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Verashchagina, Alina; Pastore, Francesco - 2004

This paper uncovers evidence on the distribution of wages in Belarus in the second half of the 1990s. The returns to education and work experience are high and stable, which is atypical for a transition country. This might be due to the pervasive role of the state in fixing wages in the dominant...

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Does Education Reduce Wage Inequality? Quantile Regressions Evidence from Fifteen European Countries

Pereira, Pedro Telhado; Martins, Pedro Silva - 2000

We address the impact of education upon wage inequality by drawing on evidence from fifteen European countries, during a period ranging between 1980 and 1995. We focus on within-educational-levels wage inequality by estimating quantile regressions of Mincer equations and analysing the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262344

A Comparison of the Human Capital and Signaling Models: The Case of the Self-Employed and the Increase in the Schooling Premium in the 1980?s

Lofstrom, Magnus - 2000

This paper utilizes the self-employed to analyze the observed increase in the educational earnings premium in the 1980?s. The paper compares the predictions of the signaling and human capital models in response to an exogenous demand shock such as a skill-biased technological change. Since the...

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A Comparison of the Human Capital and Signaling Models: The Case of the Self-Employed and the Increase in the Schooling Premium in the 1980's

Lofstrom, Magnus - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000

This paper utilizes the self-employed to analyze the observed increase in the educational earnings premium in the 1980’s. The paper compares the predictions of the signaling and human capital models in response to an exogenous demand shock such as a skill-biased technological change. Since the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763554

Does Education Reduce Wage Inequality? Quantile Regressions Evidence from Fifteen European Countries

Pereira, Pedro Telhado; Martins, Pedro Silva - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763843

The Distribution of Wages in Belarus

Pastore, Francesco; Verashchagina, Alina - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

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Regional economic growth and human capital: the role of overeducation

Ramos, Raúl; Suriñach, Jordi; Artís, Manuel - 2009

regions is associated with an increase in overeducation. In fact, measures of educational mismatch seem to be more strongly …

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Firm Human Resource Practices and Educational Mismatch

Berloffa, Gabriella; Piazzalunga, Daniela; Pieri, Fabio - 2024

overeducation, undereducation, or a mix of the two. We assess the role of human resource practices in reducing the intensity of … correlate with lower undereducation but increased overeducation, while second-level bargaining increases undereducation and … reduces overeducation. …

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Regional Economic Growth and Human Capital: The Role of Overeducation

Ramos, Raul; Surinach, Jordi; Artís, Manuel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

regions is associated with an increase in overeducation. In fact, measures of educational mismatch seem to be more strongly …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008565204

Educational Mismatches and Earnings in the New Zealand Labor Market

Yeo, Jian Z.; Maani, Sholeh A. - 2015

Mismatch of educational skills in the labor market is an emerging topic in the field of labor economics, partly due to its link to labor productivity. This is the first application of this question to New Zealand data. In this paper we examine the incidence of educational mismatch and its...

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