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Religion and earnings: evidence from Germany

Sinnewe, Elisabeth; Kortt, Michael; Steen, Todd - In: International Journal of Social Economics 43 (2016) 8, pp. 841-855

25 and 54. The association between religious affiliation and wages was estimated using a conventional human capital model …

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Ethical foundations of the contemporary living wage movement

Figart, Deborah M. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 28 (2001) 10/11/12, pp. 800-814

Faith‐based activism in living wage campaigns is on the rise. Summarizes recent campaigns to enact living wage ordinances in US municipalities, underscoring the role of community‐church partnerships such as Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice, National Interfaith Committee for...

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Does minimum wage affect hours worked of paid employment in Indonesia?

Shasta Pratomo, Devanto - In: International Journal of Social Economics 41 (2014) 5, pp. 362-379

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of a change in minimum wage on hours worked of paid employment in Indonesia. This study used the Indonesian Labor Force Survey (Sakernas) data from 1996 to 2003. Design/methodology/approach – This study employs...

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Wage growth and occupational mobility in Spain: movers vs stayers

Ruiz, Antonio Caparrós - In: International Journal of Social Economics 43 (2016) 12, pp. 1481-1506

education. Moreover, promotion is a suitable mechanism for improving worker’s wages. In particular, the wage gain is between 5 …

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Starting Wages Respond To Employer's Risk

Berkhout, Peter; Hartog, Joop; Ophem, Hans van - Tinbergen Instituut - 2009

wages reflect this, with lower pay for greater uncertainty. We use the dispersion of exam grades within a field of education … as an indicator of the unobserved heterogeneity that employers face. We find solid evidence that starting wages are lower …

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Returns for Entrepreneurs versus Employees: The Effect of Education and Personal Control on the Relative Performance of Entrepreneurs vis-a-vis Wage Employees

Praag, Mirjam van; Witteloostuijn, Arjen van; Sluis, … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2009

How valuable is education for entrepreneurs’ performance as compared to employees’? What might explain any differences? And does education affect peoples’ occupational choices accordingly? We answer these questions based on a large panel of US labor force participants. We show that...

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Wages and the Bargaining Regime in a Corporist Setting: The Netherlands

Hartog, Joop; Leuven, Edwin; Teulings, Coen N. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2000

In a corporatist country, of which the Netherlands is an example, wages should not be distinguished by union membership …

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Multiple Equilibria and Minimum Wages in Labor Markets with Informational Frictions and Heterogeneous Production Technologies

Berg, Gerard J. van den - Tinbergen Instituut - 1999

of a minimum wage affects wages even though, after imposition, the lowest wage in the market exceeds the minimum wage …, and subsequent abolition of the minimum wage does not affect wages. The model has multiple equilibria as a result of the …

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How Large are Search Frictions?

Gautier, Pieter A.; Teulings, Coen N. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2003

relationship between wages on the one hand and worker and job type indiceson the other. However, for five European countries and … well. Allowing for unobserved heterogeneity and measurement error, we findthat reservation wages are 25% lower than they …

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Start Time and Worker Compensation: Implications for Staggered-Hours Programs

Gutierrez-i-Puigarnau, Eva; Ommeren, Jos N. van - Tinbergen Instituut - 2010

mitigate peak congestion. We examine the effect of workers' morning start times on their wages for Germany. In contrast to … previous work based on cross-section data, we demonstrate that wages are not, or maybe, a slight inverse U-shaped function of …

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