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Productivity, Wages, and Prices Inside and Outside of Manufacturing in the U.S., Japan, and Europe
Gordon, Robert J. - 1986
. Results are presented for the U. S., Japan, and an aggregate called "Europe" consisting of eleven European economies. The … primary theme of the paper is that differences between Europe and the U. S. have been substantially exaggerated in recent work …. Europe has neither greater nominal wage flexibility nor more rigid real wages than the U. S. Evidence that the U. S. exhibits …
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Labor Markets in Professional Sports
Rosen, Sherwin - 2000
contemporary labor issues in North America and Europe, from reserve rules and free agency, high levels of player pay and work …
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Unemployment vs. Mismatch of Talents : Reconsidering Unemployment Benefits
Marimon, Ramon - 1997
predictions of our simple model are consistent with the contrasting performance of the labor market in Europe and US in terms of … the economy with unemployment insurance (Europe). As a result, unemployment doubles in this economy. In the laissez …
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The Economic Consequences of Parental Leave Mandates : Lessons from Europe
Ruhm, Christopher J. - 1996
This study investigates the economic consequences of parental leave mandates using data for 16 European countries over the 1969 through 1988 period. Since women use virtually all of the family leave in most nations, men constitute a reasonable comparison group and the natural experiment in most...
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Technology, Unemployment, and Relative Wages in a Global Economy
Davis, Donald R. - 1996
the unskilled. By contrast, in Europe it is undoubtedly the rise and persistence of unemployment. Technology has been …
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Immigration, Wages, and Compositional Amenities
Card, David - 2009
Economists are often puzzled by the stronger public opposition to immigration than trade, since the two policies have similar effects on wages. Unlike trade, however, immigration can alter the composition of the local population, imposing potential externalities on natives. While previous...
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The Wealth of Working Nations
Fernández-Villaverde, Jesús; Ventura, Gustavo; Yao, Wen - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Due to population aging, GDP growth per capita and GDP growth per working-age adult have become quite different among many advanced economies over the last several decades. Countries whose GDP growth per capita performance has been lackluster, like Japan, have done surprisingly well in terms of...
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The Shifting Reasons for Beveridge-Curve Shifts
Barlevy, Gadi; Faberman, R. Jason; Hobijn, Bart; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We discuss how the relative importance of factors that contribute to movements of the U.S. Beveridge curve has changed from 1960 to 2023. We review these factors in the context of a simple flow analogy used to capture the main insights of search and matching theories of the labor market. Changes...
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Wars and the Labor Market Outcomes of Minorities in the U.S
Ferrara, Andreas - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
This chapter reviews key literature studying the effects of wars on minority and underrepresented groups in U.S. labor markets in the 20th century. These labor markets, characterized by historically pervasive barriers to entry into certain occupations and industries, promotions, and fair pay for...
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Comparative Analysis of Labor Market Outcomes : Lessons for the US from International Long-Run Evidence
Bertola, Giuseppe - 2001
We analyze a 1960-96 panel of OECD countries to explain why the US moved from relatively high to relatively low unemployment over the last three decades. We find that while macroeconomic and demographic shocks and changing labor market institutions explain a modest portion of this change, the...
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