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India's De-Industrialization Under British Rule: New Ideas, New Evidence

Clingingsmith, David; Williamson, Jeffrey G - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

India was a major player in the world export market for textiles in the early 18th century, but by the middle of the 19 … some decline, and India underwent secular de-industrialization as a consequence. While India produced about 25% of world … about the relative role played by domestic and foreign forces in India’s de-industrialization. The construction of new …

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Grin and Bear It: Producer-financed Exports from an Emerging Market

Demir, Banu; Javorcik, Beata - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

This study uses a unique dataset to provide the first comprehensive test of the theory of export financing. We extend the existing literature by drawing attention to the theoretical and empirical relationship between the extent of competition in the export market and the choice of financing...

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Seasonal Migration and Risk Aversion

Bryan, Gharad; Chowdhury, Shyamal; Mobarak, Ahmed Mushfiq - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

in Bangladesh to out-migrate during the lean season, and document a set of striking facts. The incentive induces 22% of …

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The Behavioural Effects of Minimum Wages

Falk, Armin; Fehr, Ernst; Zehnder, Christian - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

The prevailing labour market models assume that minimum wages do not affect the labour supply schedule. We challenge this view in this paper by showing experimentally that minimum wages have significant and lasting effects on subjects’ reservation wages. The temporary introduction of a minimum...

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Is the German Apprenticeship System a Panacea for the US Labour Market?

Harhoff, Dietmar; Kane, Thomas J - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996

Advocates of apprenticeship programmes often argue as if it is simply a matter of historical accident that such investment by US firms has been hindered. This paper explores the structure of incentives underpinning the German system of apprenticeship training. First, we describe three...

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Shocking Aspects of Canadian Labour Markets

Bayoumi, Tamim; Sutton, Bennett; Swiston, Andrew J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

We analyze the flexibility of the Canadian labour market across provinces in both an inter- and intra-national context using macroeconomic data on employment, unemployment, participation, and (for Canada) migration and real wages. We find that Canadian labour markets respond in a similar manner...

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Central and East European Labour Markets in Transition: Developments, Causes, and Cures

Franz, Wolfgang - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995

The main questions addressed in this paper are: First, how did labour markets in the Visegrad countries react to the breakdown of a command economy and the transformation to a market economy? Second, which way ahead is likely, or to put it differently, what should be done now to improve...

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The Effects of Technical Change on Labour Market Inequalities

Hornstein, Andreas; Krusell, Per; Violante, Giovanni L - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

In this chapter we inspect economic mechanisms through which technological progress shapes the degree of inequality among workers in the labour market. A key focus is on the rise of US wage inequality over the past 30 years. However, we also pay attention to how Europe did not experience changes...

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From Parent to Child; Early Labour Market Experiences of Second-Generation Immigrants in the Netherlands

Ours, Jan C van; Veenman, Justus - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

This Paper is on the early labour market experiences of second-generation immigrants in the Netherlands. We find that for employment rates only are there differences across ethnic groups. Conditional on having a job, there is hardly any difference in wages and other job characteristics between...

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Dynamism and Inertia on the Russian Labour Market: A Model of Segmentation

Grosfeld, Irena; Kolenikov, Stanislav; Paltseva, Elena; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999

This paper proposes an explanation of the puzzling coexistence of elements of inertia and dynamism on the Russian labour market using a segmentation model. Risk averse workers are differentiated according to their productivity. They face a trade-off between wages and access to social services...

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