State Minimum Wage and Food Insecurity Among US Households With Children
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DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.2043
Abstract: Key Points Question Are increases in the US state minimum wage associated with reduced food insecurity among economically at-risk households with children? Findings In this pooled cross-sectional study using repeated surveys from 2005 to 2022… read more here.
Keywords: state minimum; wage; minimum wage; food insecurity ... See more keywords
Introduction of a National Minimum Wage Reduced Depressive Symptoms in Low‐Wage Workers: A Quasi‐Natural Experiment in the UK
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DOI: 10.1002/hec.3336
Abstract: Summary Does increasing incomes improve health? In 1999, the UK government implemented minimum wage legislation, increasing hourly wages to at least £3.60. This policy experiment created intervention and control groups that can be used to… read more here.
Keywords: depressive symptoms; low wage; wage workers; minimum wage ... See more keywords
Wage inequality across regions in India: Exploring the role of education and skills
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DOI: 10.1002/pa.2919
Abstract: This study explores regional differences in wage inequality in India and examine various contributory factors for increasing disparities in wages across different regions in India. Using data from the India Human Development Survey (IHDS) 2011–12… read more here.
Keywords: across regions; education; regions india; wage ... See more keywords
Does Rural Transformation Reduce the Gender Wage Gap? An Empirical Study of Sustainable Development in Bangladesh
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DOI: 10.1002/sd.70125
Abstract: This paper examines the impact of rural transformation on the gender wage gap in Bangladesh, utilizing longitudinal data from the Household Income and Expenditure Survey, covering all 64 districts across the years 1995, 2000, 2005,… read more here.
Keywords: rural transformation; wage; gender wage; wage gap ... See more keywords
Cross‐Country Evidence on Labor Market Institutions and Young Adult Employment through the Financial Crisis
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DOI: 10.1002/soej.12373
Abstract: I develop and analyze a set of cross‐country facts regarding employment and wage setting institutions over the decade surrounding the 2008 financial crisis. Among long‐industrialized countries, young adult employment declined more than prime age employment… read more here.
Keywords: cross country; financial crisis; wage; young adult ... See more keywords
Segregation and gender wage gaps in the private and the public sectors: an analysis of Danish linked employer–employee data, 2002–2012
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DOI: 10.1007/s00181-016-1132-2
Abstract: This paper examines the relation between segregation and the gender wage gap in the public and the private sectors in Denmark from 2002 to 2012. The analysis shows that male–female differences in the share of… read more here.
Keywords: segregation gender; wage; segregation; sector ... See more keywords
Decomposition methods for analyzing inequality changes in Latin America 2002–2014
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DOI: 10.1007/s00181-018-1518-4
Abstract: This paper studies recent inequality patterns and the distributional effects of schooling and job informality on wage inequality in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico during the 2002–2014 period. By means of a quantile regression framework,… read more here.
Keywords: quantile regression; effect; inequality; wage ... See more keywords
Gender differences in wage expectations: the role of biased beliefs
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DOI: 10.1007/s00181-021-02044-0
Abstract: We analyze gender differences in expected starting salaries along the wage expectations distribution of prospective university students in Germany, using elicited beliefs about both own salaries and salaries for average other students in the same… read more here.
Keywords: role; gender differences; wage expectations; wage ... See more keywords
Unraveling wage inequality: tangible and intangible assets, globalization and labor market regulations
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DOI: 10.1007/s00181-024-02587-y
Abstract: In this paper, we study the asymmetric effects of different types of capital-embodied technological change, as proxied by tangible and intangible assets, on relative wages (high- to medium-skilled, high- to low-skilled and medium- to low-skilled… read more here.
Keywords: intangible assets; labor; tangible intangible; labor market ... See more keywords
‘Kaldor Facts’ and the decline of Wage Share: An agent based-stock flow consistent model of induced technical change along Classical and Keynesian lines
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DOI: 10.1007/s00191-020-00686-4
Abstract: This paper introduces the classical idea about the so-called directed and induced technical change (ITC) within a Keynesian demand-side and evolutionary endogenous growth model in order to analyse the interplay between technical change, long-run economic… read more here.
Keywords: model; technical change; induced technical; wage ... See more keywords
Incentives and peer effects in the workplace: On the impact of envy and wage transparency on organizational design
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DOI: 10.1007/s00199-024-01622-4
Abstract: The article is concerned with understanding the impact of social preferences and wage transparency on the optimal organizational design of firms. We consider a moral-hazard environment with envious workers. The integration of workers in one… read more here.
Keywords: transparency; wage transparency; wage; incentives peer ... See more keywords