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by years of education. Log-wages are regressed on a measure of education, which is a position on a scale of certificates … which log-wages are explained by two endogenous variables: the student's degree and the student's time to degree, not simply … parameters. We find a robust, significant and negative impact of the delay variable on wages, averaged over the first five years …
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, in a world where wages depend on firm-worker matches, as well as experience and tenure and jobs take time to locate. We … wages from the end of statutory schooling. We use the model to evaluate the life-cycle return to apprenticeship training and …
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This paper proposes a new measure of skills mismatch that combines information about skill proficiency, self …-reported mismatch and skill use. The theoretical foundations underling this measure allow identifying minimum and maximum skill …
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We use detailed information about wages, education and occupations to shed light on the evolution of the U.S. financial … also shows that wages in finance were excessively high around 1930 and from the mid 1990s until 2006. For the recent period …
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In the "size of stakes" view quantitatively formalized in Gabaix and Landier (2008), CEO compensation is determined in a competitive talent market, and re flects the size of firms affected by talent. This paper offers empirical update on this view. The years 2004-2011, which include the recent...
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This paper investigates the effects of firm entry deregulation. We exploit a recent reform that simplified business entry in Portugal as a quasi-natural experiment. We use cross-municipality-year variation in the implementation of the reform for identification. Using matched employer-employee...
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on some characteristics observed by the student, under the combined risks affecting future wages and schooling duration … education levels, education levels being themselves determined by an Ordered Probit model. We find small but significant values …
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Following monetary union with west Germany in June 1990 the median real monthly wage of prime age east German workers rose by 83% in six years. I use the German Socio-Economic Panel data to investigate the determinants of this wage growth and some of its implications. For the 1990-1991 period I...
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The paper investigates the relationship between offshoring, wages, and the ease with which individuals' tasks can be … heterogeneous within skill groups. We test this hypothesis by combining micro-level information on wages and demographic and …
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measured by their education and 1990 wage, have shorter non-employment spells. I also examine employment duration. The most …
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