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Labor market programs may affect unemployed individuals’ behavior before they enroll. Such ex ante effects may differ according to ethnic origin. We apply a novel method that relates self-reported perceived treatment rates and job search behavioral outcomes, such as the reservation wage or...
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unemployment, very low volatility of labour market tightness, and for a positively sloped Beveridge curve. These implications are …
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home thanks to a relatively larger flow of remittances. Skilled migrants typically earn relatively more and, ceteris … flow of remittances from skilled migrants. Hence, the sign of the impact of the brain drain on total remittances is an … home out of a given flow of earnings abroad. We then derive an empirical equation of remittances and estimate it on a large …
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difference, international trade, remittances, and a heterogeneous workforce. We compare welfare under the observed levels of … flows -- such as Jamaica or El Salvador -- are also better off due to migration, but for a different reason: remittances … about 10% in countries with large incoming remittances. Our results are robust to accounting for imperfect transferability …
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We study long-run trends in aggregate market hours of work and shifts across economic sectors within the context of balanced aggregate growth. We show that a model of many goods and uneven TFP growth in market and home production can rationalize the observed falling or U-shaped aggregate hours...
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reduces profits and and output. Employment effects are sensitive to the representation of preferences. In our benchmark, small … reductions in working time, starting from the laissez-faire equilibrium solution, always increase employment, while larger … reductions reduce employment. However, the employment gains from reducing working time are relatively small …
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'unemployment' and 'poverty' traps, geographical mobility of residence and employment pay discrimination, the 'discouraged worker … affecting the quantity and quality of employment on the demand side of the economy; and c) factors affecting processes of …
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The paper uses BHPS waves 1–5 (1991–5) to compare paid work participation rates of men and women. Year-on-year persistence in paid work propensities is high, but greater for men than women. Non-work persistence is higher for women. Using panel data probit regression models, the paper also...
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This paper explores a possible link between job security and multiple job-holding in the United Kingdom. It is argued that an individual may hold a second job if they believe that their primary job has a high risk of termination. The reason is that holding a second job may cushion the financial...
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elasticities for those who experienced unemployment during the previous year and those on higher incomes; for average employed men …
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