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The labour share of income: Heterogeneous causes for parallel movements?
Hogrefe, Jan; Kappler, Marcus - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010
The aim of this paper is to take a structured approach at estimating the coefficients of factors explaining movements of the labour share across countries. In particular, we focus on proper dynamic specification and test the validity of the homogeneity assumption of slope coefficients frequently...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008494186
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Economic Development and CO2 Emissions: A Nonparametric Panel Approach
Azomahou, Théophile; Laisney, François; van Phu, Nguyen - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2005
We examine the empirical relation between CO2 emissions per capita and GDP per capita during the period 1960-1996, using a panel of 100 countries. Relying on the nonparametric poolability test of Baltagi et al. (1996), we find evidence of structural stability of the relationship. We then specify...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097768
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What explains the decline in wage mobility in the German low-wage sector?
Aretz, Bodo; Gürtzgen, Nicole - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2012
In this paper, we study how wage mobility in the low-wage sector has changed in western Germany between 1984 and 2004. Using German individual register data, we document a clear upward trend in the persistence of low-wage employment for both men and women. Next to compositional shifts of the...
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Unemployment and labor reallocation in Europe
Hogrefe, Jan; Sachs, Andreas - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014
We ask whether sectoral shocks and the subsequent labor reallocation are responsible for unemployment within selected … is linked to unemployment in country specific dynamic models. For Spain, the ADL-model estimation reveals a significant … impact of sectoral reallocation on unemployment that goes beyond usual business cycle patterns. In Italy, there is weaker yet …
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