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Differential Rewards to, and Contributions of, Education in Urban China’s Segmented Labor Markets

Maurer-Fazio, Margaret; Dinh, Ngan - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2002

Education’s role in determining worker incomes in China’s rapidly changing urban labor markets is investigated in this paper. Using worker data from a 1999-2000 urban enterprise survey, we examine the effects of education on the current earnings of continuously-employed urban workers,...

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The timing of preference and prejudice in sequential hiring games

Waddell, Glen R.; Lee, Logan M. - 2014

an independent signal of the candidate's productivity. We introduce the potential for taste-based discrimination and …

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50 years of breakthroughs and barriers : women in economics, policy, and leadership

Blau, Francine D.; Lynch, Lisa M. - 2024

-based discrimination in federally funded educational programs. The data paint a picture of considerable progress but also persistent …

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Informal search, bad search? : the effects of job search method on wages among rural migrants in urban China

Chen, Yuanyuan; Wang, Le; Zhang, Min - 2017

The use of informal job search method is prevalent in many countries. There is, however, no consensus in the literature on whether it actually matters for wages, and if it does, what are the underlying mechanisms. We empirically examine these issues specifically for rural migrants in urban...

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Unequal Pay or Unequal Employment? A Cross-Country Analysis of Gender Gaps

Olivetti, Claudia; Petrongolo, Barbara - 2021

Gender wage and employment gaps are negatively correlated across countries. We argue that non-random selection of women into work explains an important part of such correlation and thus of the observed variation in wage gaps. The idea is that, if women who are employed tend to have relatively...

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Reflections on wage-setting

Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2018

Central banks need to be concerned about wages since they are a major driver of inflation. Rising wages are needed to signal directions for market adjustments to ensure growth. Wage growth is driven by relative scarcity, labor productivity and expectations about inflation and future growth....

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Labor market entry conditions, wages and job mobility

Bachmann, Ronald; Bauer, Thomas K.; David, Peggy - 2010

documented, little is known about their interaction with employees' mobility behaviour. This paper contributes to this research … area by analyzing the interaction between job mobility and entry wage differentials using German administrative data. The …, directly from employer to employer as well as indirectly via an unemployment spell. In addition they are more likely to change …

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Labour Market Entry Conditions, Wages and Job Mobility

Bachmann, Ronald; Bauer, Thomas K.; David, Peggy - 2010

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Unemployment and underemployment : a microeconometric analysis for Switzerland

Djurdjevic, Dragana - 2006

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The Immigrant Wage Gap in Germany

Thomsen, Stephan L.; Gernandt, Johannes; Aldashev, Alisher - 2008

Immigrants consist of foreigners and citizens with migration background. We analyze the wage gap between natives and … immigrants who completed education abroad reduces much of the immigrants' wage gap. This implies educational attainment in …

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