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This paper analyzes the wage returns from internal migration for recent graduates in Italy. We employ a switching … regression model that accounts for the endogeneity of the individual’s choice to relocate to get a job after graduation: the … positively selected and the migration premium is downward biased through OLS estimates. The endogeneity of migration shows up …
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. -- sickness absence ; wage formation ; IV estimation ; wage regression …
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This paper demonstrates that locus of control, i.e. whether individuals believe that reinforcement in life comes from their own actions instead of being determined by luck or destiny, is an important predictor of the decision to obtain higher education. Furthermore, the authors find that...
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heterogeneity: Heckman and IV methods are employed to account for unobserved worker heterogeneity and endogeneity bias. Empirical … results show that, when the unobserved heterogeneity is taken into account, a wage premium of 2.7 percent emerges, quite small …
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This paper formulates a structural empirical model of heterogeneous firms whose workers exhibit fair-wage preferences … the model in a data-set of five European economies. The model predicts an exporter wage premium, which we find to be … find that openness to international trade has quantitatively important effects, leading to higher wage inequality and lower …
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This paper establishes that individuals with an internal locus of control, i.e., who believe that reinforcement in life comes from their own actions instead of being determined by luck or destiny, earn higher wages. However, this positive effect only translates into labor income via the channel...
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This paper demonstrates that locus of control, i.e. whether individuals believe that reinforcement in life comes from their own actions instead of being determined by luck or destiny, is an important predictor of the decision to obtain higher education. Furthermore, the authors find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013136485
This paper formulates a structural empirical model of heterogeneous firms whose workers exhibit fair-wage preferences … the model in a data-set of five European economies. The model predicts an exporter wage premium, which we find to be … find that openness to international trade has quantitatively important effects, leading to higher wage inequality and lower …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013101194
Various studies found wage gaps between formal and informal sector workers even after controlling for a number of …, the development of wage gap between formal and informal employment has not been examined. In our paper, we carry this … analysis for Turkey and estimate the wage gap between formal and informal sector workers by utilizing the Household Labor Force …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012548495
Various studies found wage gaps between formal and informal sector workers even after controlling for a number of …, the development of wage gap between formal and informal employment has not been examined. In our paper, we carry this … analysis for Turkey and estimate the wage gap between formal and informal sector workers by utilizing the Household Labor Force …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013223662