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human capital may be heterogeneous and where firms may offer different combinations of entry level wages and firm specific … human capital development. We allow for the the possibility that wages are match specific and that workers move jobs as a …
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. However, whilst the effect of wages is found to be statistically significant, the predicted impact of an increase in nurses …
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The question we address in this paper is which factors influence the quitting decision of public sector teachers in England and Wales, using a nationally representative panel data set over 1997-2003. We document the outcomes of former teachers, fit single and competingrisks duration models and...
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This paper considers training, mobility decisions and wages together to test for the specificity of human capital … contained in continuing training courses. We empirically analyse the relationship between training, mobility and wages in two …, we find that wages are lower for job changers for the group of training participants, so wages decrease when trained …
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higher wages. This evidence can be explained by increased mobility costs associated with higher expected risk of post …
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close relationship exists between wages and labor market transitions as predicted by search theory. However, the noticeable …
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Using unique Current Population Survey data from November 1979 and 1989, this paper compares the wage structure across generations of Mexican-origin men. I find that the sizable earnings advantage U.S.-born Mexican Americans enjoy over Mexican immigrants arises not just from intergenerational...
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process in the United States over the 1967-2000 period. Using compensation per hour as the measure of wages, we specify a … productivity growth, and an additional set of labor market variables. The results do not reject the hypothesis that real wages and …
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