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Protective or counter-productive? : labor market institutions and the effect of immigration on EU natives

Angrist, Joshua D.; Kugler, Adriana D. - 2002

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Eastern enlargement and EU-labour markets : perceptions, challenges and opportunities

Boeri, Tito; Brücker, Herbert - 2001

associated with Eastern enlargement drawing on a time series model of immigration to Germany, which allows to estimate the long … persons which is expected to be reached around 30 years after the liberalisation of labour movements. Net immigration inflows …, where immigration from the CEECs-10 is concentrated. In the final section of the paper, we argue for keeping actual …

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Immigrants and unemployment in the European Community

Gang, Ira N.; Rivera-Batiz, Francisco L. - 1999

This paper examines whether immigrants increase the likelihood of unemployment among native-born workers in the European Union. Earlier papers measure the presence of immigrants in the local labor market by computing the share of the foreigners in specific regions. This paper, instead, utilizes...

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An economic analysis of unemployment in Trinidad and Tobago

Downes, Andrew S. - 1998 - Revised August 1998

Unemployment is regarded as one of the most challenging economic problems facing the governments of the Caribbean. Although there are variations in the measurement of unemployment, official estimates obtained from labor force surveys indicate that in 1995 the unemployment rate ranged from 7.8...

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Ties that bind : employment protection and labor market outcomes in Latin America

Pagés, Carmen; Márquez, Gustavo - 1998

This paper reviews the regulations governing hiring, firing, overtime work, social security contributions, minimum wages, and collective bargaining in the region, examining their impact on labor market outcomes.

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Labour market reforms and unemployment : lessons from the experience of the OECD countries

Scarpetta, Stefano - 1998

The OECD labor market has undergone major changes over the past two decades. The most evident of these changes is the rise in the number of job-seekers. In 1997, there were more than 35 million people unemployed in the OECD area as a whole, some 6 million more than in the mid-1980s and almost 25...

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