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Robots, reshoring, and the lot of low-skilled workers

Krenz, Astrid; Prettner, Klaus; Strulik, Holger - 2020

skill premium and increasing inequality. We develop a measure for reshoring activity at the macro-level and, using data from …

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The Role Of The Minimum Wage In The Welfare State: An Appraisal

Dolado, Juan J.; Felgueroso, Florentino; Jimeno, Juan F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000

In order to offer a balanced assessment of the role of minimum wages in the Welfare State, seven basic questions need to be answered: (i) Why is the minimum wage a useful redistributive tool?; (ii) How binding are minimum wage floors in different countries?; (iii) To what extent do minimum wages...

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The evolution of labor market disparities between Hispanic and non-Hispanic men : 1970-2019

Kospentaris, Ioannis; Stratton, Leslie S. - 2023

, while the earnings disparity increases with education. Comparing Hispanic immigrants with natives reveals much of the …

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The evolution of labor market disparities between Hispanic and non-Hispanic men : 1970-2019

Kospentaris, Ioannis; Stratton, Leslie S. - 2023

, while the earnings disparity increases with education. Comparing Hispanic immigrants with natives reveals much of the …

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Tax Policy and Returns to Education

Booth, Alison L.; Coles, Melvyn B. - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2008

differences in labour supply responses to tax policy can explain differences in aggregate labour supply and years of education …

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Off to a bad start: youth nonemployment and labor market outcomes later in life

Filomenaa, Mattia; Giorgettia, Isabella; Picchio, Matteo - 2022

We estimate the effect of nonemployment experienced by Italian youth after leaving secondary school on subsequent labor market outcomes. We focus on the impact on earnings and labor market participation both in the short- and in the long-term, up to 25 years since school completion. By...

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Gender differences in economics PhD field specializations with correlated choices

Sierminska, Eva; Oaxaca, Ronald L. - 2021

We model the process of field specialization choice among beginning economists within a multivariate logit framework that accommodates single and dual primary field specializations and incorporates correlations among field specialization choices. Conditioning on personal, economic, and...

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Informal employment and wages in Poland

Liwiński, Jacek - 2021

Purpose: This paper tries to identify the wage gap between informal and formal workers and tests for the two-tier structure of the informal labour market in Poland. Design/methodology/approach: I employ the propensity score matching (PSM) technique and use data from the Polish Labour Force...

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The distributional consequences of social distancing on poverty and labour income inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean

Delaporte, Isaure; Escobar, Julia; Peña, Werner - 2021 - Current version: April 15, 2021

and labour income inequality in 20 Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries. We estimate the share of individuals that … poverty and labour income inequality. We find an increase in poverty and labour income inequality in most of the LAC countries … inequality both between and within countries. Lastly, we show that most of the dispersion in the labour income loss across …

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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 substantially less than natives in the labor market. However, trading with a foreign country is expected to increase the demand for immigrants from that country. By hiring...

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