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Earnings and Employment in Foreign-Owned Firms

Maré, Dave C.; Sanderson, Lynda; Fabling, Richard - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

This paper examines remuneration and labour mobility patterns among workers in foreign-owned firms operating in New Zealand. By tracking workers as they move across jobs, we document the extent of the "foreign wage premium" distinguishing between compositional factors (eg, differences in...

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Labour Mobility - An Adjustment Mechanism in Euroland?

Puhani, Patrick A. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1999

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate whether labour mobility is likely to act as a sufficient adjustment mechanism in the face of asymmetric shocks in Euroland. To this end, we estimate the elasticity of migration with respect to changes in unemployment and income on the basis of regional...

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European Labour Mobility: Challenges and Potentials

Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

European Union economies are pressed by (i) a demographic change that induces population ageing and a decline of the workforce, and (ii) a split labour market that is characterized by high levels of unemployment for low-skilled people and a simultaneous shortage of skilled workers. This lack of...

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A Simple Theory of Industry Location and Residence Choice

Borck, Rainald; Pflüger, Michael; Wrede, Matthias - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

This paper provides a simple theory of geographical mobility which simultaneously explains people’s choice of residences in space and the location of industry. Residences are chosen on the basis of the utility which mobile households obtain across locations. The spatial pattern of industry is...

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Are Home Owners Really More Unemployed?

Munch, Jakob Roland; Rosholm, Michael; Svarer, Michael - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

This paper investigates the effects of home-ownership on labour mobility and unemployment duration. We distinguish between finding employment locally or by being geographically mobile. We find that home ownership hampers the propensity to move for job reasons but improves the chances of finding...

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The Impact of Arab Spring on Hiring and Separation Rates in the Tunisian Labour Market

Haouas, Ilham; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

This paper analyses the hiring and separation rates in Tunisia before and after the Arab Spring of 2011. Several models are specified to study employment decisions based on quarterly administrative firm level data over the period of 2007 to 2012. The data provides information about important...

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Mehr ökonomische Rationalität in der Zuwanderungspolitik

Hinte, Holger; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

Die deutsche Zuwanderungspolitik benötigt dringend ein ökonomisches Profil. Der volkswirtschaftliche Nutzen von Einwanderung sollte einerseits durch ein Punkte-Auswahlsystem zur Selektion auf Dauer einreisender qualifizierter Arbeitsmigranten, andererseits durch ein marktorientiertes Verfahren...

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Risk, Uncertainty and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from a Lab-in-the-Field Experiment

Koudstaal, Martin; Sloof, Randolph; Praag, Mirjam C. van - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

perform a large 'lab-in-the-field' experiment comparing entrepreneurs to managers – a suitable comparison group – and … employees (n = 2288). The results indicate that entrepreneurs perceive themselves as less risk averse than managers and …

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Unions and the Labor Market for Managers

DiNardo, John; Hallock, Kevin F.; Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000

We examine the relationship between the employment and compensation of managers and CEOs and the presence of a … monitoring, which requires more managers. The model also assumes rent sharing between workers, managers and the owners of the … firm. Unions, by redistributing rents towards the workers, lead to lower employment and lower pay for managers. Using a …

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Female Managers and their Wages in Central Europe

Jurajda, Stepán; Paligorova, Teodora - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

based on a matching procedure. Only 7% of top-level Czech managers are women and their wages are about 20 percent lower even …

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