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No.
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Author(s)
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Title
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JEL Class.
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916
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Stefan
C.
Wolter
Samuel
Mühlemann
Jürg
Schweri
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Why Some Firms Train Apprentices and Many Others Do Not
The latest study investigating the cost-benefit ratio of apprenticeship training for Swiss
companies has shown that most apprentices offset the cost of their training during their
apprenticeship on ...
(published in: German Economic Review, 2006, 7(3), 249-264)
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J24, J31, J44
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914
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Ana Rute
Cardoso
Pedro
Portugal
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Bargained Wages, Wage Drift and the Design of the Wage Setting System
This paper aims at answering the question: How does a typically 'European' bargaining
system - with collective bargaining, extension mechanisms and national minimum wage -
coexist with low ...
(published as 'Contractual wages and the wage cushion under different bargaining settings' in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2005, 23 (4), 875-902)
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D21, J31, J51
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912
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Daniele
Checchi
Antonio
Filippin
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An Experimental Study of the POUM Hypothesis
The “prospect of upward mobility” (POUM) hypothesis formalised by Benabou and Ok
(2001a) finds explicit assumptions under which some individuals that are poorer than the
average optimally choose to ...
(published in: Research on Economic Inequality, 2004, 11, 15-136)
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C91, D31, D63
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911
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Joachim
Wagner
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Are Nascent Entrepreneurs Jacks-of-All-Trades? A Test of Lazear's Theory of Entrepreneurship with German Data
In a recent paper Edward Lazear proposed the jack-of-all-trades view of entrepreneurship.
Based on a coherent model of the choice between self-employment and paid employment he
shows that having a ...
(published in: Applied Economics, 2006, 38 (20), 2415-2419)
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J23, R12
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910
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Pilar
Diaz-Vazquez
Dennis
J.
Snower
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On-the-Job Training, Firing Costs and Employment
This paper explores the influence of on-the-job training on the employment effect of firing
costs. It shows that on-the-job training (generating firm specific skills) causes firing costs to
have a ...
(published in: Contributions to Economic Analysis & Policy, 2005, 4 (1))
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E24, J23, J24, J32, J64
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909
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Marco
Leonardi
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Firm Heterogeneity in Capital/Labor Ratios and Wage Inequality
This paper provides some empirical evidence and a theory of the relationship between
residual wage inequality and the increasing dispersion of capital/labor ratios across firms. I
document the ...
(published in: Economic Journal, 2007, 117 (518), 375-398)
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J21, J31
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907
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Arnaud
Dupuy
Lex
Borghans
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Supply and Demand, Allocation and Wage Inequality: An International Comparison
In this paper, we develop an allocation model of workers differentiated by their field of study
to test whether international differences in the wage structure can be explained by
differences in ...
(published in: Applied Economics, 2005, 37 (9), 1073-1088)
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J21, J23, J31
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906
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Doris
Weichselbaumer
Rudolf
Winter-Ebmer
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A Meta-Analysis of the International Gender Wage Gap
Since the early seventies, hundreds of authors have calculated gender wage differentials
between women and men of equal productivity. Consequently, estimates for the gender wage
gap have been ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Surveys, 2005, 9 (3), 479-511)
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J16, J31, J71
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905
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Doris
Weichselbaumer
Rudolf
Winter-Ebmer
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Rhetoric in Economic Research: The Case of Gender Wage Differentials
Scientific rhetoric can have a profound impact on the perception of research; it can also drive
and direct further research efforts. What determines whether results are discussed in a
neutral or a ...
(published in: Industrial Relations, 2006, 45 (3), 416–436)
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J7, J16, B4
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904
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Stephen
P.
Jenkins
Philippe
Van Kerm
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Trends in Income Inequality, Pro-Poor Income Growth and Income Mobility
We provide an analytical framework within which changes in income inequality over time are
related to the pattern of income growth across the income range, and the reshuffling of
individuals in the ...
(published in:
Oxford Economic Papers, 2006, 58 (3), 531-548)
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D31, I32
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