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We examine the relationship between participation in non-agricultural labor activities and farming production decisions, focusing on the use of inputs. In particular, we are interested in the hypothesis that income from non-agricultural labor relaxes credit constraints...
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This paper examines the impact of minimum wages on earnings and employment in selected branches of the retail …-trade sector, 1990-2005, using county-level data on employment and a panel regression framework that allows for county …
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Research on self-employment has increased during recent years and particular attention has been paid to self-employment … dynamics and the factors influencing entry and exit rates from self-employment. Using a large panel data set for Sweden, this … paper investigates variations in recruitment to self-employment and in self-employment performance by gender and by …
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Using a large representative German data set and various concepts of self-employment, thispaper tests the “jack … selfemployedand those ending up in paid employment.... …
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Skill shortages are often portrayed as a major problem for the economies of many countriesincluding the Australian economy. Yet, there is surprisingly little evidence about theirprevalence, causes and consequences. This paper attempts to improve our understandingabout these issues by using...
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In Germany, the employment response to the post-2007 crisis has been muted compared toother industrialized countries …. Despite a large drop in output, employment has hardlychanged. In this paper, we analyze the determinants of German firms … works councils. Second, on the basis of theseestimates, we use the difference between predicted and actual employment as a …
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We evaluate the information content of admission conditions for study programs quality by investigating its relationship with graduates employability. We find that study programs with larger numeri clausi are associated with a higher probability of finding a job. Additionally, compulsory...
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Risk attitudes have an impact on not only the decision to become an entrepreneur but also the survival and failure rates of entrepreneurs. Whereas recent research underpins the theoretical proposition of a positive correlation between risk attitudes and the decision to become an entrepreneur,...
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It is common knowledge that the standard New Keynesian model is not able to generate a persistent response in output to temporary monetary shocks. We show that this shortcoming can be remedied in a simple and intuitively appealing way through the introduction of labor turnover costs (such as...
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This paper studies the effects on registered employment, earnings, and number of registered establishments of two … employment subsidy schemes in Turkey. We implement a difference-in-differences methodology to construct appropriate …
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