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Convergence in Institutions and Market Outcomes: Cross-Country and Time-Series Evidence from the BEEPS Surveys in Transition Economies

Mitra, Pradeep; Muravyev, Alexander; Schaffer, Mark - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

This paper uses the BEEPS firm-level data to study the process of convergence of transition countries with developed market economies. The primary focus of the study is on competition and market structure, finance and the structure of lending to firms, and how firms respond to the economic...

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Ethnic Networks and International Trade

Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

There is a well-established high quality literature on the role of networks, particularly ethnic networks, in international trade. Ethnic networks are a way of overcoming informal barriers (information costs, risk and uncertainty) to trade by building trust and substituting for the difficulty of...

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Interactions between Local and Migrant Workers at the Workplace

Epstein, Gil S.; Mealem, Yosef - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

In this paper we consider the interaction between local workers and migrants in the production process of a firm. Both local workers and migrants can invest effort in assimilation activities in order to increase the assimilation of the migrants into the firm and thereby increase their...

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Ethnicity, Assimilation and Harassment in the Labor Market

Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

We often observe minority ethnic groups at a disadvantage relative to the majority. Why is this and what can be done about it? Efforts made to assimilate, and time, are two elements working to bring the minority into line with the majority. A third element, the degree to which the majority...

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Downward Nominal Wage Rigidity in Europe: An Analysis of European Micro Data from the ECHP 1994-2001

Knoppik, Christoph; Beissinger, Thomas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

This paper substantially extends the limited available evidence on existence and extent of downward nominal wage rigidity in the European Union and the Euro Area. For this purpose we develop an econometric multi-country model based on Kahn’s (1997) histogram-location approach and apply it to...

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Current Account Imbalances and Structural Adjustment in the Euro Area: How to Rebalance Competitiveness

Zemanek, Holger; Belke, Ansgar; Schnabl, Gunther - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

Low international competitiveness of a set of euro area countries, which have become evident by large current account deficits and rising risk premiums on government bonds, is one of the most challenging economic policy issues for Europe. We analyse the role of private restructuring and public...

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Understanding Inter-Industry Wage Structures in the Euro Area

Genre, Véronique; Kohn, Karsten; Momferatou, Daphne - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

This paper focuses on the euro area wage structure and its potential determinants from a sectoral viewpoint. Merging information from the OECD Structural Analysis database with data from the EU Labour Force Survey, we construct a cross-country panel of 22 industries in 8 euro area countries for...

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Macroeconomic Volatilities and the Labor Market: First Results from the Euro Experiment

Merkl, Christian; Schmitz, Tom - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

This paper analyzes the effects of different labor market institutions on inflation and output volatility. The eurozone …

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Capital Prices and Eurozone Competitiveness Differentials

Askenazy, Philippe - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

Competitiveness differentials are blamed for the instability of the Eurozone. Most of the analyses focus on labour …

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Migration as an Adjustment Mechanism in the Crisis? A Comparison of Europe and the United States

Jauer, Julia; Liebig, Thomas; Martin, John P.; Puhani, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

disparities, in particular within the Eurozone where there is no exchange-rate mechanism available to play this role. We shed some … be absorbed by migration within a year. However, in the Eurozone the reaction mainly stems from migration of third …-country nationals. Even within the group of Eurozone nationals, a significant part of the free mobility stems from immigrants from third …

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