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Structural Modelling of Female Labour Participation and Occupation Decisions

De Hoyos, R. E. - 2006

The objective of this paper is to estimate the parameters defining female labour participation and occupation decisions. Departing from a theoretical framework, we use micro data to estimate the wage-participation elasticity in Mexico. Consistency between the selectivity-adjusted wages and the...

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The Gender Wage Gap in Bulgaria: A Semiparametric Estimation of Discrimination

Jolliffe, Dean - 2001

Bulgaria's transition to a market economy has coincided with a large increase in wage inequality. Given the emphasis on wage leveling in pre-transition Bulgaria, the rise in wage inequality may be due to managers rewarding more productive workers; or it may be the result of rewarding...

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Getting Behind the East-West [German] Wage Differential: Theory and Evidence

Burda, Michael C.; Schmitd, Christoph M. - 1997

Labor markets are the most important mediator of German unification and wages are a central indicator of its progress. Starting from the observation that a wage differential between two workers can arise either because workers have different endowments of human capital characteristics or...

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Public Sector Pay and Corruption: Measuring Bribery from Micro-Data

Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Sabrianova, Klara - 2007

This study provides the first systematic measure of bribery using micro-level data on reported earnings, household spending and asset holdings. We use the compensating differential framework and the estimated sectoral gap in reported earnings and expenditures to identify the size of unobserved...

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Unobserved Ability, Efficiency Wages, and Interindustry Wage Differentials

Blackburn, McKinley L.; Neumark, David - 1992

One competitive-market explanation of interindustry wage differentials that is not challenged by the persistence of these differentials is that they are due to differences across workers in unobserved ability or quality. In contrast, this paper explores the unobserved ability hypothesis by using...

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The child penalty in Spain

Quinto, Alicia de; Hospido, Laura; Sanz, Carlos

La literatura ha documentado extensamente el papel de la maternidad en la brecha salarial de género. Utilizando datos de la Muestra Continua de Vidas Laborales de la Seguridad Social, adoptamos la metodología utilizada en trabajos previos realizados en otros países para evaluar la existencia...

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MANAGING CATASTROPHIC RISK BY ALTERNATIVE RISK TRANSFER INSTRUMENTS

Ou Yang, Chieh - 2010

that parimutuel insurance intrinsically leads to participants being underinsured due to basis risk. Although participants … will be underinsured, parimutuel insurance guarantees no underlying risk borne by the issuer. We also derive the equivalent … transaction costs of traditional insurance relative to HuRLOs. The actual transaction cost for traditional insurance is found to …

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14.123 Microeconomic Theory III, Spring 2009

Eso, Peter - 2009

This half-semester course discusses decision theory and topics in game theory. We present models of individual decision-making under certainty and uncertainty. Topics include preference orderings, expected utility, risk, stochastic dominance, supermodularity, monotone comparative statics,...

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Geothermal Electric Projects from a User's Viewpoint

Nugent, James M. - 2006

increased risk as perceived by utilities, banks and lessors and the unpredictability of those risks as perceived by insurance … higher rate of return obtaining insurance; or some combination of DOE loan guarantee, lease and insurance. No attempt has …

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Applications of Solar Technology for Catastrophe Response, Claims Management, and Loss Prevention

Deering, A.; Thornton, J.P. - 2008

Today's insurance industry strongly emphasizes developing cost-effective hazard mitigation programs, increasing and … the Insurance Industry.'' Presentations were made by insurance company representatives, insurance trade groups, government … discuss how energy efficiency and renewable technologies can contribute to reducing insurance losses. …

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