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Perceptions, Expectations, and Entrepreneurship: The Role of Extreme Events
Brück, Tilman; Llussá, Fernanda; Tavares, José - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
We provide, for the first time, comparative evidence of the impact of various types of extreme events – natural disasters, terrorism, and violent conflicts – on the perceptions of entrepreneurs concerning some key entrepreneurial issues – such as fear of failure in starting a business...
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Growth and Labour Markets in Developing Countries
Satchi, Mathan; Temple, Jonathan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
the informal sector, and scope for rural-urban migration. We investigate the effects of different types of growth on wages …
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Origins and Consequences of Child Labour Restrictions: A Macroeconomic Perspective
Doepke, Matthias; Krueger, Dirk - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
In this paper we investigate the positive and normative consequences of child-labour restrictions for economic aggregates and welfare. We argue that even though the laissez-faire equilibrium may be inefficient, there are usually better policies to cure these inefficiencies than the imposition of...
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How far away is a Single European Labor Market?
Krause, Annabelle; Rinne, Ulf; Zimmermann, Klaus F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
A Single European Labor Market, particularly involving the free movement of workers within Europe, has been a goal of the European community since the 1950s. Whereas it may entail opportunities and drawbacks alike, the benefits—such as greater economic welfare for most citizens—are supposed...
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Job Characteristics and Labor Turnover: Assessing the Role of Preferences and Opportunities in Teacher Mobility
Bonhomme, Stéphane; Jolivet, Grégory; Leuven, Edwin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
Abstract Job characteristics can affect worker turnover through their effect on utility and through their effect on outside job opportunities. We separately identify and estimate the roles of these two channels. Our method exploits information on job changes and relies on an augmented sample...
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Strong and Weak Ties in Employment and Crime
Calvó-Armengol, Antoni; Verdier, Thierry; Zenou, Yves - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
This paper analyses the interplay between social structure and information exchange in two competing activities, crime and labour. We consider a dynamic model in which individuals belong to mutually exclusive two-person groups, referred to as dyads. There are multiple equilibria. If jobs are...
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Competitiveness, Wage Adjustment and Macroeconomic Policy in a Small Open Economy
Alogoskoufis, George - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1987
assuming that the traded goods sector is competitive while the non-traded goods sector is oligopolistic, I show that real wages … postwar period, and is used to assess the macroeconomic experience and policy options in Greece. …
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The Impact of Immigration on the Structure of Wages: Theory and Evidence from Britain
Manacorda, Marco; Manning, Alan; Wadsworth, Jonathan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
the wages of native-born workers in the UK. This is potentially puzzling since there is evidence that changes in the … supply of educated natives have significant effects on their wages. Using a pooled time series of British crosssectional … micro data on male wages and employment from the mid-1970s to the mid-2000s, this paper offers a resolution to this puzzle …
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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...
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Does Speed Signal Ability? The Impact of Grade Repetitions on Employment and Wages
Brodaty, Thomas; Gary-Bobo, Robert J.; Prieto, Ana - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
which log-wages are explained by two endogenous variables: the student's degree and the student's time to degree, not simply … by years of education. Log-wages are regressed on a measure of education, which is a position on a scale of certificates … parameters. We find a robust, significant and negative impact of the delay variable on wages, averaged over the first five years …
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