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Jacob Mincer, Experience and the Distribution of Earnings
Chiswick, Barry R. - 2003
This paper reviews Jacob Mincer?s contributions to the analyses of earnings and the distribution of earnings through his pioneering focus on labor market experience or on-the-job training. It begins with a brief discussion of the theoretical literature on the distribution of earnings in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261574
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Jacob Mincer, Experience and the Distribution of Earnings
Chiswick, Barry R. - 2021
This paper reviews Jacob Mincer's contributions to the analyses of earnings and the distribution of earnings through his pioneering focus on labor market experience or on-the-job training. It begins with a brief discussion of the theoretical literature on the distribution of earnings in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319808
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Does the choice of reference levels of education matter in the ORU earnings equation?
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2009
This paper examines whether the results of the earnings equation developed in the overeducation/required eduation/under-education … (ORU) literature are sensitive to whether the usual or reference levels of education are measured using the Realized … Matches or Worker Self-Assessment methods. The analyses are conducted for all male native-born and immigrant workers in the US …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271256
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Does the choice of reference levels of education matter in the ORU earnings equation?
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2009
This paper examines whether the results of the earnings equation developed in the overeducation/required eduation/under-education … (ORU) literature are sensitive to whether the usual or reference levels of education are measured using the Realized … Matches or Worker Self-Assessment methods. The analyses are conducted for all male native-born and immigrant workers in the US …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003894826
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Computer skills, destination language proficiency and the earnings of natives and immigrants
Chiswick, Barry R. (contributor);  … - 2005
Using data from the 2001 Census of Population and Housing in Australia, this paper investigates the determinants, and consequences for earnings, of computer use by both the native born and the foreign born. Focussing on the foreign born, the multivariate analyses show that recent arrivals are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003115142
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Computer Skills, Destination Language Proficiency and the Earnings of Natives and Immigrants
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2021
Using data from the 2001 Census of Population and Housing in Australia, this paper investigates the determinants, and consequences for earnings, of computer use by both the native born and the foreign born. Focussing on the foreign born, the multivariate analyses show that recent arrivals are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318255
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Occupational Language Requirements and the Value of English in the U.S. Labor Market
Chiswick, Barry R. - 2007
This paper is concerned with the English language requirements (both level and importance) of occupations in the United States, as measured by the O*NET database. These scores are linked to microdata on employed adult (aged 25 to 64) males, both native born and foreign born, as reported in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012777274
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Matching Language Proficiency to Occupation : The Effect on Immigrants' Earnings
Chiswick, Barry R. - 2007
foreign-born adult male workers are then examined in relation to these occupational English requirements. The analyses show …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012777598
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Earnings and Occupational Attainment : Immigrants and the Native Born
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2010
This paper examines the determinants of occupational attainment and the impact of occupation on earnings. Results for both the native born and foreign born are presented, and these provide insights as to the earnings penalties associated with the less-than-perfect international transferability...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014051636
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Occupational Attainment and Immigrant Economic Progress in Australia
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2021
Using data from the 2001 Australian Census of Population and Housing, on adult men in full-time employment, this paper augments a conventional human capital earnings function with information on occupations. It also estimates models of occupational attainment. The results from both the earnings...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013325362