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Adjustment Dynamics and the Natural Rate: An Account of UK Unemployment
Henry, Brian; Karanassou, Marika; Snower, Dennis J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1999
This paper challenges what is the standard account of UK unemployment, namely that the major swings in unemployment over the past 25 years are due predominantly to movements in the underlying empirical "natural rate of unemployment" (NRU). Our analysis suggests that the British NRU has remained...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763790
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Coworker Networks in the Labour Market
Glitz, Albrecht - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
provision of labour market relevant information by former coworkers affects the employment probabilities and, if hired, the … results suggest a strong positive effect of a higher employment rate in a worker's network of former coworkers on his re-employment … probability after displacement: a 10 percentage point increase in the prevailing employment rate in the network increases the re-employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010658713
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Labour Use and Its Adjustment in Indian Manufacturing Industries
Bhandari, Amit K.; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
, which evolved through structural transformation in the era of globalization. The analysis is based on a dynamic model … assume that as competition increases industries adjust their employment to a desired level which is both industry and time … manufacturing is not inefficient in labour use as modest speed of adjustment has led employment size closer to the optimal level. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233871
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The Impact of Globalization and Technology Transfer on Manufacturing Employment and Skills in Ethiopia
Haile, Getinet Astatike; Srour, Ilina; Vivarelli, Marco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
played by trade and FDI in determining employment. The empirical results obtained lend support to globalization having a …There is a dearth of research on the impact of technological change on employment in the context of least developed … countries (LDCs) embarking on globalization, which enhances the prospect of direct technological imports or embodied …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010723562
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Poverty, Labour Markets and Trade Liberalization in Indonesia
Kis-Katos, Krisztina; Sparrow, Robert - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
We measure the effects of trade liberalization over the period of 1993-2002 on regional poverty levels in 259 Indonesian regions, and investigate the labour market mechanisms behind these effects. The identification strategy relies on combining information on initial regional labour and product...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884152
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Wage Determination and Imperfect Competition
Booth, Alison L. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
A striking feature of the past few decades has been the development of wage-determination models that assume that labour markets are imperfectly competitive. This paper discusses two such models (trade unions and oligopsony), although there are many more. It also asks if imperfectly competitive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959709
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Postponing Maternity in Ireland
O'Donoghue, Cathal; Meredith, David; O'Shea, Eamon - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
As in many other developed countries, Ireland in recent decades has experienced a postponement of maternity. In this paper we consider the main trends in this phenomenon, considering changes in first and later births separately. We adapt the theoretical model due to Walker (1995) to incorporate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004999156
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Non-Farm Entrepreneurship in Rural Africa: Patterns and Determinants
Nagler, Paula; Naudé, Wim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
may suggest that policies to foster effective rural-urban migration and wage employment in rural areas, have largely …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010788944
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Education and Freedom of Choice: Evidence from Arranged Marriages in Vietnam
Emran, M. Shahe; Maret-Rakotondrazaka, Fenohasina; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Using household data from Vietnam, we provide evidence on the effects of education on freedom of spouse choice. We use war disruptions and spatial indicators of schooling supply as instruments. The point estimates indicate that a year of additional schooling reduces the probability of an...
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Expropriation with Hukou Change: Evidence from a Quasi-Natural Experiment
Akgüc, Mehtap; Liu, Xingfei; Tani, Massimiliano - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We study the labor market outcomes of males aged 18-60 obtaining an urban hukou as a result of land expropriation across a number of provinces in China. Using 2008 and 2009 RUMiC data pooling urban, rural and migrant samples, we find that those obtaining an urban hukou have better labour market...
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