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Effects of Business Cycles on Labour Market Assimilation of Immigrants
Aydemir, Abdurrahman - EconWPA - 2003
along with employment outcomes are explored. The study uses 19 annual cross-sections of the Survey of Consumer Finances … conditions at the time of labour market entry have adverse impacts on both labour force participation and employment. With the …
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
along with employment outcomes are explored. The study uses 19 annual cross-sections of the Survey of Consumer Finances … conditions at the time of labour market entry have adverse impacts on both labour force participation and employment. With the …
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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The Effects of the Minimum Wage on Prices in Brazil
Lemos, Sara - EconWPA - 2004
wage debate. Employment might not be affected if firms are able to pass through to prices the higher labour costs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076509
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A Menu Of Minimum Wage Variables For Evaluating Wages and Employment Effects: Evidence From Brazil
Lemos, Sara - EconWPA - 2004
paper estimates the effects of the minimum wage on both wages and employment using panel data techniques and monthly … summarized in a “menu” of minimum wage variables. (2) An employment decomposition that separately estimates the effect of the … wages distribution with moderately small adverse effects on employment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076541
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Political Variables as Instruments for the Minimum Wage
Lemos, Sara - EconWPA - 2004
in addition to its social role. This paper estimates the effects of the minimum wage on employment using monthly … affected” and “Kaitz index” as a minimum wage variable; (3) The decomposition of the minimum wage employment effect into hours … moderately small adverse effects on employment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125721