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House Prices and Employment Reallocation: International Evidence
Jimeno, Juan F; Bover, Olympia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
change. In this paper we estimate a model of labor demand in the construction sector, featuring building constraints, which … display larger elasticities of labor demand in the construction sector with respect to house prices than countries that seem … the whole economy, the elasticity of labor demand with respect to house prices is broadly similar across countries. …
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How Changes in Labor Demand Affects Unemployed Workers
Burdett, Kenneth - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1980
No abstract.
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Unemployment and Finance: How Do Financial and Labour Market Factors Interact?
Gatti, Donatella; Vaubourg, Anne-Gaël - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Using data for 18 OECD countries over the period 1980-2004, we investigate how labour and financial factors interact to determine unemployment. We show that the impact of financial variables depends strongly on the labour market context. Increased market capitalization as well as decreased...
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Swedish Multinationals and Competition from High- and Low-Wage Locations.
Braconier, H.; Ekholm, K. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1999
This study uses data on Swedish multinationals to estimate cross elasticities of labour demand in different locations. With a vertical decomposition of the firm's activities, whether there is substitution or complementarity between employment in different parts of the firm will depend on whether...
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Labour Market Institutions and Unemployment: Does Finance Matter?
Rault, Christophe; Vaubourg, Anne-Gaël - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
We explore whether finance influences the impact of labour market institutions on unemployment. Using a data set of 18 OECD countries over 1980-2004, we estimate a panel VectorAutoRegressive model. We check whether causalities from labour market variables to unemployment are affected by...
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The Division of Labor and the Market for Organizations.
Lindbeck, A.; Snower, D.J. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2000
The paper examines the determinants of the division of labor within firms. It provides an explanation of the pervasive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005670117
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The Multi-Dimensional Nature of Labor Demand and Skill-Biased Technological Change.
Mellander, E. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1999
features. First, effective labor is modeled as the product of a quantity measure - number of employees with a given level of … education - and a quality index, depending on, i.a., demographic characteristics and fields-of-study. Second, low-skilled labor … for four categories of labor, two types of capital and intermediate goods. The empirical application covers 24 industries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005780378
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The Impacts of Trade Liberalization on Employment and Wages in Tunisian Industries
Haouas, Ilham; Yagoubi, Mahmoud; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
This paper investigates short and long-run effects of trade liberalization on employment and wages. Employment and wage equations are estimated using data (1971–96) for importable and exportable sectors in Tunisia. Causality tests show that causality is unidirectional. Wages strongly causes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762106
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Green Jobs: Erlebt Deutschland sein grünes Beschäftigungswunder?
Pestel, Nico - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Die Politik hat es sich zum Ziel gesetzt, die deutsche Volkswirtschaft langfristig zu einer Green Economy zu wandeln. Das beinhaltet nicht nur die zunehmende Umstellung der Energieversorgung auf erneuerbare Quellen, sondern soll auch zusätzliche Arbeitsplätze – Green Jobs – schaffen. Aus...
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Sick on the Job? : Myths and Realities about Mental Health and Work
2012
The costs of mental ill-health for the individuals concerned, employers and society at large are enormous. Mental illness is responsible for a very significant loss of potential labour supply, high rates of unemployment, and a high incidence of sickness absence and reduced productivity at work....
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