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Earnings Dynamics and Inequality during Macroeconomic Turbulence: Sweden 1991-1999
Gustavsson, Magnus - 2002
; workers with low relative earnings in the beginning of the decade generally have lower relative earnings in the end. The … among younger workers. To shed some light on the role of wages behind the findings for earnings, wage dynamics is also …
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No education, no good jobs? Evidence from the relationship between education and labor market segmentation
Pagés, Carmen; Stampini, Marco - 2007
assortative matching according to workers' individual preferences. Lastly, for both wage differentials and mobility, there is no …
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The Employment Potential of Labor Intensive Industries in India's Organized Manufacturing
Das, Deb Kusum; Wadhwa, Deepika; Kalita, Gunajit - 2009
This paper attempts to identify and examine labor intensive industries in the organized manufacturing sector in India in order to understand their employment generation potential. Using the data from the Annual Survey of Industries (Government of India, various issues), the labor intensity for...
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Do Labor Intensive Industries Generate Employment? Evidence from firm level survey in India
Das, Deb Kusum; Kalita, Gunajit - 2009
trained skilled workers, infrastructure bottlenecks, low levels of investment, labour rules and regulations, and a …
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Early life environment and racial inequality in education and earnings in the United States
Chay, Kenneth Y.; Guryan, Jonathan; Mazumder, Bhashkar - 2014
years immediately after birth. This study analyzes whether the across-cohort patterns in the black-white education and …-of-test taking. With Census data, we find: i) a significant narrowing across the same cohorts in education gaps driven primarily by a … gains is greater than can be explained by only the black gains in education and test scores for reasonable estimates of the …
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Returns to Apprenticeship Training in Austria: Evidence from Failed Firms
Fersterer, Josef; Pischke, Jörn-Steffen; Winter-Ebmer, … - 2007
Little is known about the payoffs to apprenticeship training in the German speaking countries for the participants. OLS estimates suggest that the returns are similar to those of other types of schooling. However, there is a lot of heterogeneity in the types of apprenticeships offered, and...
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Working while enrolled in a university: Does it pay?
Häkkinen, Iida - 2004
Working while studying at university increases the time-to-degree and may interfere with learning, but the acquired work experience may also improve employment opportunities and increase wages after the graduation. This study examines how university students' employment decisions affect their...
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Time out of work and skill depreciation
Edin, Per-Anders; Gustavsson, Magnus - 2005
This paper investigates the role of skill depreciation in the relationship between work interruptions and subsequent wages. Using unique longitudinal microdata containing information on the ability to understand and practically employ printed information, we are able to analyze changes in skills...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010317916
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Time Out of Work and Skill Depreciation
Edin, Per-Anders; Gustavsson, Magnus - 2004
This paper investigates the role of skill depreciation in the relationship between work interruptions and subsequent wages. Using a unique longitudinal dataset, the Swedish part of the International Adult Literacy Survey, we are able to analyze changes in literacy skills for individuals as a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321607
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Can an ethnic group climb up from the bottom of the ladder?
Epstein, Gil S.; Siniver, Erez - 2012
Studies in the US have shown that black immigrants have remained at the bottom of the wage ladder and that other groups of immigrants have overtaken them over time. The goal of this research is to determine whether a specific group of immigrants can displace a group at the bottom of the ladder....
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