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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 …
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benefiting from positive employer discrimination, especially if graduating in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics …
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In this article, I study the effect of worker heterogeneities on wages and unemployment within the context of a …
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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....
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We examine whether employment discrimination increased after the 2016 presidential election in the United States. We … difference between white and Somali American applicants increased by 8 percentage points. The increased discrimination … 2018 to test for seasonality in discrimination; there was no substantial increase in discrimination after the 2017 election. …
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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 …
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survey data of a representative inflow sample into unemployment in Germany, we empirically test the hypothesis that …
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increases job-finding in the private sector by 10 percentage points within one year of unemployment. Six years later, high …
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There are concerns about the attachment of immigrants to the labor force, and the potential policy responses. This …
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In this study, we investigate the employers' attitude towards Russian migrants in Kazakhstan's labor market. We conduct a field experiment by sending over 1600 fictitious job applications to real job openings posted on one of the largest job search portals in the country. The job applicants...
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