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Gender differences in earnings and labor supply in early career : evidence from Kosovo’s school-to-work transition survey

Pastore, Francesco; Sattar, Sarosh; Tiongson, Erwin R. - In: IZA Journal of Labor & Development 2 (2013), pp. 1-34

, on average, women have lower education attainment than men but this educational disparity is masked among the sample of … to women’s education among employed women are low because there is little variation in educational attainment among the … to women’s education rise, confirming the lower productivity-related characteristics of non-employed women compared to …

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Does the public sector discriminate against women? : occupational segregation prior to privatization in Egypt

Said, Mona - In: Advances in management & applied economics 1 (2011) 2, pp. 185-201

This paper utilizes a joint (ordered probit) occupational attainment and wage determination model to examine the channels through which occupational segregation and pay discrimination affect the overall gender wage gap in different sectors of ownership in Egypt. Using a large data set drawn from...

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A cohort analysis of the income distribution in Chile

Sapelli, Claudio - In: Estudios de economía 38 (2011) 1, pp. 223-242

attempt to explain this evolution. The rise can be explained by variables associated with education, while the fall appears to …. -- synthetic cohorts ; income distribution ; rates of return ; education …

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Optimal work effort, income and wage

Todorova, Tamara - In: Advances in management & applied economics 2 (2012) 1, pp. 121-137

We study work effort with its various determinants such as the educational level of the worker, the minimum or start-up salary as well as the initial endowment of the worker. By means of optimization we find that optimal work effort depends directly on the initial income available to the worker,...

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Good workers for good jobs : improving education and workforce systems in the US

Holzer, Harry J. - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 1 (2012), pp. 1-19

and the growing matching of good-paying jobs to skilled workers. Improving the ties between colleges, workforce … help raise worker earnings and reduce inequality. -- education ; workforce ; good jobs …

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Higher education externalities in Egyptian labor markets

Nazier, Hanan - In: Advances in management & applied economics 3 (2013) 2, pp. 193-217

higher education for individuals in Egypt in 2010. The results suggested that these externalities are negative and exist only … increase in governorate average higher education is associated with a 68% decrease in females’ hourly wage. This could be … explained by the fact that education degrees are simply used as a device to signal higher ability without raising productivity …

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From the bottom to the top: a more complete picture of the immigrant-native wage gap in Britain

Hunt, Priscillia - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 1 (2012), pp. 1-18

This paper investigates wage assimilation of foreign-born male workers in Britain over the period 1993 to 2009. Using Labour Force Survey data, the paper employs a methodology (Blinder-Oaxaca quantile regressions) to decompose the immigrant-native wage differential at the mean and across the...

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The role of location in evaluating racial wage disparity

Black, Dan A.; Kolesnikova, Natalia; Sander, Seth G.; … - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 2 (2013), pp. 1-18

’s log wage is a function of education, experience, and race. We analyze this approach in a context where individuals live …

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Social networks and wages in Senegal’s labor market

Beradi, Nicoletta - In: IZA Journal of Labor & Development 2 (2013), pp. 1-26

We develop a theoretical framework that considers the role played by moral hazard and the diversity of networks and cultures in the choice of hiring channel. In favoritism contexts social networks, and particularly strong ties, are adopted as hiring channels for unskilled jobs and result in wage...

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Brutto größer als Netto : geschlechtsspezifische Lohnunterschiede unter Berücksichtigung von Steuern und Verteilung

Granados, Patricia Gallego; Geyer, Johannes - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 80 (2013) 28, pp. 3-12

Trotz aller Initiativen zur Beseitigung des geschlechtsabhängigen Lohnunterschieds verdienen in Deutschland Männer weiterhin deutlich mehr als Frauen. Seit dem Jahr 2000 hat sich der sogenannte Gender Pay Gap in der Bundesrepublik nur um gut zwei Prozentpunkte reduziert, aktuell ist er damit...

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