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No education, no good jobs? : Evidence from the relationship between education and labor market segmentation
Pagés, Carmen (contributor); Stampini, Marco (contributor) - 2007
This paper assesses labor market segmentation across formal and informal salaried jobs and self-employment in three Latin American and three transition countries. It looks separately at the markets for skilled and unskilled labor, inquiring if segmentation is an exclusive feature of the latter....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003776387
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No Education, No Good Jobs? Evidence on the Relationship between Education and Labor Market Segmentation
Pages, Carmen; Stampini, Marco - 2021
This paper assesses labor market segmentation across formal and informal salaried jobs and self-employment in three Latin American and three transition countries. It looks separately at the markets for skilled and unskilled labor, inquiring if segmentation is an exclusive feature of the latter....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316679
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Quitting and Labor Turnover : Microeconomic Evidence and Macroeconomic Consequences
Krebs, Tom - 2016
economy where this is of central importance? Combining microeconomic evidence with macroeconomic theory, Krebs and Maloney …
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Entrepreneurship in India : the question of occupational transition
Monsen, Erik; Mahagaonkar, Prashanth; Dienes, Christian - 2010
Occupational transition from salaried to self-employment is an important issue in developed economies, but is even more critical in emerging economies, as individuals' occupational choices can drive economic development. Using data on 3637 individuals from India, we examine the effect of...
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IPOs, Human Capital, and Labor Reallocation
Babina, Tania - 2020
How does access to public equity markets affect real outcomes? We examine the human capital of IPO-filing firms and how going public affects their labor force. While IPO-filing firms have high average wages and limited industrial diversification, a success-ful IPO increases departures of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012855883
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The Impact of Restricting Labor Mobility on Corporate Investment and Entrepreneurship
Jeffers, Jessica - 2020
This paper examines how labor frictions affect investment rate and new firm entry. Using matched employee-employer data … employee departures across seniority levels, driven by workers in knowledge-intensive occupations. Investment rates at existing … investment decisions, and that NCs may factor into slowing business dynamism …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012853723
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What's Up with U.S. Wage Growth and Job Mobility?
Danninger, Stephan - 2016
Since the global financial crisis, US wage growth has been sluggish. Drawing on individual earnings data from the 2000-15 Current Population Survey, I find that the drawn-out cyclical labor market repair - likely owing to low entry wages of new workers - slowed down real wage growth. There are,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012977830
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Rising Occupational and Industry Mobility in the United States : 1968-1993, Second Version
Kambourov, Gueorgui; Manovskii, Iourii - 2021
We analyze the dynamics of worker mobility in the United States over the 1968-1993 period at various levels of occupational and industry aggregation. We find a substantial overall increase in occupational and industry mobility over the period and document the levels and time trends in mobility...
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Prior work experience and entrepreneurship : the careers of young entrepreneurs
Gendron-Carrier, Nicolas - 2023
I investigate the mechanisms that drive sorting into entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial success among young individuals. I use Canadian matched owner-employeremployee data to conduct my investigation. Empirically, older entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs who have previously worked in high-wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014279932
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Prior Work Experience and Entrepreneurship : The Careers of Young Entrepreneurs
Gendron-Carrier, Nicolas - 2023
I investigate the mechanisms that drive sorting into entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial success among young individuals. I use Canadian matched owner-employeremployee data to conduct my investigation. Empirically, older entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs who have previously worked in high-wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014344662