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A Comparative Static Model of the Relationship Between Immigration and the Job Prospects of Unemployed Residents.

Chapman, B.; Cobb-Clark, D. - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 1998

Much of the debate surrounding the impact of immigration of the economy relates to the consequences of immigration for aggregate unemployment. In this paper we explore a related but more specific issue: the consequences of immigration on the probability of unemployed residents gaining a job....

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004971419

Earnings Inequality in Australia: Changes, Causes and Consequences.

Borland, J. - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 1998

This paper studies the changes in earnings inequality. It also examines the causes and consequences of this changes.

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005032823

Unemployment in East and West Europe

Münich, Daniel; Svejnar, Jan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

In this paper, we use 1991-2005 panel data on the unemployed, vacancies, inflow into unemployment, and outflow from unemployment in five former communist economies and in the western part of Germany (a benchmark western economy) to examine the evolution of unemployment together with that of...

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Returns to Human Capital Under the Communist Wage Grid and During the Transition to a Market Economy

Münich, Daniel; Svejnar, Jan; Terrell, Katherine - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999

Under communism, workers had their wages set according to a centrally-determined wage grid. In this paper we use new micro data on men to estimate returns to human capital under the communist wage grid and during the transition to a market economy. We use data from the Czech Republic because it...

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The Union Wage Effect in Late Nineteenth Century Britain

Bailey, Roy E; Boyer, George; Hatton, Timothy J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1992

in Britain between 1889-90 using data from the US Commissioner of Labour survey conducted at that time. The determinants …

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Incentives to Work: Replacement Ratios and the Cost of Job Loss Among Indigenous Australians.

Daly, A.; Hunter, B. - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 1998

The relationship between the social welfare system and employment incentives has received considerable attention in the literature. This paper uses data from the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Survey to consider these issues for indigenous Australians. Two measures are...

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Unemployment Insurance in Theory and Practice

Holmlund, B. - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 1997

A hallmark of modern labour economics is the close interplay between the development of theory, data sources and …

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Getting Ahead: the Determinants of and Payoffs to Internal Promotion for Young Men and Women.

Cobb-Clark, D. - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 1998

Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, this paper examines the role of gender in the promotion process and the importance of promotions in the relative labor market outcomes of young men and womenin their early careers.

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Demand learning and firm dynamics: evidence from exporters

Berman, Nicolas; Rebeyrol, Vincent; Vicard, Vincent - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

This paper provides evidence that learning about demand is an important driver of firms' dynamics. We present a simple … model with Bayesian learning in which firms are uncertain about their idiosyncratic demand parameter in each of the markets … their beliefs following a new demand shock, the younger they are. To test this learning mechanism, we make use of a specific …

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Macroeconomic Shocks and the Business Cycle: Evidence from a Structural Factor Model

Forni, Mario; Gambetti, Luca - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

-shock specification, we identify, using sign restrictions, two non-policy shocks, demand and supply, and two policy shocks, monetary and … fiscal. We obtain the following results. (ii) Both supply and demand shocks are important sources of fluctuations; supply … prevails for GDP, while demand prevails for employment and inflation. (ii) Policy matters: Both monetary and fiscal policy …

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