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Immigrant Heterogeneity and the Earnings Distribution in the United Kingdom and United States: New Evidence from a Panel Data Quantile Regression Analysis

Billger, Sherrilyn M.; Lamarche, Carlos - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

In this paper we use a relatively new panel data quantile regression technique to examine native-immigrant earnings …

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Teacher Pay, Class Size and Local Governments: Evidence from the Latvian Reform

Hazans, Mihails - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

This paper employs a rich collection of survey and administrative datasets, including linked school-teacher payroll data, to document the reform of teacher compensation and school network implemented in Latvia amidst the economic crisis of 2008-2010, immediately after territorial reform. We...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008694996

Private Wealth and Planned Early Retirement: A Panel Data Analysis for the Netherlands, 1994-2009

van Ooijen, Raun; Mastrogiacomo, Mauro; Euwals, Rob - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

heterogeneity in the disutility of work by using panel data techniques. Next, we exploit information on expected wealth accumulation …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008742956

The Public Sector Wage Premium in Spain: Evidence from Longitudinal Administrative Data

Hospido, Laura; Moral-Benito, Enrique - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

This paper studies the public sector wage gap in Spain, by gender, skill level and type of contract, using recent administrative data from tax records. We estimate wage distributions in the presence of covariates separately for men and women in the public and in the private sectors, and we take...

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Channels of Labour Supply Responses of Lone Parents to Changed Work Incentives

Gong, Xiaodong; Breunig, Robert - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

In this paper, we investigate the response of female lone parents to two reforms to the welfare system in Australia. We look at changes to both hours and participation and focus on the channels of adjustment, in particular the role of job changes for adjustment in hours. We highlight the...

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The Origins of Early Childhood Anthropometric Persistence

Millimet, Daniel L.; Tchernis, Rusty - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

Rates of childhood obesity have increased dramatically in the last few decades. Non-causal evidence suggests that childhood obesity is highly persistent over the life cycle. However little is known about the origins of this persistence. In this paper we attempt to answer three questions. First,...

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A Gravity Model of Migration between ENC and EU

Ramos, Raul; Surinach, Jordi - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

Due to ageing population and low birth rates, the European Union (EU) will need to import foreign labour in the next … decades. In this context, the EU neighbouring countries (ENC) are the main countries of origin and transit of legal and … of labour force. The objective of this paper is to analyse past and future trends in ENC-EU bilateral migration …

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Production Risk, Energy Use Efficiency and Productivity of Korean Industries

Khayyat, Nabaz T.; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

using more of the energy input in production. A dynamic panel model is specified and applied to 25 Korean industrial sectors …

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Estimation of Productivity in Korean Electric Power Plants: A Semiparametric Smooth Coefficient Model

Heshmati, Almas; Kumbhakar, Subal C.; Sun, Kai - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

panel dataset spanning the period 1995-2006, we find that the impact of load factor, generator and facility types on power …

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Persistence Bias and Schooling Returns

Andini, Corrado - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

A well-established empirical literature suggests that individual wages are persistent. Several theoretical arguments support this empirical finding. Yet, the standard approach to the estimation of schooling returns does not account for this fact. This paper investigates the consequences of...

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