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, we observe interesting patterns in the skill composition, employment opportunities and wages for migrants to the …
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Using data for German and Swedish multinational enterprises (MNEs), this paper assesses international employment … country, affiliate employment tends to substitute for employment at the parent firm. On the margin, substitutability is the … strongest with respect to affiliate employment in Western Europe. A one percent larger wage gap between Germany and locations in …
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away from employment opportunities and thus lowers their employment prospects. The paper discusses the implications of …
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immigrant networks and negative effects of unemployment rates. In addition, we find that employment protection, union coverage …
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can choose between employment and overtime (given mandated standard hours). Contrary to this approach, we follow the real … rate regimes obey common employment adjustment thresholds. …
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empirical evidence on the effects of low-wage subsidies is surprisingly scarce. This paper examines the employment effects of a … difference-in-difference-in-differences approach. Our results indicate that the subsidy system had no effects on the employment … rate. However, it appears to have increased the probability of part-time workers obtaining full-time employment. …
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possibilities single countries perceive in pursuing employment policies. In a setting where trade is driven by comparative … advantages, and thus wagecompetitiveness plays an important role for employment, it is shown that there is a tendency that a bias … arises in employmentpolicies. Policies expanding private employment tend to be used too little, while policies harming …
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This paper finds a link between the sharp drop in U.S. manufacturing employment beginning in 2001 and a change in U … declines the most experience more severe employment losses along with larger increases in the value of imports from China and … employment loss, and we show that the U.S. employment trends differ from those in the EU, where there was no change in policy. …
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by behavioral adjustments yet which are of considerable importance to one’s quality of life: employment, earnings and …
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We analyze the impact of the UK national minimum wage (NMW) on the employment of young workers. The previous literature …, we find a significant and negative employment effect for male workers at 21, which we believe to be an anticipation … effect on employment of young workers, with this effect possibly occurring already well in advance of reaching the threshold …
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