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Fiscal Competition and the Composition of Public Spending: Theory and Evidence

Borck, Rainald; Caliendo, Marco; Steiner, Viktor - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

In this paper, we consider fiscal competition between jurisdictions. Capital taxes are used to finance a public input and two public goods, one which benefits mobile skilled workers and one which benefits immobile unskilled workers. We derive the jurisdictions’ reaction functions for different...

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Agglomeration and Tax Competition

Borck, Rainald; Pflüger, Michael - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

Tax competition for a mobile factor is different in 'new economic geography settings' compared to standard tax competition models. The agglomeration rent which accrues to the mobile factor in the core region can be taxed. Moreover, a tax differential between the core and the periphery can be...

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Immigrant Earnings: A Longitudinal Analysis

Chiswick, Barry R.; Lee, Yew Liang; Miller, Paul W. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

This paper uses the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Australia to analyze the determinants of the level and growth … in earnings of adult male immigrants in their first 3.5 years in Australia. The theoretical framework is based on the …

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Schooling, Literacy, Numeracy and Labor Market Success

Chiswick, Barry R.; Lee, Yew Liang; Miller, Paul W. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

This paper uses data from the 1996 Australian Survey of Aspects of Literacy to examine the effects on labour market outcomes of literacy, numeracy and educational attainment. The survey includes a range of literacy and numeracy variables that are highly inter-correlated. A "general to specific"...

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Overskilling, Job Insecurity and Career Mobility

McGuinness, Seamus Mcguinness; Wooden, Mark Peter - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

This paper uses longitudinal data from Australia to examine the extent to which overskilling - the extent to which work …

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From Golden Age to Golden Age: Australia’s "Great Leap Forward"?

Frijters, Paul; Gregory, Robert - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

The twenty-five years after WW 2 witnessed strong labour market institutions and beneficial labour market outcomes - high wage growth and integration of low-skilled immigrants. Then came the macro shocks of the mid 1970s. Labour market outcomes deteriorated as full-time employment population...

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Improving the Modeling of Couples' Labour Supply

Breunig, Robert; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Gong, Xiaodong - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

We study the work hours of Australian couples, using a neoclassical labour-supply model in which couples choose from a small, realistic set of possible wife-husband working hour combinations We introduce three improvements to this standard model. First, we allow partners' preferences about...

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Longitudinal Analysis of Immigrant Occupational Mobility: A Test of the Immigrant Assimilation Hypothesis

Chiswick, Barry R.; Lee, Yew Liang; Miller, Paul W. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

tests the hypotheses using data on adult males from the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Australia. The theoretical … includes data on pre-immigration occupation, the "first" occupation in Australia (at 6 months) and the occupation after about 3 ….5 years in Australia. The hypotheses are supported by the empirical analysis. …

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A Long-Run View of the University Gender Gap in Australia

Booth, Alison L.; Kee, Hiau Joo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

so-called 'knowledge industries' fed into an increased demand in Australia for better-educated workers. As the twentieth …

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The Problem of Overskilling in Australia and Britain

McGuinness, Seamus Mcguinness; sloane, peter james; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

This paper examines the parallel trends in education and labour market developments in Australia and Britain. It uses … Australia, but the wage penalty associated with overskilling increases with education. Although the general patterns of … overskilling (prevalence and penalties) are fairly similar between Australia and Britain, the problem appears to be greater in …

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