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Skill heterogeneity and market labour income inequality
Medrano Adán, Luís Ángel; Salas-Fumás, Vicente; … - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 15 (2024) 2, pp. 203-234
Occupational choice models predict that, ceteris paribus, countries with higher dispersion of skill will have higher market labour income inequality. However, an extended conclusion from empirical research is that cross-country variations in dispersion of skill explain little of the variation in...
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Background wage premia, beyond education : firm sorting and unobserved abilities
Bonacini, Luca; Patriarca, Fabrizio; Santoni, Edoardo - 2024
traditional role of education. We first apply a two-way fixed-effects wage estimation, a' la AKM, to the Italian private sector …
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Does Labor Market Tightness Affect Ethnic Discrimination in Hiring?
Carlsson, Magnus - 2018
Several studies using observational data suggest that ethnic discrimination increases in downturns of the economy. We investigate whether ethnic discrimination depends on labor market tightness using data from correspondence studies. We utilize three correspondence studies of the Swedish labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012929075
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The Evolution of Technological Substitution in Low-Wage Labor Markets
Aaronson, Daniel - 2020
This paper uses minimum wage hikes to evaluate the susceptibility of low-wage employment to technological substitution. We find that automation is accelerating and supplanting a broader set of low-wage routine jobs in the decade since the Financial Crisis. Simultaneously, low-wage interpersonal...
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The evolution of technological substitution in low-wage labor markets
Aaronson, Daniel; Phelan, Brian J. - 2020
This paper uses minimum wage hikes to evaluate the susceptibility of low-wage employment to technological substitution. We find that automation is accelerating and supplanting a broader set of low-wage routine jobs in the decade since the Financial Crisis. Simultaneously, low-wage interpersonal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012251904
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Does labor market tightness affect ethnic discrimination in hiring?
Carlsson, Magnus; Fumarco, Luca; Rooth, Dan-Olof - 2018
Several studies using observational data suggest that ethnic discrimination increases in downturns of the economy. We investigate whether ethnic discrimination depends on labor market tightness using data from correspondence studies. We utilize three correspondence studies of the Swedish labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011795152
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Fair Labor Association
Camilleri, Mark Anthony - 2021
The Fair Labor Association (FLA) is a non-profit collaborative effort of universities, civil society organisations and socially-responsible companies. FLA promotes adherence to international and national labour laws as this non-governmental organisation advocates for greater accountability and...
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Job status, international migration and educational choice
Abdulloev, Ilhom; Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2020
We consider how the possibility of international migration affects an individual’s educational choices in their home … order to increase their chances of obtaining a job in the host country after migration. Thus, all home country students may … choose the non-professional education track. Those who might have otherwise pursued higher, professional education may forgo …
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Is Child like Parent? Educational Attainment and Ethnic Origin
Gang, Ira N.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 1999
difference in favor of father´s education over mother's education. …
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Is child like parent? : educational attainment and ethnic origin
Gang, Ira N.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 1999
difference in favor of father´s education over mother's education. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011576974