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Permanent and Transitory Wage Inequality of British Men, 1975-2001 : Year, Age and Cohort Effects
Kalwij, Adriaan; Alessie, Rob - 2021
2001, hereby controlling for cohort effects. Wage inequality has risen sharply during the 1980's and early 1990's and … the transitory wage inequality and only to a lesser extent to an increase in the permanent wage inequality. The transitory ….65 over a ten-year period. The constant wage inequality in the second half of the 1990's is attributed to a slight decrease in …
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The Part-Time Wage Penalty : A Career Perspective
Russo, Giovanni; Hassink, Wolter H.J - 2021
Part-time employment has become an extremely popular work arrangement in the Netherlands because it renders employment compatible with non-work activities. We posit that there may be a downside to part-time employment, which is related to its negative effects on workers' career. This may be the...
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International trade and individual labour market perspectives : a micro-level analysis of German manufacturing workers
Lurweg, Maren; Uhde, Nicole - 2010
This paper studies the impact of international trade on individual labour market outcomes in the German manufacturing sector for the period 1995-2006. Combining micro-level data from the German Socioeconomic Panel and industry-level trade data from input-output tables, we examine the impacts on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008825547
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International trade and individual labour market perspectives : a micro-level analysis of German manufacturing workers
Lurweg, Maren; Uhde, Nicole - 2010
This paper studies the impact of international trade on individual labour market outcomes in the German manufacturing sector for the period 1995-2006. Combining micro-level data from the German Socioeconomic Panel and industry-level trade data from input-output tables, we examine the impacts on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009374785
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Is it the Way She Moves? New Evidence on the Gender Wage Growth Gap in the Early Careers of Men and Women in Italy
Bono, Emilia Del - 2007
growth and result in the highest salary increases. Moreover, this gender mobility penalty occurs mainly when workers move to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012777978
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Panel Estimates of the Wage Penalty for Maternal Leave
Buligescu, Bianca - 2010
The focus of this paper is the size of the wage penalty due to maternal leave incurred by working mothers in Germany. Existing estimates suggest large penalties with little rebound over time. We apply recent panel data methods designed to address problems of sample selectivity, unobserved...
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Should low-wage workers care about where they work? : assessing the impact of employer characteristics on low-wage mobility
Gürtzgen, Nicole; Heinze, Anja - 2010
appears to be more relevant in explaining female workers’ wage transitions. -- Wage mobility ; trivariate probit ; linked …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008652553
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Should Low-Wage Workers Care About Where They Work? Assessing the Impact of Employer Characteristics on Low-Wage Mobility
Guertzgen, Nicole - 2010
This paper studies the importance of employer-specific determinants in escaping low earnings in Germany. To address the initial conditions problem and the endogeneity of employer retention, we model (intra-firm) low-pay transitions using a multivariate Probit model that accounts for selection...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013138980
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Which ladder to climb? : decomposing life cycle wage dynamics
Bayer, Christian; Kuhn, Moritz - 2019
Wages grow and become more unequal as workers age. Economic theory focuses on worker investment in human capital, search for employers, and residual wage shocks to account for these life cycle wage dynamics. We highlight the importance of jobs: collections of tasks and duties defined by...
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Reaching the top or falling behind? : the role of occupational segregation in women's chances of finding a high-paying job over the life-cycle
Gutierrez, Federico H. - 2018
Using a two-stage decomposition technique, this paper analyzes the role of occupational segregation in explaining the probability of women vis-'a-vis men of finding high-paying jobs over the life-cycle. Jobs are classified as highly-remunerated if their compensation exceeds a threshold, which is...
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