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Chapter 10. Immigration and the Economy of Cities and Regions
Lewis, Ethan; Peri, Giovanni - In: Handbook of regional and urban economics : volume 5, (pp. 625-685). 2015
In this chapter, we analyze immigration and its effect on urban and regional economies focusing on productivity and … regions, relative to natives. Immigrants are different from natives in several economically relevant skills. Their impact on … the local economy depends on these skills. We emphasize that to evaluate correctly such impact, we also need to understand …
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Competition, Takeovers and Gender Discrimination
Heyman, Fredrik; Svaleryd, Helena; Vlachos, Jonas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
Theories of taste-based discrimination predict that competitive pressures will drive discriminatory behaviour out of the market. Using detailed matched employer-employee data, we analyze how firm takeovers and product market competition are related to the gender composition of the firm’s...
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The disappearing gay income penalty
Clarke, Geoffrey; Sevak, Purvi - In: Economics Letters 121 (2013) 3, pp. 542-545
Since 1995, labor economists have reported on the income disparities between individuals who engage in same-sex behavior and those that do not. Many of these papers report a significant wage penalty, while others find no effect, but few look at the trend over time. We find, using National Health...
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Disability and Work: A Review of the British Evidence
JONES, MELANIE K.; LATREILLE, PAUL L.; SLOANE, PETER J. - In: Estudios de Economía Aplicada 25 (2007) Abril, pp. 473-498
By international standards, rates of disability in Britain are high, and employment rates for the disabled are low. This paper reviews the impact of disability on labour market outcomes in Britain. The British situation is firstly set in a legislative and policy context. The paper then...
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Against 'Gender-based taxation'
Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
This paper criticizes the Alesina and Ichino (2007) proposal of taxing men more than women. First, the proposal is outright sex discrimination. Second, it cannot be Pareto-improving. Third, its virtues in terms of efficiency are better obtained by gender-neutral voluntary schemes for taxing...
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Valoración Agraria multicriterio en un entorno con escasa información/Multicriteria Agricultural Valuation in an Environment with scarce information.
AZNAR BELLVER, JERÓNIMO; GUIJARRO MARTÍNEZ, FRANCISCO; … - In: Estudios de Economía Aplicada 25 (2007) Abril, pp. 549-572
El presente trabajo presenta un nuevo procedimiento de valoración agraria multicriterio (MAVAM), especialmente diseñado para situaciones en las que se dispone de escasa información, cuantificada o no, acerca de los elementos considerados. El procedimiento propuesto, válido para trabajar en...
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Labour market reform in Japan to cope with a shrinking and ageing population
Jones, Randall Sidney; Seitani, Haruki - 2019
– typically at age 60 – would enable employees to extend their careers and reduce the link between wages and seniority. It would …
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Addressing demographic headwinds in Japan: A long-term perspective
Jones, Randall S... - 2024
the challenge of reversing fertility trends, Japan needs to prepare for a low-fertility future by raising productivity and …
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The Wages of Women in England, 1260-1850
Humphries, Jane; Weisdorf, Jacob - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
and trends in wellbeing. If the rise in wages that followed the Black Death enticed female servants to delay marriage, it …
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The incidence of the healthcare costs of smoking
Cowan, Benjamin; Schwab, Benjamin - In: Journal of Health Economics 30 (2011) 5, pp. 1094-1102
the work of Bhattacharya and Bundorf (2009), who provide evidence that obese workers receive lower wages on account of …) receive significantly lower wages than their non-smoking peers, while smokers who are not insured through their employer … appears to be borne by smokers themselves in the form of lower wages. Second, differences in healthcare costs between smokers …
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