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In this paper, we discuss the quest for more and more education and its implications for social mobility. We document … increase in the payoff to this education) implies increasing within generation inequality and, by reinforcing already existent … inequalities from the previous generation, this has hindered social mobility. We also highlight three important aspects that to …
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documented, little is known about their interaction with employees' mobility behaviour. This paper contributes to this research … area by analyzing the interaction between job mobility and entry wage differentials using German administrative data. The … occupation. Moreover, job mobility tends to reduce the effects of labour market entry conditions, implying that job mobility …
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documented, little is known about their interaction with employees' mobility behaviour. This paper contributes to this research … area by analyzing the interaction between job mobility and entry wage differentials using German administrative data. The … occupation. Moreover, job mobility tends to reduce the effects of labour market entry conditions, implying that job mobility …
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This paper reviews Jacob Mincer?s contributions to the analyses of earnings and the distribution of earnings through his pioneering focus on labor market experience or on-the-job training. It begins with a brief discussion of the theoretical literature on the distribution of earnings in the...
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This paper reviews Jacob Mincer's contributions to the analyses of earnings and the distribution of earnings through his pioneering focus on labor market experience or on-the-job training. It begins with a brief discussion of the theoretical literature on the distribution of earnings in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319808
wage inequality significantly. Workers in a weak labour-market position bear the highest part of business taxation. The …, surprisingly, effectively reduce inequality. …
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wage inequality significantly. Workers in a weak labour-market position bear the highest part of business taxation. The …, surprisingly, effectively reduce inequality. …
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Using a matched employer-employee panel dataset for Germany, we analyze the external effects of education on individual wages. Following the basic framework of Moretti (2004), we allow spillover effects to occur both within a specific firm and a specific region rather than analyzing spillover...
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Using a matched employer-employee panel dataset for Germany, we analyze the external effects of education on individual wages. Following the basic framework of Moretti (2004), we allow spillover effects to occur both within a specific firm and a specific region rather than analyzing spillover...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014191636
We show that controlling for subject of degree explains a significant part of the male/female gender wage differential amongst graduates. Using data from the labour force surveys of the United Kingdom and Germany, we find similar results in these two countries: subject of degree explains about...
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