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Returns to Human Capital under the Communist Wage Grid and During the Transition to a Market Economy
Terrell, Katherine; Svejnar, Jan; Münich, Daniel - 2000
Under communism, workers had their wages set according to a centrally-determined wage grid. In this paper we use new …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275906
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Returns to human capital under the communist wage grid and during the transition to a market economy
Terrell, Katherine D.; Švejnar, Jan; Münich, Daniel - 2000
Under communism, workers had their wages set according to a centrally-determined wage grid. In this paper we use new …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011325997
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Returns to Human Capital under the Communist Wage Grid and During the Transition to a Market Economy
Munich, Daniel; Svejnar, Jan; Terrell, Katherine - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000
Under communism, workers had their wages set according to a centrally-determined wage grid. In this paper we use new …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763493
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Differences in positions along a hierarchy : counterfactuals based on an assignment model
Gobillon, Laurent; Meurs, Dominique; Roux, Sébastien - 2017
We propose an assignment model in which positions along a hierarchy are attributed to individuals depending on their characteristics. Our theoretical framework can be used to study differences in assignment and outcomes across groups and we show how it can motivate decomposition and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011641785
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The evolution of wages in early modern Normandy (1600-1850)
Chambru, Cédric; Maneuvrier-Hervieu, Paul - 2021
This paper presents new estimations of wages for Normandy between 1600 and 1850. We used a vast array of primary and … secondary sources to assemble two new databases on wages and commodity prices to establish a new regional consumer price index … resulting labour shortage, led to a convergence of wages across unskilled occupations and a relative catch-up with urban skilled …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012656060
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Wages, Layoffs, and privatization: Evidence from Ukraine
Brown, J. David; Earle, John S.; Vakhitov, Volodymyr - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010593467
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The evolution of wages in early modern Normandy (1600-1850)
Chambru, Cédric; Maneuvrier-Hervieu, Paul - 2021
This paper presents new estimations of wages for Normandy between 1600 and 1850. We used a vast array of primary and … secondary sources to assemble two new databases on wages and commodity prices to establish a new regional consumer price index … resulting labour shortage, led to a convergence of wages across unskilled occupations and a relative catch-up with urban skilled …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012662676
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Temporary help work: Compensating differentials and multiple job-holding
Hamersma, Sarah; Heinrich, Carolyn J.; Mueser, Peter R. - 2012
Temporary Help Services (THS) employment has been growing in size, particularly among disadvantaged workers, and in importance in balancing cyclical fluctuations in labor demand. Does THS employment provide some benefits to disadvantaged workers, or divert them from better jobs? We investigate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287670
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Temporary Help Work: Earnings, Wages and Multiple Job Holding
Mueser, Peter R.; Hamersma, Sarah; Heinrich, Carolyn - Economics Department, University of Missouri - 2012
Temporary Help Services (THS) employment has been growing in size, particularly among disadvantaged workers. An extended policy debate focuses on the low earnings, limited benefits, and insecurity that such jobs appear to provide. We investigate the earnings and wage differentials observed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010933601
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The Wages of Women in England, 1260-1850
Humphries, Jane; Weisdorf, Jacob - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2014
trends in wellbeing.  If the rise in wages that followed the Black Death enticed female servants to delay marriage, it …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011004171