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Wage Structure Effects of International Trade : Evidence from a Small Open Economy

Du Caju, Philip - 2011

both imports and exports, and iii) examine the impact of imports according to the country of origin. Looking at the export …In the last decades, international trade has increased between industrialised countries and between high- and low …-wage countries. This important change has raised questions on how international trade affects the labour market. In this spirit, this …

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Wage Dispersion and Firm Productivity in Different Working Environments

Mahy, Benoit - 2009

This paper investigates the impact of wage dispersion on firm productivity in different working environments. More precisely, it examines the interaction with: i) the skills of the workforce, using a more appropriate indicator than the standard distinction between white - and blue collar...

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L'Union Fait La Force? Evidence for Wage Discrimination in Firms with High Diversity

Grinza, Elena - 2018

Measuring the economic impact of coworkers from different countries of origin sparked intense scrutiny in labor economics, albeit with an uncomfortable methodological limitation. Most attempts involved metrics that eliminate most of the economically relevant distances among different countries...

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Does Education Raise Productivity and Wages Equally? The Moderating Roles of Age, Gender and Industry

Rycx, Francois - 2015

The labour market situation of low-educated people is particularly critical in most advanced economies, especially among youngsters and women. Policies aiming to increase their employability either try to foster their productivity and/or to decrease their wage cost. Yet, the evidence on the...

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Minimum Wage Systems and Earnings Inequalities : Does Institutional Diversity Matter?

Garnero, Andrea - 2014

This paper explores how the diversity of minimum wage systems affects earnings inequalities within European countries. It relies on the combination of (a) harmonized micro-data from household surveys, (b) data on national statutory minimum wages and coverage rates, and (c) hand-collected...

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The Part-Time Wage Penalty in European Countries : How Large is it for Men?

O'Dorchai, Sile - 2007

Economic theory advances a number of reasons for the existence of a wage gap between part-time and full-time workers. Empirical work has concentrated on the wage effects of part-time work for women. For men, much less empirical evidence exists, mainly because of lacking data. In this paper, we...

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Industry Wage Differentials, Unobserved Ability, and Rent-Sharing : Evidence from Matched Worker-Firm Data, 1995-2002

Plasman, Robert - 2006

This paper investigates inter-industry wage differentials in Belgium, taking advantage of access to a unique matched employer-employee data set covering the period 1995-2002. Findings show the existence of large and persistent wage differentials among workers with the same observed...

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Wage Discrimination Against Immigrants : Measurement with Firm-Level Productivity Data

Kampelmann, Stephan - 2016

This paper is one of the first to use employer-employee data on wages and labor productivity to measure discrimination against immigrants. We build on an identification strategy proposed by Bartolucci (2014) and address firm fixed effects and endogeneity issues through a diff GMM-IV estimator....

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The Over-Education Wage Penalty Among Phd Holders : A European Perspective

Rycx, Francois; Santosuosso, Giulia; Vermeylen, Guillaume - 2022

While the literature on the incidence and wage effects of over-education is substantial, specific results for doctoral graduates are surprisingly scarce. This article aims to fill this gap, not only by measuring the prevalence of over-educated PhD holders in Europe (i.e. in EU Member States and...

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Does Institutional Diversity Account for Pay Rules in Germany and Belgium?

Kampelmann, Stephan - 2011

This paper examines the relationship between institutions and the remuneration of different jobs by comparing the German and Belgian labour markets with respect to a typology of institutions (social representations, norms, conventions, legislation, and organisations). The observed institutional...

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