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Industry Churning and the Evolution of Cities: Evidence for Germany

Findeisen, Sebastian; Suedekum, Jens - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

In this paper we show that the recent model by Duranton (AER, 2007) performs remarkably well in replicating the city size distribution of West Germany, much better than the simple rank-size rule known as Zipf’s law. The main mechanism of this theoretical framework is the "churning" of...

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The Effect of Location on Finding a Job in the Greater Paris Area

Gobillon, Laurent; Magnac, Thierry; Selod, Harris - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

There are large spatial disparities in unemployment durations across the 1,300 municipalities in the Ile-de-France region (Paris Greater Area). In order to characterize these imbalances, we estimate a proportional hazard model stratified by municipality on an exhaustive dataset of all...

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How Urbanization Affects Employment and Social Interactions

Sato, Yasuhiro; Zenou, Yves - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

We develop a model where the unemployed workers in the city can find a job either directly or through weak or strong ties. We show that, in denser areas, individuals choose to interact with more people and meet more random encounters (weak ties) than in sparsely populated areas. We also...

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Migration Externalities in Chinese Cities

Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Démurger, Sylvie; Li, Shi - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

We analyse the impact of internal migration in China on natives' labour market outcomes. We find evidence of a large positive correlation of the city share of migrants with natives' wages. Using different sets of control variables and instruments suggests that the effect is causal. The large...

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Industrialization Lessons from BRICS: A Comparative Analysis

Naudé, Wim; Szirmai, Adam; Lavopa, Alejandro - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS). We contribute to addressing this gap by exploring the patterns of … de-industrialization (Brazil, Russia and South Africa). China is the only country where an expanding manufacturing sector …

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Yuan and Roubles: Comparing Wage Determination in Urban China and Russia at the Beginning of the New Millennium

Gustafsson, Björn Anders; Li, Shi; Nivorozhkina, Ludmila; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Earnings inequality and earnings determination in urban China 2002 and Russia 2003 are compared using samples covering … and is found to be similar across countries. As at the end of the 1980s, the gender wage gap is larger in Russia where … become stronger than in Russia. The earnings penalty of being employed in the public service sector in Russia has increased …

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Why Do Russian Firms Use Fixed-Term and Agency Work Contracts?

Smirnykh, Larisa; Wörgötter, Andreas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

This study looks into the use of fixed term contracts and agency work in Russia during and shortly after the crisis …

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Minimum Wages, Unemployment and Informality: Evidence from Panel Data on Russian Regions

Muravyev, Alexander; Oshchepkov, Aleksey - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

rich data from Russia that cover 89 regions over 10 years, from 2001 to 2010. Our empirical analysis draws on the …

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Assessing the Impact of the Maternity Capital Policy in Russia Using a Dynamic Model of Fertility and Employment

Slonimczyk, Fabian; Yurko, Anna - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

With declining population and fertility rates below replacement levels, Russia is currently facing a demographic crisis …

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Re-defining Informal Employment and Measuring its Determinants: Evidence from Russia

Lehmann, Hartmut; Zaiceva, Anzelika - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

measures of informality by taking advantage of a rich dataset on Russia over the period 2003 - 2011, that is before and after …

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