This paper uses a variety of statistical methods to investigate hypotheses about differences in salaries, promotions, and promotion rates arising from the sex or visible minority status of faculty. Clearly salaries vary for many reasons: years of experience, disciplinary differences, and most importantly, productivity. The purpose of this analysis is to use all of the existing data available on...

The multidimensional comparative analysis and the forecasting of minimum salaries in 21 European countries were conducted study. research began with ranking data, amount salary rates taken as a basis, rise expressed euro values dynamics indices on constant base. Then data was aggregated. time series lowest analyzed evaluated. Thus, regularities observed that used to select Holt-Winters’ exponen...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the cost of preparing cytostatic drugs in the intravenous preparation unit in a hospital in Mexico. METHOD The annual cost of preparing cytostatic drugs based on the information of 92 days, considering the costs of drugs, the mixing service (including standard solution, quality control, services and waste) and salaries were estimated. The costs are estimated in Mexican p...

We analyze a decentralized trading process in a basic labor market where heterogeneous firms and workers meet directly and randomly, and negotiate salaries with each other over time. Firms and workers may not have a complete picture of the entire market and can thus behave myopically in the process. Our main result establishes that, starting from an arbitrary initial market state, there exists ...

This paper examines the effects of certain achievement-related personal characteristics on firm-specific variation in the salary attainment of white male managers of a utility firm. Special emphasis is given to assessing the degree to which the effects of personal attributes on current salary are transmitted via starting salary and/or via the rate of increase in salary. Characteristics found to...

This paper explores the long-term relationship between salaries and asset prices and relates it to asset allocation decisions of defined benefit pension funds. In particular, it discusses whether a 100% bond allocation is indeed the minimum risk position for an ongoing scheme whose benefits accruing to active members rise in line with their wages. The main finding is that, while shorter-run cor...

Can changes in teacher pay encourage more able individuals to enter the teaching profession? So far, studies of the impact of pay on the aptitude distribution of teachers have provided mixed evidence on the extent to which altering teacher salaries represents a feasible solution to the teacher quality problem. One possible reason is that these studies have been unable to separate labor supply e...