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The Return to Schooling in Structural Dynamic Models : A Survey

Belzil, Christian - 2006

This paper contains a survey of the recent literature devoted to the returns to schooling within a dynamic structural framework. I present a historical perspective on the evolution of the literature, from early static models set in a selectivity framework (Willis and Rosen, 1979) to the recent...

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Testing the Specification of the Mincer Wage Equation

Belzil, Christian - 2021

the effect of schooling and experience (schooling has a positive effect on wage growth). Finally, the variance of the …

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A Structural Analysis of the Correlated Random Coefficient Wage Regression Model with an Application to the Ols-Iv Puzzle

Belzil, Christian; Hansen, Jörgen - 2021

We estimate a finite mixture dynamic programming model of schooling decisions in which the log wage regression function is set within a correlated random coefficient model and we use the structural estimates to perform counterfactual experiments. We show that the estimates of the dynamic...

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Earnings Dispersion, Risk Aversion and Education

Belzil, Christian; Hansen, Jörgen - 2021

We estimate a dynamic programming model of schooling decisions in which the degree of risk aversion can be inferred from schooling decisions. In our model, individuals are heterogeneous with respect to school and market abilities but homogeneous with respect to the degree of risk aversion. We...

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Country of Origin and Immigrant Earnings, 1960-2000 : A Human Capital Investment Perspective

Duleep, Harriet Orcutt - 2014

process in which unmeasured variables jointly affect initial conditions and subsequent growth …

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Fun with Matched Firm-EmployeeProgress and Road Maps

Hamermesh, Daniel S. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

With the beginnings of a worldwide burgeoning development of matched firm-employee data,it is worthwhile to examine the possibilities for using these data...

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Minimum Wages, Minimum Labour Costs andthe Tax Treatment of Low-Wage Employment

Immervoll, Herwig - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

International comparisons of minimum-wage levels have largely focused on the gross valueof minimum wages, ignoring the effects of taxation on both labour costs and the net incomeof employees. This paper presents estimates of the tax burdens facing minimum-wageworkers. These are used as a basis...

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Labor Market Power, Self-Employment, and Development

Amodio, Francesco; Medina, Pamela; Morlacco, Monica - 2022

This paper shows that self-employment opportunities shape the market power of employers in low-income countries, with implications for industrial development. Using data from Peru, we document substantial employer concentration and high self-employment rates across manufacturing local labor...

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The Crime Effect of Refugees

Akbulut-Yuksel, Mevlude; Mocan, Naci; Tumen, Semih; … - 2022

We analyze the impact on crime of 3.7 million refugees who entered and stayed in Turkey as a result of the civil war in Syria. Using a novel administrative data source on the flow of offense records to prosecutors' offices in 81 provinces of the country each year, and utilizing the staggered...

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Sources of Wage Growth

Adda, Jérôme; Dustmann, Christian - 2022

This paper investigates the sources of wage growth over the life cycle, where individuals have the possibility to … acquire vocational training at the start of their career. Wage growth is determined by sectoral and firm mobility, unobserved … key driver of early wage growth while CA skills become important later on. Moreover, job amenities are an important …

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