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males, including employment status, annual salary, hourly wage rate, and hours of work. Our findings indicate that potential … lower likelihood of employment, a lower salary, and reduced labor supply, but not necessarily a lower wage rate. We also …
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. We analyze state panel data to estimate changes in suicide, domestic violence, and spousal murder rates arising from the … change in divorce law. Suicide rates are used as a quantifiable measure of well-being, albeit one that focuses on the extreme … of women committing suicide following the introduction of unilateral divorce. No significant effect is found for men …
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throughout the wage distribution. For the different demographic groups analyzed, the statistically significant estimated average … impacts in the lower part of their wage distribution, while Whites likely experience larger impacts in the upper part of their …
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We analyze the effect of employer-sponsored health insurance premiums on employment and annual wages in the US using a … estimate the causal effects of rising health insurance premiums on employment and annual wages. We find that a 10% increase in … premiums reduces employment by 1.1 percentage points, and leads to a statistically insignificant reduction of annual wages …
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This paper explores the evolution of the average wage of employees over the life-cycle of a manufacturing plant. The … average wage starts out low for a new plant and increases along with labor productivity as the plant ages. As a plant … approaches exit, its average wage falls, but more slowly than it rises in the case of growing plants. Moreover, the average wage …
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This paper considers effects of body mass on wages in the years following labor market entry. The preferred models allow current wages to be affected by both past and current body mass, as well as past wages, while also addressing the endogeneity of body mass. I find that a history of severe...
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throughout the wage distribution. For the different demographic groups analyzed, the statistically significant estimated average … impacts in the lower part of their wage distribution, while Whites likely experience larger impacts in the upper part of their …
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overeducation. Overeducation causes a penalty to individuals in terms of earnings and employment opportunities and a waste of …
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, however has not been identified empirically. I suggest that employment during adolescence promotes the formation of character …
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In the present paper it will be shown empirically that smoking decreases labour productivity. Panel data analysis is based on a single equation model estimated through the Eviews software package. Our sample refers to the period 1993-2008 and covers many western countries, the United States and...
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