Showing 1 - 10 of 28,178
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012122594
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011945834
This paper is one of the first to use employer-employee data on wages and labor productivity to measure discrimination …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011529088
British Skills and Employment Survey series, we analyse trends in the labour market between 1997/2001 and 2006/2012. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011522340
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011848533
Being beautiful gives a person an advantage in many settings. Attractive people earn more and have an easier time getting hired. People spend large amounts of money on goods and services to enhance their beauty. Is this enhancement worth pursuing? Research suggests that the expected improvement...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011433614
Estonia has the highest gender wage gap in the European Union and the highest degree of gender segregation by occupation and industry. Previous studies have found that most of the gap remains unexplained by personal and job characteristics. However, key job characteristics, occupation and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011890538
The gender wage gap increased significantly in Egypt over the last two decades, while female labor force participation rates have steadily declined. This study investigates the relationship between women's labor market outcomes in the manufacturing sector, the degree of industry concentration,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010417206
considered, we confirm the very strong negative association between female presence in a subject or occupation and wages. However …, no consistent pattern emerges with regard to whether men's or women's wages suffer larger penalties. There is also no …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014515572
educated immigrant and native workers. Native workers' wages have been insulated by differences in skills, adjustments in local …Politicians, the media, and the public express concern that immigrants depress wages by competing with native workers … countries have found no effect on wages, on average, and only modest effects on wage differentials between more and less …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011417057