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Technology, Trade, and Adjustment to Immigration in Israel
Gandal, Neil - 2000
In the early 1990s Israel experienced a large and concentrated surge of immigration from the former Soviet Union. Most … immigration shock, existing research has found little evidence that it put downward pressure on Israeli wages. In this paper we … immigration inflow: the adoption of global changes in production technology, and national changes in the mix of traded goods …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012470774
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The Labor Market Impact of Immigration in Western Germany in the 1990's
D'Amuri, Francesco - 2008
We adopt a general equilibrium approach in order to measure the effects of recent immigration on the Western German … period 1987-2001, we find that the substantial immigration of the 1990's had no adverse effects on native wages and … 'flexible' as the UK labor market, it would be more efficient in dealing with the effects of immigration …
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Exposure to Past Immigration Waves and Attitudes toward Newcomers
Gihleb, Rania; Giuntella, Osea; Stella, Luca - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
How does previous exposure to massive immigrant inflows affect concerns about current immigration and the integration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013388829
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How Migration Restrictions Limit Agglomeration and Productivity in China
Au, Chun-Chung - 2002
China strongly restricts rural-rural, urban-urban, and rural-urban migration. The result which this paper documents is a surplus of labor in agriculture. However, the paper argues that these restrictions also lead to insufficient agglomeration of economic activity within both rural industrial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012470008
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The Future of Social Security Pensions in Europe
Feldstein, Martin - 2001
This paper discusses a possible solution to the double problem that faces European governments in dealing with the future of Social Security pensions. Like other governments around the world, they must deal with the rising cost of pensions that will result from the increasing life expectancy of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012470231
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Does Where You Are Admitted Make a Difference? An Analysis of Medicare Data
Sloan, Frank A. - 1999
This study investigated whether the type of hospital in which a Medicare beneficiary is admitted for hip fracture, stroke, coronary heart disease, or congestive heart failure matters in terms of amount and timing of Medicare payments and survival. In total, government hospitals were the least...
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Distributing the Green (Cards) : Permanent Residency and the Income Tax after the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
Cascio, Elizabeth U. - 2018
We explore how permanent residency affects the income tax using variation from the Immigration Reform and Control Act …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012452849
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The Choice of Structural Model in Trade-Wages Decompositions
Abrego, Lisandro - 1999
This paper explores the use of structural models as an alternative to reduced form methods when decomposing observed joint trade and technology driven wage changes into components attributable to each source. Conventional mobile factors Heckscher-Ohlin models typically reveal problems of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471472
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Information Technology, Workplace Organization and the Demand for Skilled Labor : Firm-Level Evidence
Bresnahan, Timothy F. - 1999
Recently, the relative demand for skilled labor has increased dramatically. We investigate one of the causes, skill-biased technical change. Advances in information technology (IT) are among the most powerful forces bearing on the economy. Employers who use IT often make complementary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471658
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Foreign-Affiliate Activity and U.S. Skill Upgrading
Blonigen, Bruce A. - 1999
There has been little analysis of the impact of inward foreign direct investment (FDI) on U.S. wage inequality, even though the presence of foreign-owned affiliates in the United States has arguably grown more rapidly in significance for the U.S. economy than trade flows. Using data across U.S....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471760