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Overeducation among graduates: An overlooked facet of the gender pay gap? Evidence from East and West Germany

Boll, Christina; Leppin, Julian Sebastian - Hamburgisches WeltWirtschaftsInstitut (HWWI) - 2014

Germany's occupational and sectoral change towards a knowledge-based economy calls for high returns to education. Nevertheless, female graduates are paid much less than their male counterparts. We wonder whether overeducation affects sexes differently and whether this might answer for part of...

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A Comparison of the Wage Structure between the Public and Private Sectors in Japan

Morikawa, Masayuki - Australia-Japan Research Centre, Crawford School of … - 2014

wages by gender, age, education, and region. According to the estimation of wage functions, wage gaps by gender and … than that of the private sector. Public sector wages are more compressed; the wages are relatively higher at the lower end … average wages. We should carefully observe the differences in wage structure by individual characteristics and by region. …

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"On the Determinants of Changes in Wage Inequality in Bolivia"

Canavire-Bacarreza, Gustavo; Rios-Avila, Fernando - Levy Economics Institute - 2015

the labor markets, particularly the salaried urban sector. Real wages have shown strong increases across the distribution …

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Scars of Recessions in a Rigid Labor Market

Cockx, Bart; Ghirelli, Corinna - CESifo - 2015

We study the impact of graduating in a recession in Flanders (Belgium), i.e. in a rigid labor market. In the presence of a high minimum wage, a typical recession hardly influences the hourly wage of low educated men, but reduces working time and earnings by about 4.5% up to twelve years after...

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Beauty Premium and Marriage Premium in Search Equilibrium: Theory and Empirical Test

Bonilla, Roberto; Kiraly, Francis; Wildman, John - CESifo - 2015

We propose a theoretical explanation for the so-called “beauty premium”. Our explanation is based entirely on search frictions and the fact that physical appearance plays an important role in attracting a marriage partner. We analyse the interaction between frictional labour and marriage...

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Training access, reciprocity, and expected retirement age

Montizaan R.M.; de, Grip A.; Fouarge D. - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2015

therefore complement existing pension reforms in many industrialized countries that aim to increase labor-force participation of …

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Training access, reciprocity, and expected retirement age

Montizaan R.M.; de, Grip A.; Fouarge D. - Graduate School of Business and Economics (GSBE), … - 2015

therefore complement existing pension reforms in many industrialized countries that aim to increase labor-force participation of …

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The Minimum Wage and Its Impact on Unemployment in the Czech Republic

Pícl, Michal; Richter, Petr - In: Acta Oeconomica Pragensia 2014 (2014) 6

Minimum wage remained unchanged for many years. Politicians and even a large part of the business sector could not agree with previously spoken rule that raising the minimum wage has a negative impact on the overall unemployment rate of the country. The article therefore initially concentrated...

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Gender and Dynamic Agency: Theory and Evidence on the Compensation of Top Executives

Albanesi, Stefania; Olivetti, Claudia; Prados, Maria José - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

We document three new facts about gender differences in executive compensation. First, female executives receive lower share of incentive pay in total compensation relative to males. This difference accounts for 93% of the gender gap in total pay. Second, the compensation of female executives...

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Estimating the Income Loss of Disabled Individuals: The Case of Spain

Cervini-Plá, María; Silva, José I.; Vall-Castello, Judit - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

wages. In the theoretical model we assume that the wage gap of a disabled worker depends on a permanent and a transitory …) but this reduction is more than offset when we take into account both the disability benefits and the wage. As predicted …

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