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Exports, agglomeration and workforce diversity : an empirical assessment for German establishments

Brunow, Stephan; Grünwald, Luise - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2015

"Theoretical and empirical contributions on export behavior highlight the importance of firms' productivity and their … levels of economies of scale on firms' export success in 'foreign' markets. In the context of agglomeration economies, firms … interaction of distinct knowledge and related problem-solving abilities increases productivity and secures export success. In this …

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Item non-response and imputation of annual labor income in panel surveys from a cross-national Perspective

Frick, Joachim R.; Grabka, Markus M. - 2007

Using data on annual individual labor income from three representative panel datasets (German SOEP, British BHPS, Australian HILDA) we investigate a) the selectivity of item non-response (INR) and b) the impact of imputation as a prominent post-survey means to cope with this type of measurement...

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Are Refugees Different from Economic Immigrants? : Some Empirical Evidence on the Heterogeneity of Immigrant Groups in the United States

Cortes, Kalena E. - 2004

This paper analyzes how the implicit difference in time horizons between refugees and economic immigrants affects subsequent human capital investments and wage assimilation. The analysis uses the 1980/1990 Integrated Public Use Samples of the Census to study labor market outcomes of immigrants...

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Rates of Return to Education: The View of Students in Switzerland

Wolter, Stefan C.; Zbinden, André - 2001

Wage expectations are important determinants for individual schooling decisions. However, research on individual expectations of students is scarce. The paper presents the Swiss results of a survey that was conducted in 10 European countries. Its main findings are that point estimates of wages...

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Rates of return to education : the view of students in Switzerland

Wolter, Stefan C.; Zbinden, André - 2001

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Using the Helmert-Transformation to Reduce Dimensionality in a Mixed Model : Application to a Wage Equation with Worker and Firm Heterogeneity

Nilsen, Øivind Anti - 2011

A model for matched data with two types of unobserved heterogeneity is considered – one related to the observation unit, the other to units to which the observation units are matched. One or both of the unobserved components are assumed to be random. This mixed model allows identification of...

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Assessing the Effects of Ownership Change on Women and Minority Employees : Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Data

Marsh, John - 2007

While there have been numerous papers on the employment and wage effects of mergers and acquisitions, there has been no direct analysis of the impact of such ownership changes on minority and female workers. This is an unexplored quot;equityquot; dimension of these transactions. We fill this gap...

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The Earnings of American Jewish Men : Human Capital, Denomination and Religiosity

Chiswick, Barry R. - 2006

This paper analyzes the determinants of the earnings of American Jewish men using the 2000/01 National Jewish Population Survey. Non-response to the question on earnings is analyzed. Earnings are related to conventional human capital variables, as well as Jewish-specific variables. Except for...

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Jobs, Wages and Housing : Affordable Housing Benefit Fee Study

Flaming, Daniel - 2016

New development solves housing problems for some workers by creating new jobs that pay sustaining wages. At the same time, it creates additional demand for affordable housing because some of the workers who will be employed will not earn enough money to afford market-rate rental housing. In...

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Five decades of union wages, nonunion wages, and union wage gaps at Unionstats.com

Macpherson, David A.; Hirsch, Barry T. - 2021

Union, nonunion, and overall wages, plus regression-based union wage gap estimates, are provided annually, beginning in 1973 using the Current Population Surveys (CPS). The estimates are presented economy-wide by demographics and sectors (private/public, industries). Union wage gaps are higher...

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