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Empirical Labour Search: A Survey
Eckstein, Zvi; den Berg, Gerard J van - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
This Paper surveys the existing empirical research that uses search theory to analyse empirically labour supply questions in a structural framework, using data on individual labour market transitions and durations, wages, and individual characteristics. The starting points of the literature are...
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The Aggregate Labour Market Effects of the Swedish Knowledge Lift Program
Albrecht, James; den Berg, Gerard J van; Vroman, Susan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
The Swedish adult education program known as the Knowledge Lift (1997--2002) was unprecedented in its size and scope, aiming to raise the skill level of large numbers of low-skill workers. This paper evaluates the potential effects of this program on aggregate labour market outcomes. This is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123553
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Central and East European Labour Markets in Transition: Developments, Causes, and Cures
Franz, Wolfgang - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995
dynamics of employment and unemployment in order to identify key issues for the sources of the malfunctioning of these labour …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005067622
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How Labour Market Flexibility Affects Unemployment: Long-Term Implications of the Chain Reaction Theory
Karanassou, Marika; Snower, Dennis J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
This paper evaluates two theories of unemployment: the natural rate theory (whereby unemployment is depicted as … fluctuating around a reasonably stable natural rate) and the chain reaction theory (which views movements in unemployment as the … unemployment not only in the short run, but in the long run as well. The reason is that, in the presence of growing exogenous …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005504680
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Are the Unemployed Unemployable?
Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1992
may have increased unemployment, and shows that this is likely to occur if technological change is associated with an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666594
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A Contribution to Unemployment Dynamics
Karanassou, Marika; Snower, Dennis J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995
This paper views movements in unemployment as the result of the interaction between: (a) lags in labour market … decisions; and (b) labour market shocks with temporary and permanent components. Two features of unemployment dynamics are … examined: (i) `unemployment persistence', arising when temporary shocks have persistent effects on unemployment; and (ii …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791454
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How Large are Search Frictions?
Gautier, Pieter A; Teulings, Coen N - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
This Paper presents strong evidence for the concavity of wages in job and worker characteristics by adding second order terms to a Mincerian earnings function for six OECD countries. Under a standard normality assumption, this concavity cannot be attributed to unobserved components in those...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666739
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Wage Mobility: Do Institutions Make a Difference? A Replication Study Comparing Portugal and the UK
Cardoso, Ana Rute - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
This study compares wage mobility in Portugal and the UK, replicating the work by Dickens (2000) and progressing to discuss the impact of differences in the institutional framework, which is more regulated and centralized in Portugal, with minimum wages, employment protection, and collective...
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On the Wage Growth of Immigrants: Israel, 1990-2000
Eckstein, Zvi; Weiss, Yoram - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
This Paper develops a descriptive methodology for the analysis of wage growth of immigrants, based on human capital theory. The sources of the wage growth are: (i) the rise of the return to imported human capital; (ii) the impact of accumulated experience in the host country; and, (iii) the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005661791
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Managers' Mobility, Trade Status, and Wages
Mion, Giordano; Opromolla, Luca David - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
This paper investigates whether the arrival of managers with export experience, i.e. experience acquired through participation in the export activity of previous employers, is related to firms' international trade status and to what extent this relationship is of a causal nature. We construct a...
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