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Gielen, Anne C.; Loomer, Jessica; Myers, Caitlin K. - 2013

Testosterone, which induces sexual differentiation of the male fetus, is believed to transfer from males to their littermates in placental mammals. Among humans, individuals with a male twin have been found to exhibit greater masculinization of sexually dimorphic attributes relative to those...

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Job spells, employer spells, and wage returns to tenure

Devereux, Paul J.; Hart, Robert A.; Roberts, J. Elizabeth - 2013

We show that the distinction between job spells and employer spells matters for returns to tenure. Employer spells encompass between-job wage movements linked to promotions or demotions while job spells don't. Using a 1% sample of the British workforce over the period 1975-2010, we find that a...

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Globalization and wage convergence : Mexico and the United States

Gandolfi, Davide; Halliday, Timothy; Robertson, Raymond - 2014

Neoclassical trade theory suggests that factor price convergence should follow increased commercial integration. Rising commercial integration and foreign direct investment followed the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement between the United States and Mexico. This paper evaluates the degree...

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Big fish in small pond or small fish in big pond? : An analysis of job mobility

Cardoso, Ana Rute (contributor) - 2005

economic analysis. I check this assertion by analyzing wages and status within the firm, with status measured as the worker …

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U.S. Wage Trends in the 1980s : The Role of International Factors

Lawrence, Robert Z. - 2009

International trade has had some impact on relative industry wages, but cannot explain widening wage differentials by … education, skill, or occupation. Likewise, the slow growth of average wages during the 1980s cannot be explained by …

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Computer Use and the U.S. Wage Distribution, 1984-2003

Valletta, Robert G. - 2014

distribution of wages in the United States. Analysis of data from the periodic CPS computer use supplements over the years 1984 …-2003 reveals that the positive association between workplace computer use and wages declines at higher skill levels, with the … sample frame, however, the net association between rising computer use and the distribution of wages was quite limited. For …

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Channels of Wage Income Smoothing : United States 1963-2010

Long, Wen - 2018

In this paper, adopting the framework of Asdrubali, Sorensen and Yosha (1996), I identity three channels of wage income smoothing: net taxes, employers, and interstate commuting income. They smooth 1.8%, 55.1% and 3.0%, respectively, of shocks to Gross State Product (GSP). 40.1% of shocks are...

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Trends in the Returns to Social Assimilation : Earnings Premiums Among U.S. Immigrants that Marry Natives

Furtado, Delia - 2014

Previous studies show that immigrants married to natives earn higher wages than immigrants married to other immigrants …

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Globalization and Wage Convergence : Mexico and the United States

Gandolfi, Davide - 2014

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Sorting and wage premiums in immoral work

Schneider, Florian; Brun, Fanny; Weber, Roberto A. - 2020

compensating differential. We show that immoral work is associated with higher wages, both using correlational evidence from …

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