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An Incentive Theory of Matching
Brown, Alessio J G; Merkl, Christian; Snower, Dennis J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
This paper presents a theory explaining the labor market matching process through microeconomic incentives. There are heterogeneous variations in the characteristics of workers and jobs, and firms face adjustment costs in responding to these variations. Matches and separations are described...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005000439
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Immigration, Growth and Unemployment: Panel VAR Evidence from OECD Countries
Boubtane, Ekrame; Coulibaly, Dramane; Rault, Christophe - CESifo - 2013
This paper examines empirically the interaction between immigration and host country economic conditions. We employ …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877796
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Immigration, Unemployment and Growth in the Host Country: Bootstrap Panel Granger Causality Analysis on OECD Countries
Boubtane, Ekrame; Coulibaly, Dramane; Rault, Christophe - CESifo - 2013
This paper examines the causality relationship between immigration, unemployment and economic growth of the host … 1980-2005 period for 22 OECD countries, we find that, only in Portugal, unemployment negatively causes immigration, while … in any country, immigration does not cause unemployment. On the other hand, our results show that, in four countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010641422
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Labour Mobility of Immigrants: Training, Experience, Language and Opportunities
Cohen-Goldner, Sarit; Eckstein, Zvi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
This Paper analyses the labour mobility and human capital accumulation of male immigrants who moved from the former Soviet Union to Israel. We formulate an estimable dynamic choice model for employment and training in blue and white-collar occupations, where the labour market randomly offered...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123956
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Native Welfare Losses from High Skilled Immigration
Kemnitz, Alexander - CESifo - 2008
This paper explores the effects of high skilled immigration to a host country with unionized low skilled labor and an … unemployment insurance scheme. We show that such immigration can create a negative immigration surplus due to adverse effects on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005406111
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Estimating the Return to Training and Occupational Experience: The Case of Female Immigrants
Cohen-Goldner, Sarit; Eckstein, Zvi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
Do government provided training programmes benefit the participants and the society? We address this question in the context of female immigrants who first learn the new language and then choose between working or attending government provided training. Although theoretically training may have...
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