Essays about: "Earnings Differentials"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words Earnings Differentials.

  1. 1. The Great Recession’s Impact on Gender Wage in the Top Quantiles in the US

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

    Author : Noah Hjelm; [2023]
    Keywords : Gender wage gap; Discrimination; Great recession; Exogenous shock; Quantile regression; Women; Labour market; Wage differentials;

    Abstract : The gender wage gap in the labour market has long been a topic of study, highlighting the disadvantages faced by women in terms of earningscompared to men. This study aims to investigate if the Great Recession had additional impacts on women's earnings differentials. READ MORE

  3. 2. Native-immigrant Earnings Differentials for Employees and Self-Employed

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Ekonomihögskolan, ELNU

    Author : Gülsah Altin; Mohamed Shafi Shoble; [2022]
    Keywords : Immigrants; Earnings Differentials; Self-Employment;

    Abstract : Abstract  This study investigates the native-immigrant earnings differential in self-employment and wage employment in Sweden. The main research question is whether the earnings differential between immigrants and natives differs when immigrants are self-employed. READ MORE

  4. 3. Discrimination on the labor market towards immigrant women : Is there a different gender wage gap amongst immigrant women compared to natives?

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

    Author : Emina Peric; Rachel Stigh; [2022]
    Keywords : gender wage; native-immigrant wage gap; immigration; discrimination; women; labor market; wage differentials;

    Abstract : The gender inequality in the labor market has long been a discussed and studied topic, and today it is acknowledged that women are discriminated against and face disadvantages in earnings compared to men. This study aims to further investigate if immigrant women face additional earnings differentials due to their ethnicity, more specifically in the Norwegian labor market. READ MORE

  5. 4. Public-Private Sector Wage Gap in Ghana: Single Spine Pay Policy to the Rescue?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Albert Duodu; [2019]
    Keywords : Wage Policy; Wage-Gap; Quantile treatment effect; Difference-in-Difference; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper exploits the adoption of Single Spine Pay Policy (SSPP) as a natural experiment to investigate the potency of wage policies in addressing the pay differentials between the public and private sector in Africa. The Government of Ghana in 2010, implemented the SSPP to tackle the long-standing wage gap between the public and private sector and consequently improve productivity in the public sector. READ MORE

  6. 5. The double disadvantage effect for immigrant women : Is there an earnings differential between native women and immigrant women with similar education and human capital in the Swedish labour market?

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

    Author : Ellen Fridsén; Victoria Sjölander; [2018]
    Keywords : Immigrants; Earnings differentials; Education; Women; Double disadvantage;

    Abstract : The migration has increased substantially during the last years and most countries struggle to integrate immigrants into the labour market. Since we also know from previous research that women are discriminated against due to their gender we want to investigate if immigrant women are facing an additional earnings differential because of their ethnicity. READ MORE