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Immigrants do not fare as well as natives in economic terms; even after including many controls, an unexplained part remains. The ethnic identity entered the field of labor and migration economics in an effort to better explain the economic outcomes of immigrants, their behavior and their often...
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of health shocks on employment and economic well-being of older workers. A health shock trebles the probability of … leaving the labor force and almost doubles the unemployment risk. The financial effects of health shocks are small on average … and those individuals with the highest remaining earnings potential are least affected by the health shock. Welfare state …
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outcomes. Using data drawn from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, we estimate the effect of migraine … headache on labor force participation, hours worked, and wages. We find that migraine headache is associated with a decrease in … wages. However, there is little evidence that migraine headache leads to reductions in labor force participation or hours …
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This paper examines the movements in EU unemployment from two perspectives: (a) the NRU/NAIRU perspective, in which unemployment movements are attributed largely to changes in the long-run equilibrium unemployment rate and (b) the chain-reaction perspective, in which unemployment movements are...
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This paper presents a reappraisal of unemployment movements in the European Union. Our analysis is based on the chain reaction theory of unemployment, which focuses on (a) the interaction among labor market adjustment processes, (b) the interplay between these adjustment processes and the...
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centralized bargaining inhibits firms from using wages to induce workers to learn how to use their experience from one set of …
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In this study we examine the contribution of severance pay to employment and unemployment development using data on … indication of adverse effects for (the three) other employment outcomes identified here. Moreover, with the possible exception of …
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It has been well documented that employment outcomes often differ considerably across areas. This paper examines the … external effects on labor force participation and employment for U.S. metropolitan area residents. The empirical results … employment for both women and men. We also find that less educated workers generally receive the largest external benefits. …
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