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The labour market consequences of self-employment spells: European evidence

Hyytinen, Ari; Rouvinen, Petri - 2008

We examine how those re-entering paid-employment after a brief self-employment spell fare upon return using data from the European Community Household Panel. Unconditionally, those re-entering paid-employment appear to have considerably lower wages than those staying in the wage sector. This...

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If you are so smart, why aren't you an entrepreneur?

Hartog, Joop; Praag, Mirjam van; Sluis, Justin van der - 2008

questions: (1) To what extent does a composite measure of ability affect an entrepreneur's earnings relative to employees? (2 …) Do different cognitive abilities (e.g. math ability, language ability) and social ability affect earnings of … entrepreneurs and employees differently?, and (3) Does the balance in these measured ability levels affect an individual's earnings …

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Minimum wages in New Zealand: policy and practice in the 21st century

Maré, David Christopher; Hyslop, Dean Robert - 2021

New Zealand has seen dramatic changes in minimum wage policies since 2000. The adult minimum wage has increased 75% in CPI-adjusted real terms. In addition, the youth minimum wage was abolished in two stages, resulting in a 125% increase in the real minimum wage for 16-19-year-old workers. We...

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When the minimum wage really bites hard : impact on top earners and skill supply

Gregory, Terry; Zierahn, Ulrich - 2020

We investigate minimum wage spillovers by exploiting the first-time introduction of a minimum wage within a quasi-experiment in a context with an extraordinary large bite: the German roofing industry. We find positive wage spillovers for medium-skilled workers with wages just above the minimum...

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When the minimum wage really bites hard : impact on top earners and skill supply

Gregory, Terry; Zierahn, Ulrich - 2020

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When the minimum wage really bites hard: impact on top earners and skill supply

Gregory, Terry; Zierahn, Ulrich - 2020

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Occupational match quality and gender over two cohorts

Addison, John T.; Liwen, Chen; Ozturk, Orgul Demet - 2018

Using a multi-dimensional measure of occupational mismatch, we report distinct gender differences in match quality and changes in match quality over the course of careers. A substantial portion of the gender wage gap stems from match quality differences among more educated individuals....

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