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Firm specific wage spread in Germany : decomposition of regional differences in inter firm wage dispersion
Görzig, Bernd (contributor); Gornig, Martin (contributor);  … - 2006
structures. A non-parametric decomposition is used to analyse firm level difference between the wage spread in the two major … regions of unified Germany. If firm-specific effects explain wage dispersion between firms, a decomposition of the wage … dispersion between firms is necessary. The decomposition can help to find out, whether the economy-wide results for different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003375745
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Factor Price Equalization in the UK?
Bernard, Andrew B.; Redding, Stephen J.; Schott, Peter K.; … - 2002
This paper develops a general test of factor price equalization that is robust to unobserved regional productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014033692
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Sectoral shifts, diversification and regional unemployment: Evidence from local labour systems in Italy
Basile, Roberto; Girardi, Alessandro; Mantuano, Marianna; … - 2011
Using Local Labour Systems (LLSs) data, this work aims at assessing the effects of sectoral shifts and industry specialization patterns on regional unemployment in Italy over the years 2004-2008, when huge worker reallocation caused by changes in the international division of labour occurred....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282371
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Sectoral shifts, diversification and regional unemployment : evidence from local labour systems in Italy
Basile, Roberto; Girardi, Alessandro; Mantuano, Marianna; … - 2011
Using Local Labour Systems (LLSs) data, this work aims at assessing the effects of sectoral shifts and industry specialization patterns on regional unemployment in Italy over the years 2004-2008, when huge worker reallocation caused by changes in the international division of labour occurred....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009523513
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East Germany's wage gap : a non-parametric decomposition based on establishment characteristics
Görzig, Bernd (contributor); Gornig, Martin (contributor);  … - 2006
size of the labour force - in this process. A non-parametric decomposition that has played a prominent role in the gender … of companies has caused the lagging behind in the adjustment of wages. -- Regional Wage Gap ; Decomposition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003375735
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Sectoral Shifts, Diversification and Regional Unemployment : Evidence from Local Labour Systems in Italy
Basile, Roberto - 2011
Using Local Labour Systems (LLSs) data, this work aims at assessing the effects of sectoral shifts and industry specialization patterns on regional unemployment in Italy over the years 2004-2008, when huge worker reallocation caused by changes in the international division of labour occurred....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013117192
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Do former college athletes earn more at work? A nonparametric assessment
Henderson, Daniel J.; Olbrecht, Alexandre; Polachek, … - 2005
This paper investigates how students' collegiate athletic participation affects their subsequent labor market success. It uses newly developed distributional tests to establish that the wage distribution of former college athletes is significantly different from non-athletes and that athletic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276244
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Is there an informal employment wage premium? Evidence from Tajikistan
Arabsheibani, Gholam Reza; Staneva, Anita V. - 2012
and informal sector employees in Tajikistan for 2007. Using the quantile regression decomposition technique proposed by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287702
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Informal-formal worker wage gap in Turkey : evidence from a semi-parametric approach
Baskaya, Yusuf Soner; Hulagu, Timur - 2011 - This version: February 25, 2011, (preliminary and incomplete)
Using individual level data from Turkstat Household Labor Force Survey for 2005-2009 period and a variety of parametric and semi-parametric techniques, we test two hypothesis regarding formal and informal labor markets: whether there is a wage gap between formal and informal workers and whether...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011548188
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Semiparametric estimation of the canonical permanent‐transitory model of earnings dynamics
Hu, Yingyao; Moffitt, Robert A.; Sasaki, Yuya - In: Quantitative economics : QE ; journal of the … 10 (2019) 4, pp. 1495-1536
This paper presents identification and estimation results for a flexible state space model. Our modification of the canonical model allows the permanent component to follow a unit root process and the transitory component to follow a semiparametric model of a higher‐order...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012202860