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Effects of a High-skilled Immigration Policy and Immigrant Occupational Attainment on Domestic Wages Effects
Maani, Sholeh; Chen, Y. - In: Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE) 15 (2012) 2, pp. 101-121
The recent international literature on immigration wage effects has shown contrasting results. Past studies have focussed on the effect of low skilled immigrants on native-born workers in the US, and have yielded results ranging from no impact to negative impacts. This paper, by contrast,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010632955
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Occupational match quality and gender over two cohorts
Addison, John T.; Chen, Liwen; Ozturk, Orgul Demet - 2017
individuals move to better their labor market prospects and settle once they find a satisfactory match. In this paper, we show …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011756770
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Performance pay and multi-dimensional sorting: productivity, preferences and gender
Dohmen, Thomas; Falk, Armin - 2006
step we elicit subjects' productivity levels. Subjects then face the choice between a fixed or a variable payment scheme …) compared to the fixed payment scheme. Second, this difference is largely driven by productivity sorting. On average, the more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267618
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Performance Pay and Multi-dimensional Sorting: Productivity, Preferences and Gender
Dohmen, Thomas; Falk, Armin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
step we elicit subjects’ productivity levels. Subjects then face the choice between a fixed or a variable payment scheme …) compared to the fixed payment scheme. Second, this difference is largely driven by productivity sorting. On average, the more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703774
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Village characteristics and employment choice in rural Philippines
Chua, Karl Kendrick Tiu - In: Philippine Review of Economics 41 (2004) 2, pp. 49-79
This paper examines Philippine rural employment choice and patterns. It uses a first-of-a-kind dataset that consolidates data from the Family Income and Expenditure Survey 2000 (FIES), the Census of Population Barangay Schedule 2000 (CPH5), and the Agrarian Reform Community (ARC) Level of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008672422
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A dynamic model of personality, schooling, and occupational choice
Todd, Petra; Zhang, Weilong - In: Quantitative economics : QE ; journal of the … 11 (2020) 1, pp. 231-275
This paper develops a dynamic model of schooling and occupational choices that incorporates personality traits, as measured by the "big five" traits. The model is estimated using the HILDA dataset from Australia. Personality traits are found to play an important role in explaining education and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012202247
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Economic growth, comparative advantage, and gender differences in schooling outcomes : evidence from the birthweight differences of Chinese Twins
Rosenzweig, Mark Richard; Zhang, Junsen - 2012
This paper estimates the gender-specific effects of birthweight on a variety of schooling and labor market outcomes. A …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009696201
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Heterogeneity in Human Capital Investments: High School Curriculum, College Major, and Careers
Altonji, Joseph G.; Blom, Erica; Meghir, Costas - In: Annual Review of Economics 4 (2012) 1, pp. 185-223
Motivated by the large differences in labor market outcomes across college majors, we survey the literature on the … and uncertainty about preferences, ability, education outcomes, and labor market returns. The model implies an important … major on labor market outcomes. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010604269
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A dynamic model of personality, schooling, and occupational choice
Todd, Petra; Zhang, Weilong - In: Quantitative Economics 11 (2020) 1, pp. 231-275
This paper develops a dynamic model of schooling and occupational choices that incorporates personality traits, as measured by the "big five" traits. The model is estimated using the HILDA dataset from Australia. Personality traits are found to play an important role in explaining education and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012215417
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Economic Growth, Comparative Advantage, and Gender Differences in Schooling Outcomes: Evidence from the Birthweight Differences of Chinese Twins
Rosenzweig, Mark R.; Zhang, Junsen - Economics and Research Department, Asian Development Bank - 2012
This paper estimates the gender-specific effects of birthweight on a variety of schooling and labor market outcomes. A …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010992043