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Labor market pooling, outsourcing and labor contracts
Picard, Pierre M.; Wildasin, David E. - 2009
Economic regions, such as urban agglomerations, face external demand and price shocks that produce income risk. Workers in large and diversified agglomerations may benefit from reduced wage volatility, while firms may outsource the production of intermediate goods and realize benefits from...
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The Cushioning Effect of Immigrant Mobility
Özgüzel, Cem - 2021
During the Great Recession, immigrants reacted to the drop in labour demand in Spain through internal migration or leaving the country. Consequently, provinces lost 13.5% of their immigrants or - 3% of the total labour supply, on average. Using municipal registers and longitudinal administrative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012657974
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Working from Home, Wages, and Regional Inequality in the Light of COVID-19
Irlacher, Michael - 2020
We use the most recent wave of the German Qualifications and Career Survey and reveal a substantial wage premium in a Mincer regression for workers performing their job from home. The premium persists within narrowly defined jobs and after controlling for workplace activities and accounts to...
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The IOC's Midas Touch: Summer Olympics and City Growth
Nitsch, Volker; Wendland, Nicolai - 2013
Hosting a mega-event is a costly activity of short duration. Still, cities frequently compete to become host of all types of events. This paper examines the effect of staging the largest and most important sporting event in the world, the Summer Olympic Games, on the host city. Applying a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319384
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Spatial sorting: Why New York, Los Angeles and Detroit Attract the greatest minds as well as the unskilled
Eeckhout, Jan; Pinheiro, Roberto; Schmidheiny, Kurt - 2010
density. Using CPS data on wages and Census data on house prices, we find that this technology is consistent with the observed …
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Import Competition and U.S. Sentiment Toward China
Arezki, Rabah; Le, Duong Trung; Nguyen, Ha; Nguyen, Hieu - 2024
We empirically examine how import competition affects sentiment toward China in local communities in the United States using a news-based index for sentiment. Results are threefold. First, U.S. sentiment toward China peaked in 2007 before turning negative. Second, communities more exposed to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014534312
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The Cushioning Effect of Immigrant Mobility
Özgüzel, Cem - 2021
During the Great Recession, immigrants reacted to the drop in labour demand in Spain through internal migration or leaving the country. Consequently, provinces lost 13.5% of their immigrants or - 3% of the total labour supply, on average. Using municipal registers and longitudinal administrative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013214338
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Adjusting to Transitory Shocks: Worker Impact, Firm Channels, and (Lack of) Income Support
Fernandes, Ana Margarida; Silva, Joana - 2023
employer-employee data for Brazil in 2004-2017, linked with firm customs and financial data, and administrative data covering … the universe of cash transfer, unemployment insurance, and training beneficiaries. Negative employment effects take over a …, employment and productivity) downsizing. Unemployment insurance and cash transfers yield limited wage loss replacement (6 percent …
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On the Road (Again) : Commuting and Local Employment Elasticities in Germany
Krebs, Oliver; Pflüger, Michael - 2021
This paper develops a quantitative spatial general equilibrium model for the German economy to address two issues. First, we explore the role of commuting for local labor markets and their capacity to absorb productivity shocks. Second, we address the role of housing markets for quantitative...
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New Region, New Chances : Does Moving Regionally for University Shape Later Job Mobility?
Ehrenfried, Felix; Fackler, Thomas; Lindlacher, Valentin - 2022
The extensive literature on university graduates’ regional mobility highlights the importance of early mobility but is primarily descriptive. We contribute the identification of the effect of mobility upon high-school graduation on subsequent mobility across labour market regions. The data...
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