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Economists have long puzzled over the fact that large firms pay higher wages than small firms, even after controlling … matching process may explain differences in wages across farms. The study relies on four surveys of employees on hog farms … advanced hog farms, the positive relationships between wages and both farm size and technology adoption remain large and …
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the effects of trade unions on wages and employment, generating refreshing new insights in each case. Ultimately, however …
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A model is used to study the impact of ownership on productivity and wages. Data on private and public manufacturing in … between wages and productivity in the private sector; no such relationship exists in the public sector. …
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anecdotal evidence, we found little hard evidence that the inflow of accession migrants contributed to a fall in wages or a rise …
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In this paper I develop a theoretical model explaining optimal wage-tenure profiles for heterogeneous labor. My findings entail that high productive people have steeper profiles than low productive individuals. I find strong empirical evidence for these findings. At the end of my paper, I...
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with comparable attributes. In the conventional neoclassical point of view, wages are determined by the marginal product of … the workers. Accordingly, increases in union minimum wages result in a decline of residual wage dispersion and higher …
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Using data from the Finnish private sector, this paper shows that giving birth to a child has negative effects on the mothers wage. Analysis of the reasons for the wage penalty associated with motherhood suggests that the loss of human capital during the child-related career break is an...
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Industrial relations researchers have long recognized the importance of bargaining power in understanding wage settlements between labor and management. As an empirical matter it has been a challenge to develop measures of union bargaining power. Using a unique data set from Japan, this study...
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proportion of ethnic minorities at their workplace. Secondly, white employees’ wages should also increase with the concentration …
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In this paper, we estimate the rate of return to first degrees, masters degrees and PhDs in Britain using data from the Labour Force Survey. We estimate returns to broad subject groups and more narrowly defined disciplines, distinguishing returns by gender and attempting to control for...
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