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Browsing Faculty Publications - Labor Economics by Subject "wage"
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Do Cognitive Test Scores Explain Higher U.S. Wage Inequality?
(2003-12-11)Using microdata from the 1994-8 International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) for nine countries, we examine the role of cognitive skills in explaining higher wage inequality in the United States. We find that while the greater ... -
High-Wage Workers and High-Wage Firms
(1994-10-01)We study a longitudinal sample of over one million French workers and over 500,000 employing firms. Real total annual compensation per worker is decomposed into components related to observable characteristics, worker ... -
ILR Impact Brief - The Sources of International Differences in Wage Inequality
(2006-08-01)Wage inequality in the U.S. exceeds that of Canada, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland. Some researchers have pointed to the higher relative rewards for higher cognitive skill and more ... -
ILR Impact Brief – Gender, Promotion, and Raises: Sometimes the Advantage Goes to Men
(2006-12-01)Prior studies looking at gender discrimination in the workplace, in the form of promotions and/or raises, have yielded mixed results. Research focusing on promotions has found that women are promoted less often than men, ... -
Job Opportunities for Older Workers: When Are Jobs Filled With External Hires?
(2006-02-01)This paper examines why firms sometimes employ older workers, but tend to not hire new older workers for the same job. It focuses on one aspect of that phenomenon: the propensity for firms to fill jobs from the inside ... -
New Evidence on Gender Differences in Promotion Rates: An Empirical Analysis of a Sample of New Hires
(2007-07-01)[Excerpt] Using a large sample of establishments drawn from the Multi-City Study of Urban Inequality (MCSUI) employer survey, we study gender differences in promotion rates and in the wage gains attached to promotions. ... -
Promotions and Incentives in Nonprofit and For-Profit Organizations
(2007-04-10)[Excerpt] Using data from the 1992–95 Multi-City Study of Urban Inequality, an employer survey, the authors document a new empirical finding that workers are less likely to receive promotions in nonprofit organizations ... -
Strategic Promotion Tournaments and Worker Performance
(2006-08-01)[Excerpt] In this analysis I study promotion schemes as human resource management strategies by which the firm can realize strategic goals by motivating workers to higher levels of effort and performance. Using information ... -
The Economic Role of the English Poor Law, 1780-1834
(1985-06-01)[Excerpt] Over the 85-year period from 1748/50 to 1832/34, real per capita expenditures on poor relief increased at an average rate of approximately 1 percent per year. There were also important changes in the administration ...
