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Immigration and Heterogeneous Labour in Western Germany: A Labour Market Classification Based on Nonparametric Estimation
Fröhlich, Markus; Puhani, Patrick A - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
immigrants are characterized by above average age and by professional occupations. On the other hand, labour markets for young … workers in service occupations are identified to exhibit rising unemployment due to wage rigidities and are therefore not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666760
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Family job search, wage bargaining, and optimal unemployment insurance
Ek, Susanne; Holmlund, Bertil - 2010
receive higher wages than employed singles. The model is applied to a welfare analysis of alternative unemployment insurance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321420
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International trade and labor market integration of immigrants
Lodefalk, Magnus; Sjöholm, Fredrik; Tang, Aili - 2020
We examine if international trade improves labor market integration of immigrants in Sweden. Immigrants participate … immigrants from that country. By hiring immigrants, a firm may access foreign knowledge and networks needed to overcome …, we estimate the causal effects of a firm's bilateral trade on employment and wages of immigrants from that country. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012286158
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Do Good Workers Hurt Bad Workers - or is it the Other Way Around?
Moen, Espen R - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
In this article, I study the effect of worker heterogeneities on wages and unemployment within the context of a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005667080
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Reflections on wage-setting
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2018
Central banks need to be concerned about wages since they are a major driver of inflation. Rising wages are needed to signal directions for market adjustments to ensure growth. Wage growth is driven by relative scarcity, labor productivity and expectations about inflation and future growth....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012131008
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Immigrants and unemployment in the European Community: From the Eyes of Natives
Gang, Ira N.; Rivera-Batiz, Francisco L.; Yun, Myeong-su - 2002
This paper examines whether a greater concentration of foreigners increases the likelihood of unemployment in local …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010334365
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Public housing and unemployment: Skills and spatial mismatch in postindustrial Hong Kong
Monkkonen, Paavo - 2011
suggests that restrictions on residential mobility, neighborhood effects, and the place-based housing subsidy itself contribute … to the higher rates of unemployment often observed among public housing tenants. However, recent evidence from Europe and … and large positive impact on the probability of being unemployed. Yet, a high rate of unemployment among public housing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286956
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Economic Preferences and Attitudes of the Unemployed: Are Natives and Second Generation Migrants Alike?
Constant, Amelie; Krause, Annabelle; Rinne, Ulf; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
natives and second generation migrants. We analyze an inflow sample into unemployment in Germany, and find differences between … employment probability about two months after unemployment entry. We observe a significantly lower employment probability for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008854486
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Reservation Wages of First and Second Generation Migrants
Constant, Amelie; Krause, Annabelle; Rinne, Ulf; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
survey data of a representative inflow sample into unemployment in Germany, we empirically test the hypothesis that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008854550
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International Trade and Labor Market Integration of Immigrants
Lodefalk, Magnus; Sjöholm, Fredrik; Tang, Aili - 2020
We examine if international trade improves labor market integration of immigrants in Sweden. Immigrants participate … immigrants from that country. By hiring immigrants, a firm may access foreign knowledge and networks needed to overcome …, we estimate the causal effects of a firm's bilateral trade on employment and wages of immigrants from that country. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013208875