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Eckstein, Zvi; den Berg, Gerard J. van - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

questions in a structural framework, using data on individual labor market transitions and durations, wages, and individual …

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Agent Heterogeneity and Learning: An Application to Labor Markets

Woodcock, Simon D. - Econometric Society - 2004

I develop a matching model with heterogeneous workers, firms, and worker-firm matches, and apply it to longitudinal linked data on employers and employees. Workers vary in their marginal product when employed and their value of leisure when unemployed. Firms vary in their marginal product and...

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Wages, Training, and Job Turnover in a Search-Matching Model.

Nielsen, M.S.; Rosholm, M. - School of Economics and Management, Institut for Økonomi - 1999

In this paper we extend a job search-matching model with firm-specific investments in training developed by Mortensen (1998) to allow for different offer arrival rates in employment and unemployment. The model by Mortensen changes the original wage posting model (Burdett and Mortensen, 1998) in...

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Wages, Training, and Job Turnover in a Search-Matching Model

Rosholm, Michael; Svarer, Michael - 2021

In this paper we extend a job search-matching model with firm-specific investments in training developed by Mortensen (2000) to allow for different offer arrival rates in employment and unemployment. The model by Mortensen changes the original wage posting model (Burdett and Mortensen, 1998) in...

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"The Impact of Working while Enrolled in College on Wages"

Nelson, Wade; Jr, Owen Wade Nelson - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

-working students to seek employment. Using NLSY97 data, this paper finds that working while enrolled in college decreases the wages one …

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Worker Beliefs about Outside Options

Jäger, Simon; Roth, Christopher; Roussille, Nina; … - 2021

underestimate wages elsewhere. We document this anchoring bias by eliciting workers' beliefs in a representative survey in Germany …-wage firms, would not be viable at current wages. …

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Worker beliefs about outside options

Jäger, Simon; Roth, Christopher; Roussille, Nina; … - 2021

underestimate wages elsewhere. We document this anchoring bias by eliciting workers' beliefs in a representative survey in Germany …-wage firms, would not be viable at current wages. …

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Trade Liberalisation and Wages in Developing Countries

Arbache, Jorge; Dickerson, Andrew P.; Green, Francis - 2004

This paper reviews the effects of trade liberalisation on wages in developing countries, and presents new evidence for … Brazil. Wages fell substantially in the traded sector after trade liberalisation, consistent with there being reduced rents … college education. Within the traded sector, the impact of increasing openness on wages was insignificant for those in the top …

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Trade Liberalisation and Wages in Developing Countries

Arbache, Jorge; Dickerson, Andrew P.; Green, Francis - 2003

This paper first reviews theoretical and empirical studies of the effects of trade liberalisation on wages in … liberalisation at the beginning of the 1990s. Conditional on education and work experience, we find that wages fell substantially in … greater competition. Conditional wages also fell, though by a smaller amount, in the non-traded sector, possibly reflecting …

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Parental Leave Policies in 21 Countries: Assessing Generosity and Gender Equality

Ray, Rebecca; Schmitt, John; Gornick, Janet C. - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2008

This report examines the parental leave policies in 21 high-income nations and identifies five "best practices" for parental leave policies. The study shows that the U.S. has the least generous leave policies of the 21 countries examined in the report. The states exhibiting the five best...

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