income inequality has risen and is currently at its maximum historical value. This is in stark contrast with other Latin American countries, which have recently made significant progress in reducing inequality. This study...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011700214
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Inequality, Technology and Job Polarization of the Youth Labor Market in Europe
Bheemaiah, Kariappa - 2015
This paper presents a connecting methodology in order to trace the emerging dynamics of inequality for the youth populace of Europe. We determine that the development of these dynamics are directly affected by the advancement of technology, and especially related to Information and Communication...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013021498