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Globalization and labour markets deregulation

Dimitrova, Teodora (contributor); Tchipev, Anton (contributor) - 2004

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Alesina, Alberto - 2006

Many low skilled jobs have been substituted away for machines in Europe, or eliminated, much more so than in the US …, while technological progress at the "top", i.e. at the high-tech sector, is faster in the US than in Europe. This paper … suggests that the main difference between Europe and the US in this respect is their different labor market policies. European …

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Economic Reforms and Labor Markets : Policy Issues and Lessons from Chile

Edwards, Sebastian - 2000

This paper deals with the reform to labor market regulation implemented by Chile during the last twenty years. We concentrate on the reform to job security, on the decentralization of the wage bargaining process, and on the reduction in payroll taxes. Our interest is to understand to what extent...

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Employment in Black Urban Labor Markets : Problems and Solutions

Hellerstein, Judith K. - 2011

Blacks in the United States are poorer than whites and have much lower employment rates. "Place-based" policies seek to improve the labor markets in which blacks - especially low-income urban blacks - tend to reside. We first review the literature on spatial mismatch, which provides much of the...

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Technology, Unemployment, and Relative Wages in a Global Economy

Davis, Donald R. - 1996

the unskilled. By contrast, in Europe it is undoubtedly the rise and persistence of unemployment. Technology has been …

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Eine ökonomische Einordnung der Förderung der beruflichen Weiterbildung im Rahmen der aktiven Arbeitsmarktpolitik

Fitzenberger, Bernd (contributor); … - 2004

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The Perverse Effects of Partial Labor Market Reform : Fixed Duration Contracts in France

Blanchard, Olivier - 2001

Rather than decrease firing costs across the board, a number of European countries have allowed firms to hire workers on fixed-duration contracts. At the end of a given duration, these contracts can be terminated at little or no cost. If workers are kept on however, the contracts become subject...

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The Role of Shocks and Institutions in the Rise of European Unemployment : The Aggregate Evidence

Blanchard, Olivier - 1999

Two key facts about European unemployment must be explained: the rise in unemployment since the 1960s, and the heterogeneity of individual country experiences. While adverse shocks can potentially explain much of the rise in unemployment, there is insufficient heterogeneity in these shocks to...

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Estimating the Effect of Training on Employment and Unemployment Durations : Evidence From Experimental Data

Ham, John C. - 1991

Using data from a social experiment, we estimate the impact of training on the duration of employment and unemployment spells for AFDC recipients. Although an experimental design eliminates the need to construct a comparison group for this analysis, simple comparisons between the average...

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Implications of the Illinois Reemployment Bonus Experiments For Theories of Unemployment and Policy Design

Meyer, Bruce D. - 1988

Reemployment bonus experiments offer large lump sum payments to unemployment insurance (UI) recipients who find a job quickly. Such experiments are underway or have been recently completed in four states. This paper analyzes the results from Illinois and discusses the implications of the...

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