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Count your hours: returns to education in Poland

Myck, Michał; Nicinska, Anna; Morawski, Leszek - 2009

measure of wages used and the estimation approach applied. Combining information from two different Polish surveys from 2005 … comprehensive analysis of the effects of using different methods and the issue of selection-correction in the estimation of the wage … estimation performs relatively well for men in comparison to our preferred selection corrected estimation, while using family …

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The importance of skill measurement for growth accounting

Nilsen, Øivind Anti; Raknerud, Arvid; Rybalka, Marina; … - 2010

In a growth accounting context one usually constructs a quality adjusted index of labor services by aggregating over predefined groups of workers, using the groups' relative wage bills as weights. In this article we suggest a method based on decomposing individual predicted wages into a...

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The persistent gender earnings gap in Colombia, 1994-2006

Hoyos, Alejandro; Ñopo, Hugo; Peña, Ximena - 2010

This paper surveys gender earnings gaps in Colombia from 1994 to 2006, using matching comparisons to examine the extent to which individuals with similar human capital characteristics earn different wages. Three sub-periods are considered: 1994-1998; 2000-2001; and 2002- 2006, corresponding to the...

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Poorer health - shorter hours? Health and flexibility of hours of work

Geyer, Johannes; Myck, Michał - 2010

We analyse the role of health in determining the difference between desired and actual hours of work in a sample of German men using the Socio-Economic Panel Data for years 1996-2007. The effects of both self-assessed health and legal disability status are examined. About 60% of employees report...

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The wage elasticity of informal care supply: Evidence from the health and retirement study

Nizalova, Olena Y. - 2010

This paper focuses on the relationship between wages and supply of informal care to elderly parents. Unlike most of the previous research estimating wage elasticities of informal care supply, this study employs instrumental variable technique to account for the fact that the wage rate is likely...

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Gravity estimation of the intensive and extensive margins of trade: An alternative procedure with alternative data

Flam, Harry; Nordström, Håkan - 2011

. By using data on the number of bilaterally traded products we improve on identification and allow estimation of the …

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What does it take to be a star? The role of performance and the media for German soccer players

Lehmann, Erik E.; Schulze, Günther G. - 2007

We test existing superstar theories for the German soccer league. We use various measures for individual players' performance and media presence to analyze whether performance and popularity can explain salaries and superstars in soccer. Moreover, we argue that quantile regression technique...

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The Relationship between Unemployment and Risk-Aversion

Diaz-Serrano, Luis; O'Neill, Donal - 2004

In this paper we use a direct measure of individual risk-aversion to examine the relationship between risk-aversion and unemployment. The traditional search model predicts that more risk-averse individuals have lower reservation wages and thus are less likely to be observed in unemployment. Our...

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Accounting for Differences in Labour Market Outcomes in Great Britain : A Regional Analysis Using the Labour Force Survey

O'Leary, Nigel C.; Murphy, Philip D.; Latreille, Paul L.; … - 2005

Regional unemployment rates in Great Britain have narrowed dramatically in recent years. However, significant differences still remain in terms of both employment and economic inactivity rates, which may now better reflect relative labour market performance. This paper examines these differences...

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The Macroeconomic Consequences of Terrorism

Blomberg, S. Brock; Hess, Gregory D.; Orphanides, Athanasios - 2004

We perform an empirical investigation of the macroeconomic consequences of international terrorism and interactions with alternative forms of collective violence. Our analysis is based on a rich unbalanced panel data set with annual observations on 177 countries from 1968 to 2000, which brings...

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