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Health and Wages: Evidence on Men and Women in Urban Brazil

Thomas, D.; Strauss, J. - RAND - 1997

Survey data indicate that different dimensions of health affect the wages of men and women in urban Brazil. Height has … a large and significant effect on wages: taller men and women earn more. Body mass index (BMI) is associated with higher … wages of males, especially among the less-educated, suggesting that strenght may be rewarded with higher wages. Low levels …

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Intertemporal Substitution of Annual Hours in Canada.

Lin, Z.; Osberg, L. - 1992

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A TARGET-WAGE DILEMMA: SOME CONSEQUENCES OF INCOMPLETE INFORMATION.

GILL, F. - School of Economics, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences - 1989

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Impact of Academic Competencies on Wages, Unemployment & Job Performance.

Bishop, J. - Cornell - Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies - 1991

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"Wages and the Intensity of Labor Effort: Efficiency Wages Versus Compensating Payments".

Fairris, D.; Alston, L.J. - A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management, … - 1992

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Enterprise Formation and Labor Market Institutions.

Kanniainen, V.; Vesala, T. - Politiikan ja Talouden Tutkimuksen Laitos, … - 2000

The paper introduces a model of enterprise formationin a unionized economy with labor protection and wage bargaining. Enterprise formation is subject to future market risk and is shaped by labor market institutions in the post-entry stage. The predictions of the model are tested in cross-section...

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Casting a Little More Light ... Do We Really Know What Entreprise Bargaining Has Meant for Women's Wages in Australia.

Heiler, K.; Arsovska, B.; Hall, R. - Australian Centre for Industrial Relations Research and … - 1999

This paper uses comprehensive data on enterprise agreements collected and maintained by ACIRRT. We examine trends in agreement making with particular reference to the relations that exist between: industry feminisation, union invelvement in agreement making, they outcomes including both average...

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Measuring Wage Growth Among Former Welfare Recipients.

Card, D.; Michalopoulos, C.; Robins, P.K. - Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, … - 2001

We study the rate of wage growth among long-term welfare recipients in the self-sufficiency Project (SSP) who were induced by the financial incentives of the program to enter the work force. We find that single parents who began working in response to the SSP incentive are younger, less...

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Occupational Segregation and the Gender Earnings Gap.

Zveglich Jr., J.E.; van der Meulen Rodgers, Y. - Asian Development Bank - 1999

This study develops a framework for decomposing the gender earnings gap into across-occupation factors. The framework provides more comprehensive information on occupational segregation and the earnings gap than previous studies. The across-occupation effect encompasses differences between male...

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DISEQUILIBRIUM GROWTH IN AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE.

MARREWIJK, C.V.; VERBEEK, J. - Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus … - 1991

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