Showing 1 - 10 of 228
We use a large panel dataset covering the years 1988 to 2010 to estimate county specific total wage elasticities of labor demand for four highly aggregated industries in the United States. Our industries are construction, finance/real estate/service, manufacturing, and retail trade, which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112080
This paper analyzes the links between labour market institutions and skill premiums in the UK, controlling for other explanatory variables such as market conditions, international trade and skill-biased technology. We find that the trade union decline in unskilled workers can explain more than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260324
This study evaluates behavioural differences between union and non-union workers in their preferences regarding reciprocal loyalty in the employment relationship. It uses a vignettes approach to elicit preferences and a novel dataset with unusually rich information on semi-skilled employees from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005025726
Some Remarks on Lujo Brentano's View of Labor Market Problems Lujo Brentano (1844-1931) aimed for "realism" in economics. Regarding labor market theory, two topics are of particular interest: His investigations on "Hours and Wages in Relation to Production" (Scribner's 1894) and his analysis "On...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005187283
The paper focuses on China’s economic integration with Asia region and the world. It also attempts to find the long run … relation with short run dynamics of China’s trade in Asia and the world. The augmented Dicky-Fuller (ADF) and Phillips … the economic integration of China’s export to the US and its import from Asian nations using monthly aggregate data from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011271304
the former Eastern Bloc countries and China whether they will continue to politically stable and their economy stays … note, I will mainly focus on China’s reform and institutional transition. This paper first views and evaluates the … achievements of China’s liberation and marketization reforms and institutional transition. Then it gives a rationale for China …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258676
buying locally made materials and intermediate goods it creates a good environment for the locally produced goods. For China … Financial Openness of China is showing mixed result, it increased until mid-1990s and it is showing the declining trend. In case …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258757
culture and religion merely reflect the latter? We explore this issue by studying the case of Protestantism in China during …-term economic growth through other channels, such as through transformed social values. If so, then a significant amount of China …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258769
This paper investigates the intrahousehold resource allocation on children’s education and its earnings consequence in Chinese labour market. In order to overcome the endogeneity problem of schooling, we consider the siblings structure and the available public facilities as instrumental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258793
This paper estimates the economic returns to education in China from 1989 to 2009, using the China Health and Nutrition … transition explanation of the evolution of education returns in China. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258797