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In vino pecunia? : the association between beverage-specific drinking behavior and wages
Ziebarth, Nicolas R.; Grabka, Markus M. - 2008
The positive association between moderate alcohol consumption and wages is well documented in the economic literature …-specific drinking behavior and wages. In our analysis, we disentangle the general wage effect of drinking into diverse effects for … different types of drinkers. Mincerian estimates reveal significant and positive relationships between wine drinkers and wages …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011631967
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Better safe than sorry? : the effects of income risk, unemployment risk and the interaction of these risks on wages
Nagl, Wolfgang - 2013
We examine whether income and unemployment risks are compensated by individual wages. Using a portfolio approach we … show that the marginal income risk effect on wages is always positive whereas the marginal unemployment risk effect …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011581770
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Paying more than necessary? The wage cushion in Germany
Jung, Sven; Schnabel, Claus - 2009
collective agreements pay wages above the level stipulated in the agreement, which gives rise to a wage cushion between the … levels of actual and contractual wages. Cross-sectional and fixed-effects estimations for the period 2001-2006 indicate that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299254
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Union wage effects
Bryson, Alex - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
successfully to raise worker wages, income inequality would almost certainly be higher than it is. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011404852
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Three methods to estimate the whitening-related distortion of the wage statistics
Eppich, Győző; Lőrnicz, Szabolcs - 2007
We have received a number of queries recently from market researchers concerning our methods in order to determine the underlying wage process, with particular regard to the correction of whitening. The whitening estimation methods we have developed have been described in outline in the boxed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010322420
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In vino pecunia? The association between beverage-specific drinking behavior and wages
Ziebarth, Nicolas R.; Grabka, Markus M. - 2008
The positive association between moderate alcohol consumption and wages is well documented in the economic literature … behavior and wages. In our analysis, we disentangle the general wage effect of drinking into diverse effects for different … types of drinkers. Mincerian estimates reveal significant and positive relationships between wine drinkers and wages as well …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010324259
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Low-wage employment
Schnabel, Claus - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)
Low-wage employment has become an important feature of the labor market and a controversial topic for debate in many countries. How to interpret the prominence of low-paid jobs and whether they are beneficial to workers or society is currently an open question. The answer depends on whether...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011573666
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In Vino Pecunia? The Association between Beverage-Specific Drinking Behavior and Wages
Ziebarth, Nicolas R.; Grabka, Markus M. - 2008
The positive association between moderate alcohol consumption and wages is well documented in the economic literature …-specific drinking behavior and wages. In our analysis, we disentangle the general wage effect of drinking into diverse effects for … different types of drinkers. Mincerian estimates reveal significant and positive relationships between wine drinkers and wages …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600739
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Globalisation and the Gender Earnings Gap: Evidence from Sri Lanka and Cambodia 1992-2015
Robertson, Raymond; Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys; Savchenko, … - 2018
women's wages in the apparel sector in developing countries. Using household and labour force surveys from Cambodia and Sri …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011931786
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Market power, dismissal threat and rent sharing: the role of insider and outsider forces in wage bargaining
Carneiro, Anabela; Portugal, Pedro - 2006
One of the predictions of the insider-outsider theory is that wages will be higher in sectors (firms) with high labor … power tend to pay higher wages. In particular, we found that the threat of dismissal acts to weaken insiders' bargaining … power and, consequently, to restrain their wage claims. Moreover, the results also showed that real wages in Portugal are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267516