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Taxes, Transfers and the Distribution of Employment in Mexico
Alonso Ortiz, Jorge; Leal Ordóñez, Julio C. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The informal sector accounts for a substantial fraction of employed population in Mexico and other Latin American countries. In this paper we study the interaction between the tax and transfers system and the size and composition of informal sector. To do that we build a search model that can be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009151618
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Quasi-experimental impact estimates of immigrant labor supply shocks: the role of treatment and comparison group matching and relative skill composition
Aydemir, Abdurrahman; Kirdar, Murat G. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
find a positive effect of repatriates on the unemployment of non-repatriates. In fact, in certain regions, a 10-percentage …-point increase in the share of repatriates in the labor force increases the unemployment rate of natives by 4 percentage points. When …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009402063
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Effects of Business Cycles on Labour Market Assimilation of Immigrants
Aydemir, Abdurrahman - EconWPA - 2003
This study addresses the effects of macroeconomic conditions on the labour market outcomes of immigrants. It simultaneously identifies the separate effects of macro conditions at the time of entry to the labour market and at the time of the survey, while allowing for cohort effects. Also, for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408346
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Effects of Business Cycles on Labour Market Assimilation of Immigrants
Aydemir, Abdurrahman - EconWPA - 2003
This study addresses the effects of macroeconomic conditions on the labour market outcomes of immigrants. It simultaneously identifies the separate effects of macro conditions at the time of entry to the labour market and at the time of the survey, while allowing for cohort effects. Also, for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408360
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Explaining the Deteriorating Entry Earnings of Canada’s Immigrant
Aydemir, Abdurrahman; Skuterud, Mikal - EconWPA - 2004
The study explores causes of the deterioration in entry earnings of Canadian immigrant cohorts by estimating an empirical specification that nests a number of competing explanations found in the Canadian literature. To do this, we use the pooled sample of Canadian-born and immigrant men employed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408361
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Social Security and Retirement across the OECD
Alonso Ortiz, Jorge - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
Employment to population ratios differ markedly across Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries, especially for people aged over 55 years. In addition, social security features differ markedly across the OECD, particularly with respect to features such as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011107614
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Social security and retirement across OECD countries
Alonso Ortiz, Jorge - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
There are large differences in the employment to population ratio relative to the US across OECD countries, and these differences are even larger for the old age (55-69 years). There are also large differences in various features of social security, such as the replacement rate, the entitlement...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008540982
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Social Security and Retirement across OECD Countries
Alonso Ortiz, Jorge - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
There are large differences in the employment to population ratio relative to the US across OECD countries, and these differences are even larger for the old age (55-69 years). There are also large differences in various features of social security, such as the replacement rate, the entitlement...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008549596
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Tax and Transfer Programs in an Incomplete Markets Model
Alonso Ortiz, Jorge; Rogerson, Richard - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
We assess the consequences of increases in the scale of tax and transfer programs in the context of a model with idiosyncratic productivity shocks and incomplete markets. We contrast the outcomes for both hours worked and welfare relative to the results obtained in a stand-in household model,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008549599
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Non-linear real exchange rate effects in the UK labour market
Legrenzi, Gabriella; Milas, Costas - EconWPA - 2004
affecting UK labour market conditions. When the real exchange rate is undervalued, short-run unemployment falls as firms respond … to an improvement in domestic competitiveness by increasing their demand for labour. The unemployment response to the … reflects monetary policy considerations, our results imply that unemployment can be targeted by economic policy. Our results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556606