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One reason to be concerned about income inequality is the idea that people not only care about their own absolute …
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increase. Changes in the composition of the workforce explain less than 25% of the rise in wage inequality. However …
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The gender pay gap not only affects women's financial security during their working lives but also their wealth available for retirement. This note reveals a large gender wealth gap in Canada among singles near retirement. Using a repeated national wealth survey from 1999 to 2019, we find an...
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Economists disagree about the factors driving the substantial increase in residual wage inequality in the U.S. over the … declined by as much as 50% since the mid-1980s despite a sizeable increase in residual inequality. Instead, the variance of …
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declining gender gap), Canada experienced relatively modest changes in overall earnings inequality, volatility, and mobility …This paper studies the evolution of individual earnings inequality and dynamics in Canada from 1983 to 2016 using tax … between 1983 and 2016. Second, there is considerable variability in earnings inequality and volatility over the business cycle …
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We use longitudinal linked employer-employee data and find that the probability of participating in firm-sponsored classroom training diminishes rapidly for workers aged 45 years and older. Although the standard human capital investment model predicts such a decline, we also consider the...
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We use longitudinal linked employer-employee data and find that the probability of participating in firm-sponsored classroom training diminishes rapidly for workers aged 45 years and older. Although the standard human capital investment model predicts such a decline, we also consider the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009521263
In this paper, we estimate returns to classroom and on-the-job firm-sponsored training in terms of value-added per worker using longitudinal linked employee-employer Canadian data from 1999 to 2006. We estimate a standard production function controlling for endogenous training decisions because...
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In this paper, we estimate returns to classroom and on-the-job firm-sponsored training in terms of value-added per worker using longitudinal linked employee-employer Canadian data from 1999 to 2006. We estimate a standard production function controlling for endogenous training decisions because...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013136722
We use longitudinal linked employer-employee data and find that the probability of participating in firm-sponsored classroom training diminishes rapidly for workers aged 45 years and older. Although the standard human capital investment model predicts such a decline, we also consider the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013118051