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The Place Premium : Wage Differences for Identical Workers across the US Border

This paper compares the wages of workers inside the United States to the wages of observably identical workers outside the United States-controlling for country of birth, country of education, years of education, work experience, sex, and rural-urb...

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Main Authors: Clemens, Michael A., Montenegro, Claudio E., Pritchett, Lant
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ACCOUNTING
ADULT MALE
AGE CATEGORIES
AGE GROUPS
ANNUAL WAGE
AVERAGE EXCHANGE RATE
AVERAGE WAGE
CALCULATION
CALCULATIONS
CARPENTERS
CITIZEN
CITIZENS
CONSEQUENCES OF MIGRATION
CONSUMER
CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING
CONTRIBUTION
CONTRIBUTIONS
COST OF TRAVEL
COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN
COUNTRY OF DESTINATION
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DIRECT COST
DISCRIMINATION
DISEQUILIBRIUM
DRIVERS
EARNING
EARNINGS
EARNINGS MEASURES
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC THEORY
EMPLOYMENT
EXCHANGE RATES
EXPECTED WAGE
FACTOR MARKETS
FAMILY MEMBERS
FEMALE WORKERS
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
FORMAL SECTOR WAGE
FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION
FUNCTIONAL FORMS
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GENDER DISCRIMINATION
GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT
GROSS WAGES
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
HUMAN CAPITAL
IMMIGRANT
IMMIGRANTS
IMMIGRATION
INCOME
INCOME COUNTRIES
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOME TAXES
INCOMES
INFORMAL SECTOR
INTERNATIONAL BORDERS
INTERNATIONAL PRICE
JOBS
LABOR COST
LABOR COSTS
LABOR INCOME
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKET DISCRIMINATION
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR MIGRATION
LABOR MOBILITY
LABORERS
LARGE FIRMS
LEVELS OF EDUCATION
LIFETIME
LOCAL CURRENCY
LOTTERY
LOW-INCOME
LOW-INCOME COUNTRY
LOW-INCOME FAMILIES
MAINTENANCE COSTS
MARGINAL PRODUCT
MARGINAL PRODUCTS
MARITAL STATUS
MATH
MEDICAL CARE
MIGRANTS
MIGRATION FLOWS
MIGRATION POLICY
MOVEMENTS OF PEOPLE
NATIONAL POPULATION
NUMBER OF WORKERS
OCCUPATION
OCCUPATIONS
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
PERSONAL COMMUNICATION
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POOR PEOPLE
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRECEDING SECTION
PREVIOUS SECTION
PRODUCTIVITIES
PRODUCTIVITY
PROGRESS
PUBLIC GOOD
PURCHASING POWER
PURCHASING POWER PARITY
RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
REAL COST
REAL WAGE
REAL WAGES
REFUGEE
REFUGEES
REMITTANCES
REMUNERATION
RESEARCH ASSISTANCE
RESPECT
RETURN MIGRATION
RURAL RESIDENCE
SALARIES
SAVERS
SAVINGS
SAVINGS RATES
SEX
SOCIAL SECURITY
SOURCES OF INCOME
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
STOCKS
TEMPORARY MIGRANTS
TEMPORARY MIGRATION
TEMPORARY WORKERS
TOTAL COMPENSATION
TOTAL WAGE
TRANSPORTATION
UNDERESTIMATES
UNEMPLOYED
UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS
URBAN AREAS
UTILITY FUNCTION
WAGE
WAGE DATA
WAGE DIFFERENTIALS
WAGE DISCRIMINATION
WAGE DISTRIBUTION
WAGE EFFECT
WAGE GAIN
WAGE GAINS
WAGE GAP
WAGE GAPS
WAGE RATE
WAGE RATES
WAGES
WOMAN
WORK EXPERIENCE
WORKER
WORKFORCE
WORTH
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/07/9683939/place-premium-wage-differences-identical-workers-across-border
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6828

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/07/9683939/place-premium-wage-differences-identical-workers-across-border
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6828

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