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Intra-Firm Trade and Employment in US Manufacturing

Blanas, Sotiris - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2012

This paper studies the impact of trade within US-headquartered multinational companies (MNCs) on labour demand for all employees, as well as, for those of high and low skill in US manufacturing for the period 1995 – 2005. We find strong evidence on the positive and negative effect of...

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Location Choice and Employment Decisions: A Comparison of German and Swedish Multinationals

Becker, Sascha O.; Ekholm, Karolina; Jäckle, Robert; … - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2005

Using data for German and Swedish multinational enterprises (MNEs), this paper assesses international employment patterns. It analyzes determinants of location choice and the degree of substitutability of labor across locations. Countries with highly skilled labor forces attract German MNEs, but...

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Interactions between Employment and Training Policies

Oskamp, Frank; Snower, Dennis J. - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2007

This paper examines the interactions between employment and training policies. Their effectiveness in stimulating income and employment may be interdependent for various important reasons. For example, the more employment policies stimulate the employment rate, the greater the length of time...

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Can insider power affect employment?

Díaz-Vázquez, Pilar; Snower, Dennis J. - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2003

Do firms reduce employment when their insiders (established, incumbent employees) claim higher wages? The conventional answer in the theoretical literature is that insider power has no influence on employment, provided that the newly hired employees (entrants) receive their reservation wages....

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Active Labor Market Programs - Employment Gain or Fiscal Drain?

Brown, Alessio J. G.; Koettl, Johannes - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2012

This paper provides a new perspective in classifying ALMPs depending on their main objective, also in light of their relevance and cost-effectiveness during normal times, during a crisis, and during recovery. We distinguish ALMPs that provide incentives for retaining employment, incentives for...

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The Labor Market Performance of First-Generation Immigrants: Evidence for Switzerland

Golder, Stefan M. - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 1999

is assessed. The empirical results indicate that Swiss and males exhibit significantly lower unemployment probabilities …

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Values and labor force participation in the Nordic countries

Hall, Axel; Zoega, Gylfi - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014

The Nordic countries are known for their success in combining an extensive welfare state with high labor force participation. This is explained by the origins of their welfare states that can be traced to a unique set of values and beliefs that emphasize the right of women to participate in the...

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Is Old Money Better than New? Duration and Monetary Regimes

Rose, Andrew K.; Mihov, Ilian - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2007

We compare the duration and performance of different monetary regimes, especially the contrast between countries those that fix exchange rates and those that target inflation. Inflation targeting is a more durable policy; no country has yet been forced to abandon an inflation target, while many...

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Offshoring and Labour Market Inequalities

Schwörer, Tillmann - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2013

This paper estimates the effects of offshoring on labour market inequalities between skill groups based on German industry level data from 1995 to 2007. Our main findings are the following: First, offshoring is on average biased in favour of high-skilled employees and in disfavour of low-skilled...

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Reducing severance costs or subsidizing permanent job creation: Which policy is more effective to reduce duality?

Osuna, Victoria - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2015

segmentation between permanent and temporary contracts. The 2006 and 2012 Spanish labour market reforms are used as a benchmark to … temporary contracts. The change in the degree of duality is measured in terms of the changes in job destruction rates and the … importance of the magnitude of training costs and the relative differences in productivity between temporary and permanent …

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