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Shioji, Etsuro - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996

This paper studies the role of internal migration in income convergence across regions in Japan. Neoclassical theory predicts that migration should have been an important source of convergence, but regression results suggest otherwise. The paper investigates the possibility that this discrepancy...

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Determinants of Interregional Mobility in Russia: Evidence from Panel Data

Andrienko, Yuri; Guriev, Sergei - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

prosperous both in terms of employment prospects and public goods. Migration is, however, constrained by the lack of liquidity …

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Breaking out of poverty traps: Internal migration and interregional convergence in Russia

Guriev, Sergei; Vakulenko, Elena - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

We study barriers to labor mobility using panel data on gross region-to-region migration flows in Russia for 1995-2010. We find that barriers that hindered internal migration in 1990s have been generally eliminated by the end of 2000s. In 1990s many poor Russian regions were in poverty traps:...

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Strong versus Weak Ties in Migration

Giulietti, Corrado; Wahba, Jackline; Zenou, Yves - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

This paper studies the role of strong versus weak ties in the rural-to-urban migration decision in China. We first develop a network model that puts forward the different roles of weak and strong ties in helping workers to migrate to the city. We then use a unique longitudinal data that allows...

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Does the welfare state make older workers unemployable?

Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

for employment protection, provided it is uniform across workers and not specifically higher for older workers. It …

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Does Racial and Ethnic Discrimination Vary Across Minority Groups? Evidence From a Field Experiment

Booth, Alison L; Leigh, Andrew; Varganova, Elena - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

We conduct a large-scale audit discrimination study to measure labor market discrimination across different minority groups in Australia -- a country where one quarter of the population was born overseas. To denote ethnicity, we use distinctively Anglo-Saxon, Indigenous, Italian, Chinese, and...

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Do Employers Discriminate by Gender? A Field Experiment in Female-Dominated Occupations

Booth, Alison L; Leigh, Andrew - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

We test for gender discrimination by sending fake CVs to apply for entry-level jobs. Female candidates are more likely to receive a callback, with the difference being largest in occupations that are more female-dominated.

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Do Financial Incentives for Firms Promote Employment of Disabled Workers? A Regression Discontinuity Approach

Lalive, Rafael; Wuellrich, Jean-Philippe; Zweimüller, Josef - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

We study the impact of employment quota on firms' demand for disabled workers. The Austrian Disabled Persons Employment …-compliance tax generates strong employment effects for low-wage firms and weak effects for high-wage firms. We also find that growing …

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EU Enlargement under Continued Mobility Restrictions: Consequences for the German Labor Market

Brenke, Karl; Yuksel, Mutlu; Zimmermann, Klaus F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

The numbers of migrants from the accessions countries have clearly increased since the enlargement of the EU in 2004. Following enlargement, the net inflow of EU8 immigrants has become 2.5 times larger than the four-year period before enlargement. Poles constitute the largest immigrant group...

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Can Insider Power Affect Employment?

Diaz-Vazquez, Pilar; Snower, Dennis J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

Do firms reduce employment when their insiders (established, incumbent employees) claim higher wages? The conventional … answer in the theoretical literature is that insider power has no influence on employment, provided that the newly hired … firing in recessions, while leaving hiring in booms unchanged. Thereby insider power reduces average employment. …

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