Pub Date : 2020-03-17DOI: 10.1007/s12122-019-09296-x
Gustavo Canavire-Bacarreza, Luis C. Carvajal-Osorio
This article explores the variation in the wage distributions of two Latin American countries, Bolivia and Colombia, which have had different political and economic strategies in recent years. Using data from household surveys, a decomposition of the wage distribution in each country using functional principal component analysis is conducted. The results suggest that Bolivia, which has implemented state-centered policies, has experienced a general increase in wages, especially benefiting the least skilled workers and the informal sector. On the other hand, the wage distribution in Colombia, whose economic policy has leaned towards market-oriented principles, has become more concentrated around the median wage, mainly due to changes in formal sector wages.
{"title":"Two Stories of Wage Dynamics in Latin America: Different Policies, Different Outcomes","authors":"Gustavo Canavire-Bacarreza, Luis C. Carvajal-Osorio","doi":"10.1007/s12122-019-09296-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12122-019-09296-x","url":null,"abstract":"This article explores the variation in the wage distributions of two Latin American countries, Bolivia and Colombia, which have had different political and economic strategies in recent years. Using data from household surveys, a decomposition of the wage distribution in each country using functional principal component analysis is conducted. The results suggest that Bolivia, which has implemented state-centered policies, has experienced a general increase in wages, especially benefiting the least skilled workers and the informal sector. On the other hand, the wage distribution in Colombia, whose economic policy has leaned towards market-oriented principles, has become more concentrated around the median wage, mainly due to changes in formal sector wages.","PeriodicalId":46592,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Labor Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2020-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138508618","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-02-06DOI: 10.1007/s12122-020-09298-0
L. Kamas, A. Preston
{"title":"Does Empathy Pay? Evidence on Empathy and Salaries of Recent College Graduates","authors":"L. Kamas, A. Preston","doi":"10.1007/s12122-020-09298-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12122-020-09298-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46592,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Labor Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2020-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s12122-020-09298-0","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"52875967","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-01-08DOI: 10.1007/s12122-019-09297-w
Lina Aldén, Mats Hammarstedt, Hanna Swahnberg
{"title":"Sexual Orientation and Job Satisfaction: Survey-Based Evidence from Sweden","authors":"Lina Aldén, Mats Hammarstedt, Hanna Swahnberg","doi":"10.1007/s12122-019-09297-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12122-019-09297-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46592,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Labor Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2020-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s12122-019-09297-w","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"52875798","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-01-01Epub Date: 2020-12-15DOI: 10.1007/s12122-020-09312-5
Jeounghee Kim
Occupational training and credentialing requirements for direct care workers were in place for consumers' health and safety, but their effects on job qualities and labor shortages in the direct care industry have been controversial. Using a nationally representative sample of psychiatric, nursing, and home health aides, a series of Average Treatment Effect models were analyzed to examine the effects of occupational credentials on various measures of job qualities. The findings revealed that credential-holding was related to higher annual earnings and increased probability of working full-time, year-round, and having access to employer-provided health insurance and retirement savings plans. The positive effects, however, were modest in size and suggested that, given the current wage and benefit levels for direct care workers, training and credential requirements cannot be the key to resolving job quality and labor shortage issues in the direct care industry. Implications of these findings and alternative ways to address the issues were discussed.
{"title":"Occupational Credentials and Job Qualities of Direct Care Workers: Implications for Labor Shortages.","authors":"Jeounghee Kim","doi":"10.1007/s12122-020-09312-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12122-020-09312-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Occupational training and credentialing requirements for direct care workers were in place for consumers' health and safety, but their effects on job qualities and labor shortages in the direct care industry have been controversial. Using a nationally representative sample of psychiatric, nursing, and home health aides, a series of Average Treatment Effect models were analyzed to examine the effects of occupational credentials on various measures of job qualities. The findings revealed that credential-holding was related to higher annual earnings and increased probability of working full-time, year-round, and having access to employer-provided health insurance and retirement savings plans. The positive effects, however, were modest in size and suggested that, given the current wage and benefit levels for direct care workers, training and credential requirements cannot be the key to resolving job quality and labor shortage issues in the direct care industry. Implications of these findings and alternative ways to address the issues were discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":46592,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Labor Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s12122-020-09312-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38732546","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-09-14DOI: 10.1007/s12122-019-09293-0
T. Chu, Qiang Wen
{"title":"Does College Education Promote Entrepreneurship in China?","authors":"T. Chu, Qiang Wen","doi":"10.1007/s12122-019-09293-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12122-019-09293-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46592,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Labor Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2019-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s12122-019-09293-0","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46095748","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-09-05DOI: 10.1007/s12122-019-09294-z
Jisheng Yang, Di Ai
{"title":"Effect of the Big Five Personality Traits on Entrepreneurial Probability: Influence of China’s Household Registration System","authors":"Jisheng Yang, Di Ai","doi":"10.1007/s12122-019-09294-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12122-019-09294-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46592,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Labor Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2019-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s12122-019-09294-z","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"52875742","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-08-23DOI: 10.1007/s12122-020-09303-6
M. Strawczynski
{"title":"Optimal EITC in the Presence of Cultural Barriers for Labor Market Participation","authors":"M. Strawczynski","doi":"10.1007/s12122-020-09303-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12122-020-09303-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46592,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Labor Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2019-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s12122-020-09303-6","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44399496","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-08-03DOI: 10.1007/s12122-019-09292-1
Derek Messacar, P. Kocourek
{"title":"Pathways to Retirement, Well-Being, and Mandatory Retirement Rules: Evidence from Canadian Reforms","authors":"Derek Messacar, P. Kocourek","doi":"10.1007/s12122-019-09292-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12122-019-09292-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46592,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Labor Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2019-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s12122-019-09292-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42505353","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-07-25DOI: 10.1007/s12122-019-09291-2
Vera A. Adamchik, T. Hyclak, P. Sedlak, L. W. Taylor
{"title":"Wage Returns to English Proficiency in Poland","authors":"Vera A. Adamchik, T. Hyclak, P. Sedlak, L. W. Taylor","doi":"10.1007/s12122-019-09291-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12122-019-09291-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46592,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Labor Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2019-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s12122-019-09291-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49417321","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-06-05DOI: 10.1007/s12122-019-09290-3
Jacob Nielsen Arendt, Christophe Kolodziejczyk
This study uses a regression discontinuity design to estimate effects of an employment bonus program for long-term unemployed social assistance recipients. The program pays benefit bonuses to persons in the target group for any hours they work in regular employment or subsidized employment schemes. The program pays up to 6 % of post-tax earnings if they enter regular or subsidized employment over a specific two-year period. Our results show that the program has no effects on employment rates, earnings or participation in subsidized employment. The null findings are robust when using RD estimates based on different bandwidths and different window widths around the eligibility threshold and hold for given gender, age, ethnicity and parental status.
{"title":"The Effects of an Employment Bonus for Long-Term Social Assistance Recipients","authors":"Jacob Nielsen Arendt, Christophe Kolodziejczyk","doi":"10.1007/s12122-019-09290-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12122-019-09290-3","url":null,"abstract":"This study uses a regression discontinuity design to estimate effects of an employment bonus program for long-term unemployed social assistance recipients. The program pays benefit bonuses to persons in the target group for any hours they work in regular employment or subsidized employment schemes. The program pays up to 6 % of post-tax earnings if they enter regular or subsidized employment over a specific two-year period. Our results show that the program has no effects on employment rates, earnings or participation in subsidized employment. The null findings are robust when using RD estimates based on different bandwidths and different window widths around the eligibility threshold and hold for given gender, age, ethnicity and parental status.","PeriodicalId":46592,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Labor Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2019-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138508595","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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