Research classified by Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) codes

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Top JEL
/ J: Labor and Demographic Economics
/ / J3: Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs
/ / / J31: Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials

2008

• Esteve Sanromà & Raul Ramos & Hipólito Simón, 2008, "Portabilidad del capital humano y asimilación de los inmigrantes. Evidencia para España," Working Papers, Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB), number 2008/7.
• Rui Castro & Daniele Coen-Pirani, 2008, "WHY HAVE AGGREGATE SKILLED HOURS BECOME SO CYCLICAL SINCE THE MID-1980s?," International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association, volume 49, issue 1, pages 135-185, February.
• Sarit Cohen-Goldner & Zvi Eckstein, 2008, "Labor Mobility Of Immigrants: Training, Experience, Language, And Opportunities," International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association, volume 49, issue 3, pages 837-872, August.
• Richard Disney & Amanda Gosling, 2008, "Changing public sector wage differentials in the UK," IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies, number W08/02, Feb.
• Leszek Morawski & Michal Myck, 2008, "'Klin'-ing up: effects of Polish tax reforms on those in and on those out," IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies, number W08/12, Nov.
• Marcela Perticara & Alvaro Astudillo, 2008, "¿Qué tan alta puede ser la brecha de salarios en Chile? Investigando diferencias salariales entre hombres y mujeres a partir de regresiones de cuantiles," ILADES-UAH Working Papers, Universidad Alberto Hurtado/School of Economics and Business, number inv211, Sep.
• Marcela Perticara & Ivonne Bueno, 2008, "Entendiendo las brechas salariales por genero en Chile," ILADES-UAH Working Papers, Universidad Alberto Hurtado/School of Economics and Business, number inv212, Sep.
• Pastore, Francesco., 2008, "School-to-work-transitions in Mongolia," ILO Working Papers, International Labour Organization, number 994238953402676.
• Vinoj Abraham, 2008, "Employment growth in rural India: Distress driven?," Centre for Development Studies, Trivendrum Working Papers, Centre for Development Studies, Trivendrum, India, number 404, Aug.
• K.V. Ramaswamy, 2008, "Wage inequality in Indian manufacturing: Is it trade, technology or labour regulations?," Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai Working Papers, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India, number 2008-021, Nov.
• Moshe Buchinsky & Denis Fougère & Francis Kramarz & Rusty Tchernis, 2008, "Interfirm Mobility, Wages, and the Returns to Seniority and Experience in the U.S," CAEPR Working Papers, Center for Applied Economics and Policy Research, Department of Economics, Indiana University Bloomington, number 2008-006, Apr.
• CORSINI Lorenzo, 2008, "Institutions, technological change and the wage differentials between skilled and unskilled workers: theory and evidence from Europe," IRISS Working Paper Series, IRISS at CEPS/INSTEAD, number 2008-02, Jan.
• Germana Bottone, 2008, "Human Capital: an Institutional Economics point of view," ISAE Working Papers, ISTAT - Italian National Institute of Statistics - (Rome, ITALY), number 107, Dec.
• Rita Di Biase, 2008, "Aliquote d'imposta sul lavoro dipendente:analisi per figure tipo e con dati campionari Mind the hidden gaps," ISAE Working Papers, ISTAT - Italian National Institute of Statistics - (Rome, ITALY), number 94, Mar.
• Cyril Pasche, 2008, "What is it About Schooling That the Labor Market Rewards? The Components of the Return to Schooling," Economics of Education Working Paper Series, University of Zurich, Department of Business Administration (IBW), number 0029, Jun.
• Francis Vella & Lídia Farré & Roger Klein, 2008, "A Parametric Control Function Approach to Estimating the Returns to Schooling in the Absence of Exclusion Restrictions: An Application to the NLSY," Working Papers. Serie AD, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie), number 2008-16, Oct.
• Schwieren, Christiane & Weichselbaumer, Doris, 2008, "Does Competition Enhance Performance or Cheating? A Laboratory Experiment," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3275, Jan.
• Jirjahn, Uwe & Kraft, Kornelius, 2008, "Teamwork and Intra-Firm Wage Dispersion among Blue-Collar Workers," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3291, Jan.
• Buhai, Ioan-Sebastian & Portela, Miguel & Teulings, Coen & van Vuuren, Aico, 2008, "Returns to Tenure or Seniority?," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3302, Jan.
• Chiswick, Barry R. & Miller, Paul W., 2008, "Occupational Attainment and Immigrant Economic Progress in Australia," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3316, Jan.
• Dohmen, Thomas & Lehmann, Hartmut & Schaffer, Mark E, 2008, "Wage Policies of a Russian Firm and the Financial Crisis of 1998: Evidence from Personnel Data – 1997 to 2002," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3350, Feb.
• van der Wiel, Karen, 2008, "Better Protected, Better Paid: Evidence on How Employment Protection Affects Wages," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3352, Feb.
• Fitzenberger, Bernd & Kohn, Karsten & Lembcke, Alexander C., 2008, "Union Density and Varieties of Coverage: The Anatomy of Union Wage Effects in Germany," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3356, Feb.
• Schank, Thorsten & Schnabel, Claus & Wagner, Joachim, 2008, "Higher Wages in Exporting Firms: Self-Selection, Export Effect, or Both? First Evidence from German Linked Employer-Employee Data," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3359, Feb.
• Dolton, Peter & Makepeace, Gerry, 2008, "The Impact of the Public Sector Pay Review Bodies in the UK," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3373, Feb.
• Hirsch, Barry, 2008, "Wage Gaps Large and Small," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3375, Feb.
• Flabbi, Luca & Leonardi, Marco, 2008, "Sources of Earnings Instability: Estimates from an On-the-Job Search Model of the U.S. Labor Market," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3387, Mar.
• Andalón, Mabel & Pagés, Carmen, 2008, "Minimum Wages in Kenya," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3390, Mar.
• Rusinek, Michael & Rycx, François, 2008, "Rent-Sharing under Different Bargaining Regimes: Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3406, Mar.
• Longhi, Simonetta & Nijkamp, Peter & Poot, Jacques, 2008, "Meta-Analysis of Empirical Evidence on the Labour Market Impacts of Immigration," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3418, Mar.
• Mosca, Michele & Pastore, Francesco, 2008, "Wage Effects of Recruitment Methods: The Case of the Italian Social Service Sector," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3422, Mar.
• Brücker, Herbert & Jahn, Elke J., 2008, "Migration and the Wage Curve: A Structural Approach to Measure the Wage and Employment Effects of Migration," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3423, Mar.
• Oxoby, Robert J. & Friedrich, Colette, 2008, "Incentive Design and Trust: Comparing the Effects of Tournament and Team-Based Incentives on Trust," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3424, Mar.
• Bargain, Olivier B. & Melly, Blaise, 2008, "Public Sector Pay Gap in France: New Evidence Using Panel Data," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3427, Apr.
• Eriksson, Tor & Poulsen, Anders & Villeval, Marie Claire, 2008, "Feedback and Incentives: Experimental Evidence," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3440, Apr.
• Appleton, Simon & Knight, John & Song, Lina & Xia, Qingjie, 2008, "The Economics of Communist Party Membership: The Curious Case of Rising Numbers and Wage Premium during China’s Transition," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3454, Apr.
• Dionisius, Regina & Mühlemann, Samuel & Pfeifer, Harald & Walden, Günter & Wenzelmann, Felix & Wolter, Stefan C., 2008, "Cost and Benefit of Apprenticeship Training: A Comparison of Germany and Switzerland," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3465, Apr.
• Barrett, Alan & McGuinness, Seamus & O`Brien, Martin, 2008, "The Immigrant Earnings Disadvantage across the Earnings and Skills Distributions: The Case of Immigrants from the EU’s New Member States in Ireland," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3479, Apr.
• Halfdanarson, Benedikt & Heuermann, Daniel F. & Suedekum, Jens, 2008, "Human Capital Externalities and the Urban Wage Premium: Two Literatures and their Interrelations," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3493, May.
• Pfeifer, Christian, 2008, "Risk Aversion and Sorting into Public Sector Employment," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3503, May.
• Montizaan, Raymond & Cörvers, Frank & de Grip, Andries, 2008, "Training Background and Early Retirement," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3504, May.
• Fiess, Norbert M. & Fugazza, Marco & Maloney, William F., 2008, "Informality and Macroeconomic Fluctuations," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3519, May.
• Koskela, Erkki & Poutvaara, Panu, 2008, "Outsourcing and Labor Taxation in Dual Labor Markets," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3522, May.
• Cervini-Plá, María & Ramos, Xavier, 2008, "Long Term Earnings Inequality, Earnings Instability and Temporary Employment in Spain: 1993–2000," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3538, Jun.
• Martins, Pedro S. & Esteves, Luiz A., 2008, "Foreign Ownership, Employment and Wages in Brazil: Evidence from Acquisitions, Divestments and Job Movers," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3542, Jun.
• Christofides, Louis N. & Swidinsky, Robert, 2008, "The Economic Returns to a Second Official Language: English in Quebec and French in the Rest-of-Canada," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3551, Jun.
• Dimova, Ralitza & Nordman, Christophe Jalil & Roubaud, François, 2008, "Allocation of Labour in Urban West Africa: Implication for Development Policies," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3558, Jun.
• Barón, Juan D. & Cobb-Clark, Deborah A., 2008, "Occupational Segregation and the Gender Wage Gap in Private- and Public-Sector Employment: A Distributional Analysis," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3562, Jun.
• Chiswick, Barry R. & Miller, Paul W., 2008, "The "Negative" Assimilation of Immigrants: A Special Case," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3563, Jun.
• Jasso, Guillermina & Rosenzweig, Mark R., 2008, "Selection Criteria and the Skill Composition of Immigrants: A Comparative Analysis of Australian and U.S. Employment Immigration," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3564, Jun.
• Chiswick, Barry R., 2008, "The Economics of Language: An Introduction and Overview," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3568, Jun.
• Oreopoulos, Philip & Wachter, Till von & Heisz, Andrew, 2008, "The Short- and Long-Term Career Effects of Graduating in a Recession: Hysteresis and Heterogeneity in the Market for College Graduates," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3578, Jul.
• Geishecker, Ingo & Görg, Holger, 2008, "Services Offshoring and Wages: Evidence from Micro Data," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3593, Jul.
• Krupka, Douglas J., 2008, "On Amenities, Natural Advantage and Agglomeration," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3598, Jul.
• Martins, Pedro S., 2008, "Paying More to Hire the Best? Foreign Firms, Wages and Worker Mobility," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3607, Jul.
• Devereux, Paul J. & Hart, Robert A., 2008, "A Good Time to Stay Out? Strikes and the Business Cycle," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3614, Jul.
• Angrist, Joshua & Chen, Stacey H., 2008, "Long-Term Economic Consequences of Vietnam-Era Conscription: Schooling, Experience and Earnings," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3628, Aug.
• Gächter, Simon & Nosenzo, Daniele & Sefton, Martin, 2008, "The Impact of Social Comparisons on Reciprocity," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3639, Aug.
• Constant, Amelie F., 2008, "Businesswomen in Germany and Their Performance by Ethnicity: It Pays to Be Self-Employed," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3644, Aug.
• Hartog, Joop & van Praag, Mirjam C. & van der Sluis, Justin, 2008, "If You Are So Smart, Why Aren't You an Entrepreneur? Returns to Cognitive and Social Ability: Entrepreneurs versus Employees," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3648, Aug.
• Sanromá, Esteban & Ramos, Raul & Simón, Hipólito, 2008, "The Portability of Human Capital and Immigrant Assimilation: Evidence for Spain," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3649, Aug.
• Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina & Kimmel, Jean, 2008, "New Evidence on the Motherhood Wage Gap," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3662, Aug.
• Jahn, Elke J., 2008, "Reassessing the Wage Penalty for Temps in Germany," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3663, Aug.
• Kugler, Adriana & Yuksel, Mutlu, 2008, "Effects of Low-Skilled Immigration on U.S. Natives: Evidence from Hurricane Mitch," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3670, Aug.
• Merkl, Christian & Snower, Dennis J., 2008, "Escaping the Unemployment Trap: The Case of East Germany," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3681, Sep.
• Brown, J. David & Earle, John S. & Telegdy, Álmos, 2008, "Employment and Wage Effects of Privatization: Evidence from Hungary, Romania, Russia, and Ukraine," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3688, Sep.
• Koskela, Erkki & Poutvaara, Panu, 2008, "Flexible Outsourcing and the Impacts of Labour Taxation in European Welfare States," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3699, Sep.
• Doris, Aedin & O'Neill, Donal & Sweetman, Olive, 2008, "Does Growth Affect the Nature of Inequality? Ireland 1994–2001," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3701, Sep.
• Haefke, Christian & Sonntag, Marcus & van Rens, Thijs, 2008, "Wage Rigidity and Job Creation," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3714, Sep.
• Kaas, Leo & Zink, Stefan, 2008, "Human Capital Investment with Competitive Labor Search," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3722, Sep.
• Raposo, Pedro & van Ours, Jan C., 2008, "How Working Time Reduction Affects Employment and Earnings," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3723, Sep.
• Brouillette, Dany & Lacroix, Guy, 2008, "Heterogeneous Treatment and Self-Selection in a Wage Subsidy Experiment," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3738, Sep.
• Morawski, Leszek & Myck, Michal, 2008, "'Klin'-ing Up: Effects of Polish Tax Reforms on Those In and on Those Out," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3746, Oct.
• Bhandari, Amit Kumar, 2008, "Union Membership Effect on Wage Premiums: Evidence from Organized Manufacturing Industries in India," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3747, Oct.
• Myck, Michal & Ochmann, Richard & Qari, Salmai, 2008, "Dynamics of Earnings and Hourly Wages in Germany," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3751, Oct.
• Melly, Blaise & Puhani, Patrick A., 2008, "Privatization and Changes in the Wage Structure: Evidence from Firm Personnel Records," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3760, Oct.
• Kim, Yunhee & Lee, Jeong-Dong & Heshmati, Almas, 2008, "Analysis of Pay Inequality and its Impacts on Growth and Performance in the Korean Manufacturing Industry," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3774, Oct.
• Persyn, Damiaan, 2008, "Trade as a Wage Disciplining Device," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3786, Oct.
• Borghans, Lex & ter Weel, Bas, 2008, "Understanding the Technology of Computer Technology Diffusion: Explaining Computer Adoption Patterns and Implications for the Wage Structure," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3792, Oct.
• Nordin, Martin & Persson, Inga & Rooth, Dan-Olof, 2008, "Education-Occupation Mismatch: Is There an Income Penalty?," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3806, Oct.
• Clark, Andrew E. & Kristensen, Nicolai & Westergård-Nielsen, Niels C., 2008, "Economic Satisfaction and Income Rank in Small Neighbourhoods," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3813, Nov.
• Andini, Corrado, 2008, "Wage Bargaining and the (Dynamic) Mincer Equation," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3822, Nov.
• Magda, Iga & Rycx, François & Tojerow, Ilan & Valsamis, Daphné, 2008, "Wage Differentials across Sectors in Europe: An East-West Comparison," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3830, Nov.
• Hirsch, Barry & Schumacher, Edward J., 2008, "Underpaid or Overpaid? Wage Analysis for Nurses Using Job and Worker Attributes," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3833, Nov.
• Gustafsson, Björn Anders & Sai, Ding, 2008, "Rank, Income and Income Inequality in Urban China," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3843, Nov.
• Du Caju, Philip & Rycx, François & Tojerow, Ilan, 2008, "Rent-Sharing and the Cyclicality of Wage Differentials," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3844, Nov.
• Jasso, Guillermina, 2008, "A New Model of Wage Determination and Wage Inequality," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3850, Nov.
• Petrongolo, Barbara, 2008, "The Long-Term Effects of Job Search Requirements: Evidence from the UK JSA Reform," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3856, Nov.
• Orlowski, Robert & Riphahn, Regina T., 2008, "The East German Wage Structure after Transition," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3861, Dec.
• Courty, Pascal & Marschke, Gerald, 2008, "On the Sorting of Physicians across Medical Occupations," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3862, Dec.
• Plasman, Robert & Rusinek, Michael & Tojerow, Ilan, 2008, "The Regional Dimension of Collective Wage Bargaining: The Case of Belgium," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3864, Dec.
• Du Caju, Philip & Gautier, Erwan & Momferatou, Daphne & Ward-Warmedinger, Melanie E., 2008, "Institutional Features of Wage Bargaining in 23 European Countries, the US and Japan," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3867, Dec.
• Bauer, Thomas K. & Kluve, Jochen & Schaffner, Sandra & Schmidt, Christoph M., 2008, "Fiscal Effects of Minimum Wages: An Analysis for Germany," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3875, Dec.
• Amilon, Anna & Persson, Inga & Rooth, Dan-Olof, 2008, "Scientific (Wo)manpower? Gender and the Composition and Earnings of PhDs in Sweden," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3878, Dec.
• Khamis, Melanie, 2008, "Does the Minimum Wage Have a Higher Impact on the Informal than on the Formal Labor Market? Evidence from Quasi-Experiments," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3911, Dec.
• Arias, Omar & Khamis, Melanie, 2008, "Comparative Advantage, Segmentation and Informal Earnings: A Marginal Treatment Effects Approach," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3916, Dec.
• Fukunishi, Takahiro, 2008, "Clothing Export from sub-Saharan Africa : Impact on Poverty and Potential for Growth," IDE Discussion Papers, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization(JETRO), number 163, Jul.
• Bakht, Zaid & Salimullah, Md. & Yamagata, Tatsufumi & Yunus, Mohammad, 2008, "Competitiveness of the knitwear industry in Bangladesh : a study of industrial development amid global competition," IDE Discussion Papers, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization(JETRO), number 169, Oct.
• Asuyama, Yoko, 2008, "Changes in the causes of earnings inequality in urban China from 1988 to 2002," IDE Discussion Papers, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization(JETRO), number 176, Oct.
• Asuyama, Yoko, 2008, "The contribution of supply and demand shifts to earnings inequality in urban China," IDE Discussion Papers, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization(JETRO), number 177, Oct.
• Lex Borghans & Bas ter Weel, 2008, "Understanding the Technology of Computer Technology Diffusion: Explaining Computer Adoption Patterns and Implications for the Wage Structure," Journal of Income Distribution, Ad libros publications inc., volume 17, issue 3-4, pages 37-70, September.
• Frederick Guy & Peter Skott, 2008, "Information and Communications Technologies, Coordination and Control, and the Distribution of Income," Journal of Income Distribution, Ad libros publications inc., volume 17, issue 3-4, pages 71-92, September.
• Linda Yuet-Yee Wong, 2008, "Computers and the Gender Wage Differential," Journal of Income Distribution, Ad libros publications inc., volume 17, issue 3-4, pages 93-114, September.
• Christiane Schwieren & Doris Weichselbaumer, 2008, "Does competition enhance performance or cheating? A laboratory experiment," Economics working papers, Department of Economics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria, number 2008-01, Jan.
• Karin Mayr, 2008, "Optimal quota for sector-specific immigration," Economics working papers, Department of Economics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria, number 2008-07, May.
• Christiane Schwieren & Doris Weichselbaumer, 2008, "Does competition enhance performance or cheating? A laboratory experiment," NRN working papers, The Austrian Center for Labor Economics and the Analysis of the Welfare State, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria, number 2008-05, Dec.
• Donald Siegel & Kenneth Simons, 2008, "Evaluating the Effects of Mergers and Acquisitions on Employees: Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Data," Working Papers, Jerusalem Institute for Market Studies (JIMS), number 2, Jul.
• Bellmann Lutz & Gerlach Knut & Meyer Wolfgang, 2008, "Company-Level Pacts for Employment," Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer Nationaloekonomie und Statistik), De Gruyter, volume 228, issue 5-6, pages 533-553, October, DOI: 10.1515/jbnst-2008-5-608.
• Cornelissen Thomas & Jirjahn Uwe & Tsertsvadze Georgi, 2008, "Parental Background and Earnings: German Evidence on Direct and Indirect Relationships," Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer Nationaloekonomie und Statistik), De Gruyter, volume 228, issue 5-6, pages 554-572, October, DOI: 10.1515/jbnst-2008-5-609.
• Puhani Patrick A., 2008, "Relative Demand and Supply of Skills and Wage Rigidity in the United States, Britain, and Western Germany," Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer Nationaloekonomie und Statistik), De Gruyter, volume 228, issue 5-6, pages 573-585, October, DOI: 10.1515/jbnst-2008-5-610.
• Joop Hartog & Mirjam van Praag & Justin van der Sluis, 2008, "If you are so smart, why aren't you an entrepreneur? Returns to cognitive and social ability: Entrepreneurs versus employees," Jena Economics Research Papers, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, number 2008-084, Nov.
• Becky Haney, 2008, "The Relationship Between Labor Market Structure and Clergy Compensation in Protestant Denominations," Atlantic Economic Journal, Springer;International Atlantic Economic Society, volume 36, issue 1, pages 65-75, March, DOI: 10.1007/s11293-007-9090-x.
• Giovanni Russo & Wolter Hassink, 2008, "The Part-Time Wage Gap: a Career Perspective," De Economist, Springer, volume 156, issue 2, pages 145-174, June, DOI: 10.1007/s10645-008-9087-0.
• Cecile Wetzels, 2008, "Are workers in the cultural industries paid differently?," Journal of Cultural Economics, Springer;The Association for Cultural Economics International, volume 32, issue 1, pages 59-77, March, DOI: 10.1007/s10824-007-9055-6.
• Gabrielle Wanzenried, 2008, "How feminine is corporate America? A recent overview," The Journal of Economic Inequality, Springer;Society for the Study of Economic Inequality, volume 6, issue 2, pages 185-209, June, DOI: 10.1007/s10888-006-9040-x.
• Thomas Steenburgh, 2008, "Effort or timing: The effect of lump-sum bonuses," Quantitative Marketing and Economics (QME), Springer, volume 6, issue 3, pages 235-256, September, DOI: 10.1007/s11129-008-9039-7.
• Junichiro Ishida & Noriaki Matsushima, 2008, "Should civil servants be restricted in wage bargaining? A mixed-duopoly approach," Discussion Papers, Kobe University, Graduate School of Business Administration, number 2008-49, Oct.
• Koyo Miyoshi, 2008, "The Effect of Implicit Contracts on the Wages: Evidence from Japanese Labor Market," Keio/Kyoto Joint Global COE Discussion Paper Series, Keio/Kyoto Joint Global COE Program, number 2008-038.
• Mathias Zurlinden & Thomas Bolli, 2008, "Measurement of Labor Quality Growth: Caused by Unobservable Characteristics," KOF Working papers, KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich, number 08-203, Aug, DOI: 10.3929/ethz-a-005666794.
• Gábor R., István, 2008, "A hiányzó láncszem? Életpálya-keresetek és keresetingadozás
  [The missing link? Experience-earnings profiles and earnings fluctuation]," Közgazdasági Szemle (Economic Review - monthly of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences), Közgazdasági Szemle Alapítvány (Economic Review Foundation), volume 0, issue 12, pages 1057-1074.
• Damiaan Persyn, 2008, "Trade as a Wage Disciplining Device," LICOS Discussion Papers, LICOS - Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance, KU Leuven, number 21008.
• Cristina Cattaneo, 2008, "The Determinants of Actual Migration and the Role of Wages and Unemployment in Albania: an Empirical Analysis," European Journal of Comparative Economics, Cattaneo University (LIUC), volume 5, issue 1, pages 3-32, June.
• Hanushek, Eric A. & Wößmann, Ludger, 2008, "The role of cognitive skills in economic development," Munich Reprints in Economics, University of Munich, Department of Economics, number 20454.
• Schlicht, Ekkehart, 2008, "Lohnspreizung und Effizienz," Discussion Papers in Economics, University of Munich, Department of Economics, number 2117, Feb.
• Thorsten Schank & Claus Schnabel & Joachim Wagner, 2008, "Higher Wages in Exporting Firms: Self-selection, Export Effect, or Both? First Evidence from German Linked Employer-Employee Data," Working Paper Series in Economics, University of Lüneburg, Institute of Economics, number 74, Jan.
• Nils Braakmann, 2008, "Intra-firm wage inequality and firm performance – First evidence from German linked employer-employee-data," Working Paper Series in Economics, University of Lüneburg, Institute of Economics, number 77, Feb.
• Nils Braakmann, 2008, "Non scholae, sed vitae discimus! - The importance of fields of study for the gender wage gap among German university graduates during labor market entry and the first years of their careers," Working Paper Series in Economics, University of Lüneburg, Institute of Economics, number 85, May.
• Nils Braakmann, 2008, "Fields of training, plant characteristics and the gender wage gap in entry wages among skilled workers– Evidence from German administrative data," Working Paper Series in Economics, University of Lüneburg, Institute of Economics, number 90, Jul.
• Nils Braakmann, 2008, "Crime does pay (at least when it’s violent)!– On the compensating wage differentials of high regional crime levels," Working Paper Series in Economics, University of Lüneburg, Institute of Economics, number 91, Jul.
• Nils Braakmann, 2008, "The smoking wage penality in the United Kingdom: Regression and matching evidence from the British Household Survey Panel," Working Paper Series in Economics, University of Lüneburg, Institute of Economics, number 96, Aug.
• Dileni Gunewardena & Darshi Abeyrathna & Amalie Ellagala & Kamani Rajakaruna & Shobana Rajendran, 2008, "Glass Ceilings, Sticky Floors or Sticky Doors? A Quantile Regression Approach to Exploring Gender Wage Gaps in Sri Lanka," Working Papers PMMA, PEP-PMMA, number 2008-04.
• Xiaohua Li & Yaohui Zhao & Lili Lu, 2008, "Effects of Education on Earnings Inequality in Urban China: 1988-2003," Working Papers PMMA, PEP-PMMA, number 2008-09.
• Alisher Aldashev & Johannes Gernandt & Stephan L. Thomsen, 2008, "The Immigrant Wage Gap in Germany," FEMM Working Papers, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Faculty of Economics and Management, number 08019, Mar.
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