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reservation wages, using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel. The longitudinal aspect of the dataset provides an interesting … perspective on the dynamics of reservation wages and their correlations with accepted wage offers for workers who make the …
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Empirical studies on the earnings effects of tobacco use have found significant wage penalties attached to smoking. This article produces evidence that suggests that these estimates are significantly upward biased. The bias arises from a general failure in the literature to control for past...
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Malawi has experienced a forward shift in its demand for Irish potato (Solanum tuberosum) consumption. Given limited resources at farmers' disposal, meeting the growing demand will require farmers to follow the efficient path of the farm production resources. This paper, therefore, is an attempt...
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German household data reveals that voluntarily mobile workers are more likely to accept lower wages when strain can be …
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fare worse than similar workers from other sectors. Finally, self-reported reservation wages are found to respond strongly …
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in wages. We tested the hypothesis using the data on the daily income and worked hours collected via the survey …
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in Germany and to provide a cross-country comparison of Germany, Denmark, and USA. The main findings are that family and … community background has a stronger influence on permanent earnings in Germany than in Denmark, and a comparable influence is … found in USA. This holds true for both male and female siblings. A deeper analysis of Germany shows that family background …
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