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more inhospitable routes. These changes are likely to place a heavier burden on illegal immigrant women as they are more … face of higher migration costs, only immigrants with relatively high expected benefits of migration will choose to migrate … immigrant women from Mexico relative to men as a result of higher migration costs: 1) A decrease in the relative flow of older …
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This paper presents a wage series for unskilled English women workers from 1260 to 1850 and compares it with existing … evidence for men. Our series cast light on long run trends in women’s agency and wellbeing, revealing an intractable, indeed … widening gap between women and men’s remuneration in the centuries following the Black Death. This informs several recent …
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Why aren't workplaces better designed for women? We show that changing the priorities of those who set workplace … policies can create female-friendly jobs. Starting in 2015, Brazil's largest trade union federation made women central to its … causal effects. We find that "bargaining for women" increases female-centric amenities in collective bargaining agreements …
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of gross monthly wages. It analyzes that a comparatively high share of Austria’s family benefits is monetary rather …-skilled workers and women. The IMF report highlights that social security contributions and payroll taxes amount to almost 50 percent …
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In this paper, we estimate the returns on schooling for young men and women in Turkey using the exogenous and … among 18- to 26-year-olds, the return from an extra year of schooling is almost zero for men and 3.8 percent for women. The … reasons why the returns on schooling are low and why they are higher for women in our context. In particular, the policy …
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This paper is a review of the literature in economics up to the early 1980s on the issue of estimating the earnings return to schooling and labor market experience. It begins with a presentation of Adam Smith's (1776) analysis of wage determination, with the second of his five points on...
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with those of older White British men and women, and with those of older Black British men and women. The study … White British men and women, as well as older Black British men and women, experience occupational access constraints and … Black British men and women. In addition, Black British women experience the highest level of age discrimination. These …
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constraints for blue-collar jobs than white-collar/pink-collar jobs, and that women face greater age discrimination than men …
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constraints for blue-collar jobs than white-collar/pink-collar jobs, and that women face greater age discrimination than men …
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with those of older White British men and women, and with those of older Black British men and women. The study … White British men and women, as well as older Black British men and women, experience occupational access constraints and … Black British men and women. In addition, Black British women experience the highest level of age discrimination. These …
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