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Albanesi, Stefania; Olivetti, Claudia - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

their earnings differential with respect to men. We document these changes and develop a quantitative model that aims to …

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Can Vocational Education Improve the Wages of Minorities and Disadvantaged Groups? The Case of Israel

Neuman, Shoshana; Ziderman, Adrian - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

There is a considerable empirical literature which compares wage levels of workers who have studied at secondary vocational schools with wages of workers who took academic schooling. In general, vocational education does not lead to higher wages. In some countries where labour markets are...

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The Economics of Human Cloning

Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

In this Paper, we analyse the extent to which market forces create an incentive for cloning human beings. We show that a market for cloning arises if a large enough fraction of the clone's income can be appropriated by its model. Only people with the highest ability are cloned, while people at...

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From Stagnation to Growth: Unified Growth Theory

Galor, Oded - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

This Paper examines the process of development from an epoch of Malthusian stagnation to a state of sustained economic growth. The analysis focuses on recently advanced unified growth theories that capture the intricate evolution of income per capita, technology, and population over the course...

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Wage Differentials in the 1990s in Israel: Endowments, Discrimination and Selectivity

Neuman, Shoshana; Oaxaca, Ronald L - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

The purpose of this Paper is to investigate wage structures of professional workers in the Israeli labour market, using data from the most recent 1995 Census and correcting for selectivity at the stage of entrance into the occupation. The sample of professionals is decomposed into several...

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Intermittent Employment: Work Histories of Israeli Men and Women, 1983-1995

Neuman, Shoshana; Ziderman, Adrian - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

This study examines the extent, duration and timing of employment breaks amongst a large representative sample of Jewish workers in Israel over the 13-year time period, 1983-95. Work histories are constructed from a new joint database, unique in Israel, which was derived from a linkage of 1995...

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Active Labour Market Policy Effects for Women in Europe - A Survey

Bergemann, Annette; den Berg, Gerard J van - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

We survey the recent literature on the effects of active labour market policies on individual labour market outcomes like employment and income, for adult female individuals without work in European countries. We consider skill-training programs, monitoring and sanctions, job search assistance,...

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Market Concentration and Competition in Eastern Europe

Kattuman, Paul A; Newbery, David M G - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1992

A key feature of Soviet-type economies is the excessive concentration of production and the skewed size distribution of enterprises. This is the root cause of the `soft budget constraint' and a natural outcome of the political economy of these countries. Given entrenched political support for a...

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Sequencing the Transition

Newbery, David M G - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1991

The inefficiency of Soviet-type economies results from their monopolized production structure, which makes soft budget constraints almost inevitable, as enterprises have bargaining power and must face expropriative tax rates for macroeconomic stability. Systemic reform aims to improve...

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Earnings and Seniority in Japan. A Re-appraisal of the Existing Evidence and a Comparison with the UK

Ariga, Kenn; Brunello, Giorgio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994

Standard estimates of earnings profiles ignore the fact that, with unobserved heterogeneity, cross-section evidence … need not reflect the `true' relationship between earnings and tenure. In this paper we argue that the observation of the … earnings growth. We apply this simple idea to Japanese and UK data. We find that tenure effects on earnings are positive but …

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