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Wage returns to mid-career investments in job training through employer-supported course enrollment : evidence for Canada
Ci, Wen; Galdo, Jose C.; Voia, Marcel-Christian; … - 2015
Using longitudinal data for Canada, we analyze the incidence and wage returns to employer supported course enrollment for men and women. Availability of confidential data, along with a relatively rich set of observable covariates, lead us to the estimation of difference-in-differences matching...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010513355
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Wage returns to mid-career investments in job training through employer supported course enrollment : evidence for Canada
Ci, Wen; Galdo, Jose; Voia, Marcel-Christian; Worswick, … - In: IZA journal of labor policy 4 (2015), pp. 1-25
Using longitudinal data for Canada, we analyze the incidence and wage returns to employer supported course enrollment for men and women. Availability of confidential data, along with a relatively rich set of observable covariates, lead us to the estimation of difference-in-differences matching...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011288719
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U-shaped wage curve and the Internet : the Colombian case
Martin, Diego A. - In: Estudios de economía 45 (2018) 2, pp. 173-202
While there is a broad consensus in the literature that there is a positive correlation between Internet usage and labor income in the richest countries, this link has not been proven in the developing world. This paper uses propensity score matching techniques and household survey data to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011982562
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A semi-parametric approach to the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition with continuous group variable and self-selection
Rios-Avila, Fernando - 2019
This paper describes the application of a semiparametric approach, known as a varying coefficients model (Hastie and … Tibshirani 1993), to implement a Oaxaca-Blinder type of decomposition in the presence of self-selection into treatment groups for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012142977
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A semi-parametric approach to the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition with continuous group variable and self-selection
Rios-Avila, Fernando - 2019
This paper describes the application of a semiparametric approach, known as a varying coefficients model (Hastie and … Tibshirani 1993), to implement a Oaxaca-Blinder type of decomposition in the presence of self-selection into treatment groups for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012016731
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Wages, BMI, and Age
Gregory, Christian A. - Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics - 2010
across the age distribution, using conventional parametric and flexible semiparametric fixed effect models. The model results … negative association for men. Secondly, the semiparametric models indicate that the wage function isn't really changing as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008511339
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The dynamics of inequality change in a highly dualistic economy: Honduras, 1991-2007
Klasen, Stephan; Otter, Thomas; Villalobos, Carlos - 2012
inequality decomposition technique, we show that the rising inequality between 1991 and 2005 was, for the most part, driven by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286634
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The dynamics of inequality change in a highly dualistic economy: Honduras, 1991-2007
Klasen, Stephan; Otter, Thomas; Barría, Carlos Villalobos - Ibero-Amerika Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (IAI), … - 2012
inequality decomposition technique, we show that the rising inequality between 1991 and 2005 was, for the most part, driven by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009649697
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Female wage profiles : an additive mixed model approach to employment breaks due to childcare
Kuhlenkasper, Torben; Kauermann, Göran - 2010
The paper investigates female wage profiles in West-Germany between 1984 and 2008 using data from the German Socio Economic Panel. The empirical study focuses on the short-run wageloss due to childcare and the long-run wage-profile in post-birth employment, respectivly. This is compared with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009161863
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From giving birth to paid labor : the effects of adult education for prime-aged mothers
Bergemann, Annette; Berg, Gerard J. van den - 2014
Women without work after childbirth are at risk of losing their connection to the labor market. However, they may participate in adult education programs. We analyze the effect of this on the duration to work and on the wage rate, by applying conditional difference-in-differences approaches. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010251042