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insecurity and wages significantly negative level effects are found for Germany with some evidence for those in the UK. There is …This paper looks at the wage effects of perceived and objective insecurity in Germany and the UK using the GSOEP and … rates and the share of temporary contracts is established. The bargaining hypothesis that job security and wages are …
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We expand Acemoglu and Pischke's seminal model of training in imperfect labor markets by including the system of collective wage bargaining and the components of firms' training costs. Thus we can adapt their model to institutional changes that occurred since the 1990s. The model and the...
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schooling ­ before the individual enters the labor market ­ does not significantly affect later wages after controlling for … control measures on wages, this indicates that it is important to distinguish between premarket skills and those that are …, thus indirectly affecting later wages. The paper conveys important policy implications. If some personality traits, such as …
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to the estimation of difference-in-differences matching models of the effect of employer supported course enrolment on … wages. The estimated average treatment effects on the treated range from 5.5 to 7.2 percent for men and 7.1 to 9.0 for women …
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rather than a boost to wages. In contrast, in softer occupations, in which workers build on more value-stable soft skill …
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evidence for compensating wage differentials in Germany so far. Estimating wage regressions with data of the German Socio … differentials in Germany is found even though other effects may partly weaken the existing wage premiums due to risks at work …
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This study integrates findings from neurobiology and psychology on early childhood development and self-regulation to assess returns to education. Our framework for evaluating the distribution of age-specific returns to investments in cognitive and noncognitive skills is a lifecycle simulation...
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are strikingly similar across countries: increasing labour market concentration by 10% reduces wages by 0.19% in Germany …We investigate the impact of labour market concentration on two dimensions of job quality, namely wages and job … security. We leverage rich administrative linked employer-employee data from Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal and …
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wages and rising wage dispersion over time …
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associated with higher job mobility. At firm level, there seems to be a trade-off between wages and job stability: High …-wage firms tend to be low-tenure firms, which suggests that low job stability may be compensated by higher wages. High …
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