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The Shift to Services: A Review of the Literature

Schettkat, Ronald; Yocarini, Lara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

structural change - final demand, the inter-industry division of labor and inter-industry productivity differences. It first …

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The Real Exchange Rate and External Competitiveness in Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia

Brixiova, Zuzana; Égert, Balázs; Hadj Amor Essid, Thouraya - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia face challenges competing on the global markets, as shown by their relatively low and stagnant export shares. The limited export competitiveness has hampered external demand, growth and employment. Applying, for the first time to North Africa, the stock-flow approach...

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The Social Impact of Globalization in the Developing Countries

Lee, Eddy; Vivarelli, Marco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

In this paper an ex-post measurable definition of globalization has been used, namely increasing trade openness and FDI. A general result is that the optimistic Heckscher- Ohlin/Stolper-Samuelson predictions do not apply, that is neither employment creation nor the decrease in within-country...

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Aid, Growth, and Jobs

Fields, Gary S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

Various development objectives are worthy, but to my mind, one objective dominates all others: reducing the scourge of absolute economic misery in the world. In this paper, I focus on an important but relatively underemphasized approach to poverty reduction: helping the poor earn more in the...

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A Theoretical Model of the Chinese Labor Market

Fields, Gary S.; Song, Yang - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

This paper constructs a theoretical labor market model for China, and utilizes the model to examine the effects of various labor market policies on economic well-being. Two key features of the model are a segmented labor market involving three sectors – state-owned enterprises, private...

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Working-week flexibility: Implications for employment and productivity

Osuna, Victoria - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2013

This paper evaluates the implications for employment, productivity and wages of allowing for more flexibility in weekly … in productivity. In the work sharing scenario, the increase in employment (1.86%) comes at the expense of a lower … productivity increase (1.31%) and a decrease in weekly hours worked (4%). Finally, the full flexibility scenario preserves …

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The Causal Effects of an Industrial Policy

Criscuolo, Chiara; Martin, Ralf; Overman, Henry; Van … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Business support policies designed to raise productivity and employment are common worldwide, but rigorous micro …

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Labor Market Institutions and the Employment-Productivity Trade-Off: A Wage Posting Approach

Chéron, Arnaud; Hairault, Jean-Oliver; Langot, François - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

This paper analyzes the implications of labor market institutions and policies on the employment-labor productivity … unemployment and the distribution of both wages and productivity are endogenous. By means of simulations of this model estimated on …

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The Contribution of Vocational Training to Employment, Job-Related Skills and Productivity: Evidence from Madeira Island

Budria, Santiago; Pereira, Pedro T. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

training program along three dimensions: employment, job-related skills and productivity. We find that respondents score …

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Unemployment Invariance

Karanassou, Marika; Snower, Dennis J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

labor market ensures that the long-run unemployment rate is independent of the size of the capital stock, productivity, and … productivity. …

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