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Union-nonunion wage gap : some unexpected findings in Brazilian labour market

Campos, André Gambier; Moura, Ana Carolina - 2017

This paper presents new empirical evidence about the wage gap between union and nonunion workers in Brazil. In principle, due to the rules governing union organization/mobilization, no one should rationally expect such gap. However, as this paper reveals, there is empirical evidence of its...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012060370

Diferenças de remuneração entre trabalhadores sndicalizados e não sindicalizados : evidências sobre o mercado de trabalho brasileiro

Campos, André Gambier; Moura, Ana Carolina - 2017

This paper presents new empirical evidence about the wage gap between union and nonunion workers in Brazil. In principle, due to the rules governing union organization/mobilization, no one should rationally expect such gap. But, as this paper reveals, there is empirical evidence of its existence...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011729335

The impact of childhood health on adult labor market outcomes

Smith, James P. - 2008

This paper examines impacts of childhood health on SES outcomes observed during adulthood- levels and trajectories of education, family income, household wealth, individual earnings and labor supply. The analysis is conducted using data that collects these SES measures in a panel who were...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003870275

The impact of childhood health on adult labor market outcomes

Smith, James P. - 2009

This paper examines impacts of childhood health on SES outcomes observed during adulthood-levels and trajectories of education, family income, household wealth, individual earnings and labor supply. The analysis is conducted using data that collects these SES measures in a panel who were...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003872705

Labor in the Boardroom

Jäger, Simon - 2019

We estimate the effects of a mandate allocating a third of corporate board seats to workers (shared governance). We study a reform in Germany that abruptly abolished this mandate for certain firms incorporated after August 1994 but locked it in for the older cohorts. In sharp contrast to the...

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Does Communist Party Membership Pay? Estimating the Economic Returns to Party Membership in the Labor Market in China

McLaughlin, Joanne Song - 2018

Many studies have found that Chinese Communist Party membership brings economic benefits to party members, but some studies also argue that the premium associated with party membership is merely due to members' higher levels of ability and advantageous family backgrounds. The lack of consensus...

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The 2006 Earnings Public-Use Microdata File : An Introduction

Compson, Michael - 2015

This article introduces the 2006 Earnings Public-Use File (EPUF) and provides important background information on the file's data fields. The EPUF contains selected demographic and earnings information for 4.3 million individuals drawn from a 1-percent sample of all Social Security numbers...

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The Impact of Childhood Health on Adult Labor Market Outcomes

Smith, James P. - 2010

This paper examines the impact of childhood health on a series of SES outcomes observed during adulthood. These outcomes include levels and trajectories of education, family income, household wealth, individual earnings and labor supply. The analysis is conducted using unique data that collects...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014059789

Do Supply-Side Education Programmes Work? The Impact of Increased School Supply on Schooling and Wages in Indonesia Revisited

Pettersson Gelander, Gunilla - 2012

differentially from these public investments. It is also desirable to comprehend whether schooling translates into increases in wages … schooling on wages and whether the additional schooling induced by the programme had differential impacts for men and women. To … is found to cause higher wages for men and women and there appears to be an additional positive effect on wages for women …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013096598

The Impact of Childhood Health on Adult Labor Market Outcomes

Smith, James P. - 2010

This paper examines impacts of childhood health on SES outcomes observed during adulthood-levels and trajectories of education, family income, household wealth, individual earnings and labor supply. The analysis is conducted using data that collects these SES measures in a panel who were...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013152233