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Allocation of female talent and cross-country productivity differences
Lee, Munseob - 2023
The disparities in cross-country labor productivity are greater in agriculture than in other industries. I propose that … the misallocation of female talent across sectors distorts productivity. I formalize the theory by using a general … to US levels, agricultural labor productivity increases by 4.3-7.6 percent, nonagricultural labor productivity decreases …
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Motherhood and the allocation of talent
Berniell, Inés; Berniell, Lucila; Mata, Dolores de la; … - 2021
In this paper we show that motherhood triggers changes in the allocation of talent in the labor market besides the well … into self-employment. Overall, our results suggest relevant changes in the allocation of talent caused by gender … differences in nonmarket responsibilities that can have sizable impacts on aggregate market productivity. We also show that the …
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Reducing skills imbalances to foster productivity growth of Malaysia
Espinoza, Ricardo; Vandeweyer, Marieke - 2019
higher productivity and growth. In light of the importance of skills for fostering labour productivity, this paper examines …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012203203
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Occupational feminization, specialized human capital and wages : evidence from the British labour market
Perales, Francisco - 2010
Research has consistently demonstrated a negative and significant relationship between occupational feminization and wages. This has traditionally been attributed to societal mechanisms undervaluing the work mainly performed by women. More recently, empirical evidence from the US and Europe has...
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The Value of Qualification Signals for Women's Careers
Niessen-Ruenzi, Alexandra; Zimmerer, Leah - 2021
We show that signals of higher education, professional experience, and access to professional networks are more valuable for women's career advancement than for men's. On average, additional qualification signals increase male directors' probability to become CEO by 10.1%, while this probability...
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Human capital and earnings of female immigrants to Australia, Canada, and the United States
Antecol, Heather; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Trejo, Stephen J. - 2002
Census data for 1990/91 indicate that Australian and Canadian female immigrants have higher levels of English fluency, education (relative to native-born women), and income (relative to native-born women) than do U.S. female immigrants. A prominent explanation for this skill deficit of U.S....
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Gender differences in the skill content of jobs
Pető, Rita; Reizer, Balázs - 2021
skill use of men compared with women. We argue that having a partner affects skill use through time allocation as the gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012440264
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Human Capital and Earnings of Female Immigrants to Australia, Canada, and the United States
Antecol, Heather; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Trejo, Stephen J. - 2021
Census data for 1990/91 indicate that Australian and Canadian female immigrants have higher levels of English fluency, education (relative to native-born women), and income (relative to native-born women) than do U.S. female immigrants. A prominent explanation for this skill deficit of U.S....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013320421
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Chapter 3. The Adjustment of Immigrants in the Labor Market
Duleep, Harriet Orcutt - In: Handbook of the economics of international migration : …, (pp. 105-182). 2015
This chapter explores immigrant labor market adjustment by first describing methodological and theoretical considerations central to the analysis of earnings growth and occupational mobility. When no restrictions are placed on entry earnings or earnings growth, an inverse relationship between...
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Are women important for economic development? : an evidence on women's participation in labor market and their contribution to economic growth in 83 world countries
Lechman, Ewa; Okonowicz, Anna - 2013
-economic development. In the empirical part, we use a cross-country panel data, for 83 economies, which are derived from World Development … Indicators 2012 database International Monetary Fund World Economic Outlook Database April 2013. The time coverage is set for …
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