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The labor market impact of immigration in Western Germany in the 1990's
D'Amuri, Francesco; Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P.; Peri, … - 2008
labor market, looking at both wage and employment effects. Using the Regional File of the IAB Employment Subsample for the … employment levels. It had instead adverse employment and wage effects on previous waves of immigrants. This stems from the fact …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272347
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Unemployment in the European Union: Institutions, prices, and growth
Karanassou, Marika; Sala, Héctor; Snower, Dennis J. - 2004
This paper presents a reappraisal of unemployment movements in the European Union. Our analysis is based on the chain reaction theory of unemployment, which focuses on (a) the interaction among labor market adjustment processes, (b) the interplay between these adjustment processes and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276423
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EU banks rating assignments: Is there heterogeneity between new and old member countries?
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Matousek, Roman; Stewart, Chris - 2010
We model EU countries' bank ratings using financial variables and allowing for intercept and slope heterogeneity. Our aim is to assess whether 'old' and 'new' EU countries are rated differently and to determine whether 'new' ones are assigned lower ratings, ceteris paribus, than 'old' ones. We...
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How Much Do Workers Actually Value Working from Home?
Nagler, Markus; Rincke, Johannes; Winkler, Erwin - 2022
Working from home (WFH) has become ubiquitous around the world. We ask how much workers actually value this job attribute. Using a stated-preference experiment, we show that German employees are willing to give up 7.7% of their earnings for WFH, but they value other job attributes more. For...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013470332
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High-Pressure, High-Paying Jobs?
Nagler, Markus; Rincke, Johannes; Winkler, Erwin - 2022
Work-related stress has reportedly increased over time. Using worker-level survey data, we build a measure of work pressure strongly associated with adverse health outcomes. In line with theories of compensating differentials, work pressure comes with a sizable earnings premium, even within...
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Picture This: Social Distance and the Mistreatment of Migrant Workers
Barsbai, Toman; Bartoš, Vojtĕch; Licuanan, Victoria; … - 2022
employers. Encouraging DWs to show their employers a family photo while providing a small gift when starting employment reduced …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014290087
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Government debt, agent heterogeneity and wealth displacement in a small open economy
Petrucci, Alberto R. - 2002
heterogeneity plays no qualitative role for the effects of debt on wealth and factor employment. …
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Technical change and employment growth in services: Analytical and policy challenges
Petit, Pascal; Soete, Luc L. G. - 1997
It is generally acknowledged that employment in our economies is increasingly dependent on services. European countries … employed in service activities. It is also generally acknowledged that services provide the key to future employment growth … employment and it explores the policies to be pursued at all levels. …
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The double dividend issue: Modeling strategies and empirical findings
Bosello, Francesco; Carraro, Carlo; Galeotti, Marzio - 1998
, especially the market for labor. At the same time, we argue that empirical work, particularly on the "employment double dividend …
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Capital subsidies versus labour subsidies: A trade-off between capital and employment?
Petrucci, Alberto; Phelps, Edmund S. - 2000
This paper examines the consequences of capital and labour subsidies for employment, capital formation and other … and the modern-equilibrium one, have been analysed. We discover that the employment effects of the subsidies studied … employment subsidisation is immaterial for the qualitative effects on the macroeconomic system. In the neoclassical …
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