Export wage premium for south Brazilian firms: Interaction between export, human capital, and export destination
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econ.2020.05.003
Abstract: Abstract This paper looks for evidence of learning-by-exporting effects on firms’ average wages and its interaction with human capital level and export destination. This interaction allows us to test the hypothesis that a wage premium… read more here.
Keywords: wage premium; export; human capital; export destination ... See more keywords
The evolving nature of the college wage premium
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2020.09.001
Abstract: Focusing on the signaling aspect of education, we show that the college wage premium can be U-shaped in the share of the population with a college degree. This prediction is consistent with empirical evidence from… read more here.
Keywords: premium; evolving nature; college; wage premium ... See more keywords
Wages in High-Tech Start-Ups – Do Academic Spin-Offs Pay a Wage Premium?
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DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2016.09.002
Abstract: Due to their origin in universities, academic spin-offs operate at the forefront of technological development. Therefore, academic spin-offs exhibit a skill-biased labour demand, i.e. academic spin-offs have a high demand for employees with cutting-edge knowledge… read more here.
Keywords: spin offs; start ups; academic spin; wage premium ... See more keywords
Does the urban wage premium differ by pre-employment status?
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DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2019.1577553
Abstract: ABSTRACT This paper investigates whether the density of local labour markets in Germany impacts on the wage of new employment relationships and whether corresponding urbanization economies differ significantly across distinct types of transitions to employment.… read more here.
Keywords: urban wage; premium differ; wage; differ pre ... See more keywords
Values and Inequality: Prosocial Jobs and the College Wage Premium
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DOI: 10.1177/00031224221089335
Abstract: Employers often recruit workers by invoking corporate social responsibility, organizational purpose, or other claims to a prosocial mission. In an era of substantial labor market inequality, commentators typically dismiss these claims as hypocritical: prosocial employers… read more here.
Keywords: prosocial jobs; wage premium; college wage; college ... See more keywords
Higher education expansion and the changing college wage premium in Hong Kong, 1976–2016
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DOI: 10.1177/2057150x211073453
Abstract: This article examines the trends and patterns of returns to college education in Hong Kong in the context of educational expansion. Using the data from nine waves of population censuses/by-censuses from 1976 to 2016, we… read more here.
Keywords: hong kong; wage premium; college wage; college ... See more keywords
The urban wage premium is disappearing in U.S. micropolitan areas
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0267210
Abstract: A key driver of urbanization is the pursuit of economic opportunities in cities. One such opportunity is the promise of higher wages in larger cities, a phenomenon known as the urban wage premium. While an… read more here.
Keywords: micropolitan areas; wage; wage premium; urban wage ... See more keywords