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Does Rosie like riveting? : male and female occupational choices
Lordan, Grace; Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - 2016
Occupational segregation and pay gaps by gender remain large while many of the constraints traditionally believed to be responsible for these gaps have weakened over time. Here, we explore the possibility that women and men have different tastes for the content of the work they do. We run...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011521152
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Returns to human capital under the communist wage grid and during the transition to a market economy
Terrell, Katherine D.; Švejnar, Jan; Münich, Daniel - 2000
Under communism, workers had their wages set according to a centrally-determined wage grid. In this paper we use new micro data on men to estimate returns to human capital under the communist wage grid and during the transition to a market economy. We use data from the Czech Republic because it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011325997
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Training, Human Capital, and Gender Gaps in Entrepreneurial Performance
Brixiova, Zuzana - 2019
In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, policymakers have been increasingly striving to support female entrepreneurship as a possible growth driver. This paper contributes to reconciling mixed findings in the literature on the effectiveness of entrepreneurial training with an analysis...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012859274
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Does Rosie Like Riveting? Male and Female Occupational Choices
Lordan, Grace - 2016
Occupational segregation and pay gaps by gender remain large while many of the constraints traditionally believed to be responsible for these gaps have weakened over time. Here, we explore the possibility that women and men have different tastes for the content of the work they do. We run...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012984866
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Returns to Human Capital Under the Communist Wage Grid and During the Transition to a Market Economy
Terrell, Katherine; Munich, Daniel; Svejnar, Jan - 2021
Under communism, workers had their wages set according to a centrally-determined wage grid. In this paper we use new micro data on men to estimate returns to human capital under the communist wage grid and during the transition to a market economy. We use data from the Czech Republic because it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013321311
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Income comparisons, income formation, and subjective well-being : new evidence on envy versus signaling
Welsch, Heinz; Kühling, Jan - 2013
Drawing on the distinction between envy and signaling effects in income comparison, this paper uses 307 … in 1990-1999 envy has been the dominant concern in West Germany and signaling the dominant factor in East Germany, income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009747833
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Income comparison, income formation, and subjective well-being : new evidence on envy versus signaling
Welsch, Heinz; Kühling, Jan - 2013
Drawing on the distinction between envy and signaling effects in income comparison, this paper uses 307 … that, while in 1990 - 1999 envy has been the dominant concern in West Germany and signaling the dominant factor in East …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009733418
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Financial risk-taking and the gender wage gap
Edin, Per-Anders; Selin, Håkan - 2020
Could differences in risk attitudes explain parts of the gender wage gap? We present estimates on the association between labor market outcomes and financial risk-taking using individual level administrative data on individual wealth portfolios and wage rates. The individual's share of risky to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012296002
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Egalitarian envy: Cross-cultural variation in the development of envy in children
Häger, Kirsten; Oud, Bastian; Schunk, Daniel - 2012
While envy has been studied extensively in adults, the question how envy develops during childhood has not received … compares the prevalence and development of destructive envy in children aged seven to ten. The experiment took place in the … appear to mitigate this prevalence. Furthermore, we found strong evidence of cultural variability in the development of envy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010331081
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Die Gesellschaft und ihre Reichen : Vorurteile über eine beneidete Minderheit
Zitelmann, Rainer - 2019 - 1. Auflage
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011982608