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This paper presents a model where wage differences between men and women arise from taste-based discrimination and … imperfect labour market, deriving a test for the presence of taste-based discrimination and of other firm-level mechanisms … significant determinant of the gender wage gap. Taste-based discrimination mechanisms appear to be significant as well, but small …
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This paper presents a model where wage differences between men and women arise from taste-based discrimination and … imperfect labour market, deriving a test for the presence of taste-based discrimination and of other firm-level mechanisms … significant determinant of the gender wage gap. Taste-based discrimination mechanisms appear to be significant as well, but small …
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This paper presents a model where wage differences between men and women arise from taste-based discrimination and … imperfect labour market, deriving a test for the presence of taste-based discrimination and of other firm-level mechanisms … significant determinant of the gender wage gap. Taste-based discrimination mechanisms appear to be significant as well, but small …
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Using the longitudinal Workplace and Employee Survey of Canada, we examine the association between the provision of work-life benefits and various employment outcomes in the Canadian labour market. Whilst the theory of compensating wage differentials hypothesizes an inevitable trade-off between...
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Using the longitudinal Workplace and Employee Survey of Canada, we examine the association between the provision of work-life benefits and various employment outcomes in the Canadian labour market. Whilst the theory of compensating wage differentials hypothesizes an inevitable trade-off between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012006022
Adam Smith's idea that the wage structure reflects differences in work conditions is a central pillar of the competitive theory of the labor market. However, the empirical relevance of this theory of equalizing differences remains unclear. This paper suggests a novel test for compensating wage...
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This study investigates the role of adverse working conditions in the determination of individual wages and overall job satisfaction in the Finnish labour market. The potential influence of adverse working conditions on self-reported fairness of pay at the workplace is considered as an...
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According to Becker's (1957) famous theory on discrimination, entrepreneurs with a strong prejudice against female … discrimination, i.e. a low share of female employees relatively to the industry average, have significantly shorter survival rates …
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