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Mocan, Naci (contributor); Tekin, Erdal (contributor) - 2006

Using data from three waves of Add Health we find that being very attractive reduces a young adult's (ages 18-26) propensity for criminal activity and being unattractive increases it for a number of crimes, ranging from burglary to selling drugs. A variety of tests demonstrate that this result...

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Ugly Criminals

Mocan, Naci H.; Tekin, Erdal - 2006

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Wage flexibility in a unionized economy with stable wage dispersion

Carlsson, Mikael; Häkkinen Skans, Iida; Nordström … - 2019

The paper estimates how wages respond to changes in regional unemployment using detailed Swedish micro data. The study … is set in an economy with close to complete union coverage where real wages have grown continuously in all parts of the … estimated elasticity of wages. Wage adjustments are larger for employees with high unemployment risk and for new hires entering …

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HIV, wages, and the skill premium

Marinescu, Ioana - In: Journal of Health Economics 37 (2014) C, pp. 181-197

urban manufacturing firms. The impact of HIV on average wages is positive but imprecisely estimated. In contrast, HIV has a … large positive impact on the skill premium. The impact of HIV on the wages of low skilled workers is insignificantly …

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Dividing the Pie in Brazil: Income Distribution, Social Policies and the New Middle Class

Arnold, Jens; Jalles, João - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014

Brazil has made remarkable progress in reducing poverty and inequality. This reduction is explained by strong growth but also by effective social policies. Besides growth, public services and cash transfers have played the biggest role, the latter notably through the successful “Bolsa...

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An investigation into the effect of type I and type II diabetes duration on employment and wages

Minor, Travis - In: Economics & Human Biology 11 (2013) 4, pp. 534-544

type II diabetes on employment status and wages. The results suggest that both the probability of employment and wages are … similar negative effect on wages is found only in male diabetics. Finally, the results suggest that failure to distinguish …

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Sexual orientation and labor market outcomes : sexual orientation seems to affect job access and satisfaction, earning prospects, and interaction with colleagues

Drydakis, Nick - 2014

Studies from countries with laws against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation suggest that gay and lesbian employees report more incidents of harassment and are more likely to report experiencing unfair treatment in the labor market than are heterosexual employees. Gay men are found...

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Selection Wages and Discrimination

Schlicht, Ekkehart - 2011

productivity of the staff. Wages that optimize on the trade-off between the wage level and the productivity of the workforce are … known as selection wages. As men react more strongly to wage differentials than females, the trade-off is more pronounced …

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Selection Wages and Discrimination

Schlicht, Ekkehart - 2011

productivity of the staff. Wages that optimize on the trade-off between the wage level and the productivity of the workforce are … known as selection wages. As men react more strongly to wage differÂ¬entials than females, the trade-off is more pronounced …

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Pay and Job Rank Amongst Academic Economists in the UK : Is Gender Relevant?

Mumford, Karen - 2019

This article presents and explores a rich new data source to analyse the determinants of pay and job rank amongst academic Economists in the UK. Characteristics associated with individual productivity and workplace features are found to be important determinants of the relative wage and...

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