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Real Wage Cyclicality in Germany and the UK: New Results Using Panel Data
Peng, Fei; Siebert, W. Stanley - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
This paper compares the cyclical behaviour of male real wages in Germany and the UK using the German Socio … unemployment rate as the cyclical measure, we find real wages of stayers in the private sector in West Germany - but not East … Germany - to be procyclical, and quite sensitive to unemployment, comparable to the US and the UK. We find cyclicality in the …
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rapport général et études de cas : France, Germany, Greece, United Kingdom ; [mit Tab.]
Härnquist, Kjell (contributor) - 1979
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000316410
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Made in China, Sold in Norway: Local Labor Market Effects of an Import Shock
Balsvik, Ragnhild; Jensen, Sissel; Salvanes, Kjell G. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We analyze whether regional labor markets are affected by expo- sure to import competition from China. We find negative employment effects for low-skilled workers, and observe that low-skilled workers tend to be pushed into unemployment or leave the labor force altogether. We find no evidence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884256
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How Destructive Is Creative Destruction? The Costs of Worker Displacement
Huttunen, Kristiina; Møen, Jarle; Salvanes, Kjell G. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
We analyze short and long-term effects of worker displacement. Our focus is on prime-age male workers displaced from Norwegian manufacturing plants. We find that displacement increases the probability of exiting the labor force by about 5 percentage points. This indicates that studies using data...
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Belgium, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerlan
Caty, G. (contributor) - 1973
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Non-Farm Enterprise Productivity and Spatial Autocorrelation in Rural Africa: Evidence from Ethiopia and Nigeria
Owoo, Nkechi S.; Naudé, Wim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
The productivity of non-farm enterprises in rural Africa may be associated with the productivity of other spatially proximate farm and non-farm enterprises. To test for the presence and significance of such spatial autocorrelation we use data from the geo-referenced 2011 Ethiopian Rural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010791524
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Immigrant Workers and Farm Performance: Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Data
Malchow-Møller, Nikolaj; Munch, Jakob R.; Seidelin, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Many developed countries have recently experienced a significant inflow of immigrants in the agricultural sector. At the same time, the sector is still in a process of structural transformation resulting in fewer but bigger and presumably more efficient farms. In this paper, we exploit detailed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010704408
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Seasonal Credit Constraints and Agricultural Labor Supply: Evidence from Zambia
Fink, Günther; Jack, Kelsey; Masiye, Felix - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Small-scale farming remains the primary source of income for a majority of the population in developing countries. While most farmers primarily work on their own fields, off-farm labor is common among small-scale farmers. A growing literature suggests that off-farm labor is not the result of...
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The Agricultural Origins of Time Preference
Galor, Oded; Özak, Ömer - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This research explores the origins of the distribution of time preference across regions. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically, that geographical variations in natural land productivity and their impact on the return to agricultural investment have had a persistent effect on...
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