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Vocational training and gender : wages and occupational mobility among young workers

Fitzenberger, Bernd (contributor); Kunze, Astrid (contributor) - 2005

This paper investigates the relationship between the gender wage gap, the choice of training occupation, and … persistent gender wage gap over experience, the gap has decreased over time. Second, in the lower part of the wage distribution … distribution. We conclude that occupational mobility has reduced the gender wage gap, but lock{in effects are still stronger for …

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Earnings of immigrant classes in the early 1980s in Canada : a reexamination

De Silva, Arnold - In: Canadian public policy : a journal for the discussion … 23 (1997) 2, pp. 179-202

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001228116

Entry class and the earnings attainment of immigrants to Canada, 1980 - 1995

Wanner, Richard A. - In: Canadian public policy : a journal for the discussion … 29 (2003) 1, pp. 53-71

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Wages in high-tech start-ups : do academic spin-offs pay a wage premium?

Dorner, Matthias; Fryges, Helmut; Schopen, Kathrin - 2015

Due to their origin from universities, academic spin‐offs operate at the forefront of the technological development. Therefore, spin‐offs exhibit a skill‐biased labour demand, i.e. spin‐offs have a high demand for employees with cutting edge knowledge and technical skills. In order to...

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On the identification of relative wage rigidity dynamics : a proposal for a methodology on cross-section data and empirical evidence for Poland in transition

Puhani, Patrick A. - 2000

We present a new and simple empirical methodology to identify relative wage rigidity dynamics. The methodology is applied to data from the Polish Labour Force Survey for the period 1994 to 1998. We estimate ceteris paribus changes in relative wage and unemployment differentials for various...

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Descriptive evidence on labor market transitions and the wage structure in Germany

Fitzenberger, Bernd (contributor); … - 2005

Equilibrium search theory suggests that the wage distribution in a cross section of workers is closely related to labor market transitions and associated wage changes. Accordingly, jobtojob transitions are central in explaining the wage distribution. This paper uses the IAB employment subsample...

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Do hours restrictions matter? : a discrete family labor supply model with endogenous wages and hours restrictions

Wolf, Elke - 1998

The labor supply of West German married and cohabiting couples is analyzed using a discrete choice model. Following van Soest (1995), the labor supply decision is based on a household utility function which is determined by the leisure of the two spouses and net household income. Furthermore,...

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Wages in the East German transition process : facts and explanations

Franz, Wolfgang; Steiner, Viktor - 1999

We analyze wage developments in the East German transition process both at the macro and at the microeconomic level. At the macroeconomic level, we draw special attention to the important distinction between product and consumption wages, describe the development of various wage measures, labor...

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IT, organizational change and wages

Bertschek, Irene (contributor); Spitz, Alexandra (contributor) - 2003

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Unemployment, labor market transitions, and residual wage dispersion

Fitzenberger, Bernd (contributor); … - 2005

It is commonplace in the debate on Germany’s labor market problems to argue that high unemployment and low wage dispersion are related. This paper analyses the relationship between unemployment and residual wage dispersion for individuals with comparable attributes. In the conventional...

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