Comparative advantage and moonlighting

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چکیده

We document three facts: (i) Higher educated workers are more likely to moonlight; (ii) conditional on education, with higher wages less and (iii) the prevalence of moonlighting is declining over time for all education groups. develop an equilibrium model labor market explain these patterns. A dominating income effect explains negative correlation productivity in cross section downward trend time. part-to-full pay differential skilled (a comparative advantage) positive education. provide empirical evidence advantage using CPS data. calibrate 1994 cross-sectional data assess its ability reproduce 2017 The driving forces variables proportion workers. accounts 56% workers, 67% unskilled

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: European Economic Review

سال: 2021

ISSN: ['1873-572X', '0014-2921']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2021.103897