While the impact of globalization on income inequality has received a lot of attention,little is known about its effect … and non-exporters. By the virtue of being exposed to higher competition, exporters require greater commitment and … men, exporters will statistically discriminate against female employees and will exhibit a higher GWG than non-exporters …

on the stark assumption that exporters’ superior performance is due to intrinsic firm efficiency. We investigate the … importance of intrinsic firm efficiency relative to input quality as sources of exporters’ productivity premium, employing a …

the demand side (buyers) in international trade using a novel transaction-level dataset from Norway. Domestic exporters as … reveal a number of new stylized facts on the distributions of buyers per exporter and exporters per buyer, the matching among … heterogeneous importers as well as heterogeneous exporters where matches are subject to a relation-specific fixed cost. The model …

We study the determination of Irish inflation between 1926 and 2012. The difference between unemployment and the NAIRU …

the indirect wage effect resulting from lower unemployment risks and shorter spells in unemployment associated with higher … accounting for the effects of unemployment on individual wages using EU-SILC data. Across countries we find a high variation of … the effect of education on unemployment duration. Overall, the returns to education are estimated to be the highest in the …

This paper develops a theory characterizing the effects of fiscal policy on unemployment over the business cycle. The … theory is based on a model of equilibrium unemployment in which jobs are rationed in recessions. Fiscal policy in the form of … government spending on public-sector jobs reduces unemployment, especially during recessions: the fiscal multiplier …

and the unemployment rate in U.S. data since 1929. Second, it compares a new model of the economy developed in recent …