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Labour markets in the time of coronavirus: measuring excess

Wadsworth, Jonathan - 2020

No matter the cause, recessions are usually accompanied by some combination of job loss, hiring freezes, wage cuts or hours reductions. In a rapidly evolving economic crisis there is a need for timely information to assess labour market performance and develop strategies to address the problems...

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Immigration, the European Union and the UK Labour Market

Wadsworth, Jonathan - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2014

much displacement of UK workers or lower wages, on average. Immigrants, especially in recent years, tend to be younger and …

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Immigration and the UK Labour Market: The latest evidence from economic research

Wadsworth, Jonathan - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2012

have been exaggerated. It is hard to find evidence of much displacement of UK workers or lower wages, on average … have experienced greater downward pressure on wages and greater competition for jobs than others, but these effects still …

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The impact of immigration on the structure of male wages : theory and evidence from Britain

Manacorda, Marco (contributor); Manning, Alan (contributor); … - 2006

Immigration to the UK has risen over time. Existing studies of the impact of immigration on the wages of native … immigration reduces the wages of immigrants relative to natives. We show this using a pooled time series of British cross …-sectional micro data of observations on male wages and employment from the mid-1970s to the mid-2000s. This lack of substitution also …

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Grime and Punishment : job insecurity and wage arrears in the Russian Federation

Lehmann, Hartmut; Wadsworth, Jonathan; Acquisti, Alessandro - 1999

adjustment in the Russian transition process has been the delayed receipt of wages. More than half the workforce is experiencing … firm not paying wages in full or on time if the outside labor market is sufficiently dynamic. …

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Wage arrears and the distribution of earnings in Russia

Lehmann, Hartmut; Wadsworth, Jonathan - 2001

various points in the pay distribution across gender, education, region and industry are influenced by a failure to allow for …

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The incidence and cost of job loss in a transition economy : displaced workers in Estonia, 1989-1999

Lehmann, Hartmut; Phillips, Kaia; Wadsworth, Jonathan - 2002

We examine the pattern and costs of worker displacement in one of the more reform-oriented transition countries, Estonia, as the transition process develops. Using Labour Force Survey data covering the period 1989-1999, we show that after the initial shock, displacement rates in Estonia have...

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The incidence and cost of job loss in the Ukrainian labor market

Lehmann, Hartmut (contributor); … - 2005

We examine the effects of economic transition on the pattern and costs of worker displacement in Ukraine, using the Ukrainian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (ULMS) for the years 1992 to 2002. Displacement rates in the Ukrainian labor market average between 3.4 and 4.8 percent of employment,...

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The impact of public transportation and commuting on urban labour markets: evidence from the New Survey of London Life and Labour, 1929-32

Seltzer, Andrew; Wadsworth, Jonathan - 2021

This paper examines the consequences of the commuter transport revolution on working class labour markets in 1930s London. The ability to commute alleviated urban crowding and increased workers’ choice of potential employers. Using GIS-based data constructed from the New Survey of London Life...

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Population growth, immigration and labour market dynamics

Elsby, Michael W. L.; Smith, Jennifer C.; Wadsworth, … - 2021

This paper examines the role of population flows on labour market dynamics across immigrant and native-born populations in the United Kingdom. Population flows are large, and cyclical, driven first by the maturation of baby boom cohorts in the 1980s, and latterly by immigration in the 2000s. New...

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