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We extend the literature on transition economies' wage structures by investigating the returns to tenure and experience. This study applies recent panel data and estimation approaches that control for hitherto neglected biases. We compare the life-cycle structure of East and West German wages for fulltime employed men in the private sector. The patterns in the returns to seniority are similar ...
In:
Economics of Transition
17 (2009), 4, 629–659
| Robert Orlowski, Regina T. Riphahn
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Cambridge:
University of Cambridge, Microsimulation Unit,
2005,
(EUROMOD Working Paper No. EM3/05)
| Kristian Orsini, Amedeo Spadaro
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Halifax:
2001,
| Lars Osberg
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Syracuse:
Syracuse University, Maxwell School,
2002,
(Luxembourg Income Study Working Paper No. 326)
| Lars Osberg
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Syracuse:
Syracuse University, Maxwell School,
2002,
(Luxembourg Income Study Working Paper No. 321)
| Lars Osberg
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Syracuse:
Syracuse University, Maxwell School,
2002,
(Luxembourg Income Study Working Paper No. 334)
| Lars Osberg
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In:
Canadian Public Policy (Special Issue supplement 1)
29 (2003), 1, xx
| Lars Osberg
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Konstanz:
Universität Konstanz, Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften und Statistik,
1995,
(Diskussionspapier Nr. 25)
| Ursula Oser
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This paper argues – in line with the proposals of the recent Stiglitz Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress – that we should now be measuring a nation’s emotional prosperity rather than its economic prosperity (that is, we ought to focus on the level of mental well-being not the number of pounds in people’s bank accounts). The paper reviews recent ideas in this field. ...
Bonn:
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA),
2010,
(IZA DP No. 5390)
| Andrew J. Oswald
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Is affluence a good thing? The book The Challenge of Affluence by Avner Offer (2006) argues that economic prosperity weakens self-control and undermines human well-being. Consistent with a pessimistic view, we show that psychological distress has been rising through time in modern Great Britain. Taking over-eating as an example, our data reveal that half the British population view themselves as overweight, ...
In:
Economic Journal
117 (2007), 521, F441–F454
| Andrew J. Oswald, Nattavudh Powdthavee