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An Incentive Theory of Matching
Brown, Alessio J. G.; Merkl, Christian; Snower, Dennis J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
This paper presents a theory explaining the labor market matching process through microeconomic incentives. There are heterogeneous variations in the characteristics of workers and jobs, and firms face adjustment costs in responding to these variations. Matches and separations are described...
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Risk Aversion and Trade Union Membership
Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
that an overall increase in risk aversion contributes to wage moderation and promotes employment. …
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Immigration, Offshoring and American Jobs
Ottaviano, Gianmarco I.P.; Peri, Giovanni; Wright, Greg C. - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2010
-savings" effect they may leave unaffected, or even increase, total native employment of less skilled workers. Our model also predicts … positive net effect on native employment while offshoring has no effect on it. We also find some evidence that offshoring has …
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The Labor Market Impact of Immigration in Western Germany in the 1990’s
Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P.; Francesco D’Amuri; Peri, … - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2008
labor market, looking at both wage and employment effects. Using the Regional File of the IAB Employment Subsample for the … employment levels. It had instead adverse employment and wage effects on previous waves of immigrants. This stems from the fact …
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