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The energy-bias of North-South technology spillovers: A global, bilateral, bisectoral trade analysis
Hübler, Michael; Glas, Alexander - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013
We examine variations in the South-North ratios (emerging vs. industrialized countries) of energy and labor intensities driven by imports. We use the novel World Input-Output Database (WIOD) that provides bilateral and bisectoral data for 40 countries and 35 sectors for 1995-2009. We find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010985637
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Which indicators of absorptive capacity enhance import-induced South-North convergence in labor intensities?
Hübler, Michael; Glas, Alexander - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013
We hypothesize that North-South trade is associated with knowledge spillovers that create labor productivity gains depending on various determinants of Southern absorptive capacity. We use the novel World Input-Output Database (WIOD) that provides bilateral and bisectoral panel data for 39...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010985713
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Regional Labor Market Disparities in Belgium
Estevão, Marcello M. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002
particular demographic groups. These developments can largely be accounted for by worse matching of people to jobs in the high-unemployment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826565
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Institutions, Informality, and Wage Flexibility; Evidence From Brazil
Filho, Irineu E. Carvalho; Estevão, Marcello M. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
unemployment, and end up being circumvented by informal contracts. This paper uses Brazilian microeconomic data to show that the … could have contributed to the ensuing higher rates of unemployment in the country. Moreover, the paper shows that states …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242295
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Productivity or Employment; Is It a Choice?
Michelis, Andrea De; Estevão, Marcello M.; Wilson, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
Traditionally, shocks to total factor productivity (TFP) are considered exogenous and the employment response depends on their effect on aggregate demand. We raise the possibility that in response to labor supply shocks firms adjust efficiency, rendering TFP endogenous to firms’ production...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242298
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Has the Great Recession Raised U.S. Structural Unemployment?
Estevão, Marcello M.; Tsounta, Evridiki - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
.C from 1991 to 2008, we present econometric evidence that supports that changes in state-level unemployment rates are linked … causality going from mismatches and housing conditions to unemployment rates. The numerical estimates imply that the structural … unemployment rate in 2010 was about 1¾ percentage points higher than before the onset of the housing market meltdown at end-2006 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009019607
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Canada's Potential Growth; Another Victim of the Crisis?
Estevão, Marcello M.; Tsounta, Evridiki - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
-term unemployment rate (which would raise equilibrium unemployment rates). However, over the medium term, we expect Canada's potential …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008561074
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Wage Moderation in France
Estevão, Marcello M.; Nargis, Nigar - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002
Using household level data for France from 1990 to 2000, we estimate a relationship between wages and unemployment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005768837
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Are the French Happy with the 35-Hour Workweek?
Estevão, Marcello M.; Sa, Filipa - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
Legally mandated reductions in the workweek can be either a constraint on individuals' choice or a tool to coordinate individuals' preferences for lower work hours. We confront these two hypotheses by studying the consequences of the workweek reduction in France from 39 to 35 hours, which was...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005599717
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Do Active Labor Market Policies Increase Employment?
Estevão, Marcello M. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
by reducing real wages below levels allowed by technological growth, changes in the unemployment rate, and institutional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005604960