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The wage effects of schooling under socialism and in transition: Evidence from Romania, 1950 - 2000
Andren, Daniela; Earle, John S.; Sapatoru, Dana - 2004
We estimate the impact of schooling on monthly earnings from 1950 to 2000 in Romania. Nearly constant at about 3 … in the West (labor supply movements, product demand shifts, technical change) or the transition-specific accounts … sometimes offered (wage liberalization, border opening, increased quality of education). But we find some support for …
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The wage effects of schooling under socialism and in transition : evidence from Romania, 1950 - 2000
Andren, Daniela (contributor); Earle, John S. (contributor);  … - 2004
activities in a disequilibrium environment. -- returns to schooling ; human capital ; education ; wage differentials ; transition …We estimate the impact of schooling on monthly earnings from 1950 to 2000 in Romania. Nearly constant at about 3 … in the West (labor supply movements, product demand shifts, technical change) or the transition-specific accounts …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002836376
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The Wage Effects of Schooling Under Socialism and in Transition : Evidence from Romania, 1950-2000
Earle, John S.; Andren, Daniela; Sapatoru, Dana - 2008
We estimate the impact of schooling on monthly earnings from 1950 to 2000 in Romania. Nearly constant at about 3 … an increase in the West (labor supply movements, product demand shifts, technical change) or the transition …-specific accounts sometimes offered (wage liberalization, border opening, increased quality of education). But we find some support for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014067987
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The Role of Education in Determining Labor Market Outcomes in Urban China's Transitional Labor Markets
Maurer-Fazio, Margaret - 2002
enterprises shed redundant workers. This paper focuses on the role of education in determining labor market outcomes in China … of 1999 and spring of 2000, demonstrates that education is a key determinant of labor market outcomes. Educational … attainment is an important and significant factor in the lay-off decision - the more education a worker has the better his …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014115789
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The Role of Education in Determining Labor Market Outcomes in Urban China's Transitional Labor Markets.
Maurer-Fazio, Margaret - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2002
enterprises shed redundant workers. This paper focuses on the role of education in determining labor market outcomes in China … of 1999 and spring of 2000, demonstrates that education is a key determinant of labor market outcomes. Educational … attainment is an important and significant factor in the lay-off decision-the more education a worker has the better his/ her …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005677585
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Complementarity and Custom in Contract Violation
Earle, John S.; Peter, Klara Sabirianova - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2006
We analyze a model of wage delay in which strategic complementarity arises because each employer's costs of violating its contracts decrease with the arrears in its labor market. The model is estimated on panel data for workers and firms in Russia, facilitating identification through fixed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005141942
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Human capital quality and the immigrant wage gap
Coulombe, Serge; Grenier, Gilles; Nadeau, Serge J. - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 3 (2014), pp. 1-22
We propose a new methodology for analyzing determinants of the wage gap between immigrants and natives. A Mincerian regression framework is extended to include GDP per capita in an immigrant's country of birth as a proxy for the quality of schooling and work experience acquired in that country....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010472898
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The returns to education for opportunity entrepreneurs, necessity entrepreneurs, and paid employees : conference paper
Fossen, Frank M.; Büttner, Tobias - 2013
We assess the relevance of formal education on the productivity of the self-employed and distinguish between … employment options. We expect differences in the returns to education between these groups due to different levels of control … of education and non-random selection. The results indicate that the returns to a year of education for opportunity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010344606
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Patterns of Human Capital Development in Russia: Meeting the Challenge of Market Reforms and Globalization
Soboleva, Irina - In: Institutions and Economies (formerly known as … 3 (2011) 2, pp. 235-257
This paper examines post-Soviet reforms on human capital development in Russia. The primitivization of economy in the first decade of reforms resulted in growing underemployment of skilled labour that drove out two streams of brain drain, viz. one, through classical emigration, and two, through...
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Markets for Communist Human Capital : Returns to Education and Experience In the Czech Republic and Slovakia
Chase, Robert S. - 1998
significantly with the transition to non-Communist governments. For example, returns to education rose from 2.4% to 5.2% for Czech … those countries' Communist governments. Tests of four similar micro-data sets show that returns to education rose … men between 1984 and 1993. Though women had, in general, higher returns to education than men did, returns for men …
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