Regional population structure and young workers’ wages

This paper estimates the effect that changes in the size of the youth population have on the wages of young workers. Assuming that differently aged workers are only imperfectly substitutable, economic theory predicts that individuals in larger age groups earn lower wages. We test this hypothesis for...

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Published in:	MAGKS - Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics (Band 06-2017)
Main Authors:	Garloff, Alfred, Roth, Duncan
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Philipps-Universität Marburg 2017
Subjects:	labour-market regions wages youth share Population structure occupational selection instrumental variables Wirtschaft Economics
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