/methodology/approach – This article aims to estimate the effect that using an additional language at work has on earnings for a sample of workers … in the European Community Household Panel survey. OLS and fixed‐effects specifications of log‐earnings regressions are … indicate that the use of a second language in the workplace raises earnings by 3 to 5 percent in several Western European …

Does religious and denominational background affect earnings and human capital investment? This paper examines … different racial and ethnic groups. The method used for the analysis is the estimation of human capital earnings functions. The … paper finds evidence that both men raised as Catholics and men raised as Jews have higher earnings, holding other …

of temporary agency workers has intensified recently. The study finds that the earnings gap of temporary help workers in … earnings decline before entering the temporary help sector. Nevertheless, after leaving the sector temporary help workers no … according to a collective agreement. Surprisingly, the unionization of the sector could not bring the widening earnings gap to a …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to focus on earnings inequality within dual-earner couples in four Central … earnings distribution within couples. Design/methodology/approach – The analysis uses OLS regression applied on the Statistics … education and the presence of children, on relative earnings. Findings – Women, on average, contribute less to a couple’s income …

Purpose – The aim of this paper is twofold: first, it aims to examine the relevance of earnings and book values on … that book values are not relevant when they are considered solely, but both earnings and book values are more relevant when … observed that it has a positive and significant effect on stock prices yet the value relevance of earnings and book values has …