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Earning differentials between German and French speakers in Switzerland

Cattaneo, Alejandra; Winkelmann, Rainer - 2003

The paper analyzes the effect of mother tongue on labor market outcomes of Swiss residents. This type of analysis can shed light on an important policy question. Is the Swiss labor market well integrated, or can one find instead segmentation along language borders? Improving on previous research...

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The Effect of Search Frictions on Wages

van den Berg, Gerard J.; van Vuuren, Aico - 2003

. We perform tests with matched worker-firm data. The worker data are informative on individual wages and labor market … transitions, and this allows for estimation of the degree of search frictions. The firm data are informative on labor productivity …. The matched data provide the skill composition in different markets. Together this allows us to investigate how the mean …

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What Can We Learn About the Decline in U.S. Union Membership from International Data?

Polachek, Solomon W. - 2003

This paper is composed of two parts. First, using international data, I corroborate that union density in the U …

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?Atypical Work? and Compensation

Addison, John T.; Surfield, Christopher J. - 2005

Atypical work, or alternative work arrangements in U.S. parlance, has long been criticized for providing poorly-compensated employment. Although one group of atypical workers (contractors) seems to enjoy a wage premium, our cross-section results from the CPS and NLSY for the better-known...

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Worker Training in a Restructuring Economy: Evidence from the Russian Transition

Berger, Mark C.; Earle, John S.; Sabirianova, Klara Z. - 2001

We use 1994-1998 data from the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS) to measure the incidence and determinants …

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Welfare to Temporary Work: Implications for Labor Market Outcomes

Heinrich, Carolyn J.; Mueser, Peter R.; Troske, Kenneth R. - 2002

Recent welfare reforms are prompting some state and local welfare agencies to use temporary help service firms to help place welfare recipients into jobs. Concerns have arisen that these jobs are more likely to pay low wages, provide fewer benefits, and offer less stability. We explore the...

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Employment Protection Legislation and the Size of Firms

Garibaldi, Pietro; Pacelli, Lia; Borgarello, Andrea - 2003

. Empirically, the paper estimates transition probability matrices on firm level employment using a longitudinal data set based on …

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Labor Market Segmentation and the Earnings of German Guestworkers

Constant, Amelie F.; Massey, Douglas S. - 2003

achievement after the accumulation of experience, and contingent on the former, final earnings attainment. Using data from the …

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What does it take to be a star? The role of performance and the media for German soccer players

Lehmann, Erik E.; Schulze, Günther G. - 2007

We test existing superstar theories for the German soccer league. We use various measures for individual players' performance and media presence to analyze whether performance and popularity can explain salaries and superstars in soccer. Moreover, we argue that quantile regression technique...

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The transition into work - specialities for the hidden labour force in comparison to other economically inactive persons

Holst, Elke; Spieß, Christa Katharina - 2004

unemployed, the Attached, people in education, people doing housework and others. The study is based on ECHP data from 1994 to …

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