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as part-time status and gender on both productivity and wages in English firms. We also investigate how productivity … returns follows from part-timers, who tend to work for firms that pay too low wages for the observed productivity differences …. Second, we study the effect of local skills on productivity controlling for skills at the firm. We find a positive and robust …
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This paper integrates two strands of literature on overskilling and disability using the 2004 British Workplace Employment Relations Survey (WERS). It finds that the disabled are significantly more likely to be mismatched in the labour market, to suffer from a pay penalty and to have lower job...
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to employment, wages, prices and household well-being. The meta-analysis finds that most results on employment and wages … are non-significant. When significant, decreases in employment and wages are more likely to occur than increases with …
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separate effects of occupational segmentation and discrimination in the allocation of occupations and wages we conceptualize …
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This study examines the utilisation of education across ethnic minorities in the UK. In particular, we examine the incidence of mismatch between educational qualifications and occupational attainment, the determinants of any mismatch and the consequences for earnings and other labour market...
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This study examines the utilisation of education across ethnic minorities in the UK. In particular, we examine the incidence of mismatch between educational qualifications and occupational attainment, the determinants of any mismatch and the consequences for earnings and other labour market...
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We develop an equilibrium model of wages and estimate it using administrative data from Norway. Coworkers interact … through a task-assignment model, and wages are determined through multi-lateral bargaining over the surplus that accrues to … the workforce. Seniority affects wages through workplace output and relative bargaining power. These channels are …
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-worker productivity matches. Estimating this model using longitudinal administrative data over three decades, we show that RM skills are a …-abstract (CA) and routine-manual (RM) skills, and job mobility is induced by non-pecuniary job attributes and persistent firm … key driver of early wage growth while CA skills become important later on. Moreover, job amenities are an important …
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We estimate the effects of labor market entry conditions on wages for male individuals first entering the Austrian … labor market between 1978 and 2000. We find a large negative effect of unfavorable entry conditions on starting wages as …
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