Similar Search Results

Immigration, Unemployment and Wages : New Causality Evidence from the United Kingdom

Tunali, Cigdem Börke - 2017

unemployment and wages in aggregate analysis. We do find, however, evidence of distributional effects when accounting for human …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012955276

The Unemployment Accelerator

Blanco, Julio A. - 2017

This paper studies the unemployment accelerator, a mechanism where workers directly affect the firms' financial … conditions, and, in turn, firms' financial conditions feedback again to the real economy. The unemployment accelerator builds on … in labor and financial markets. We provide compelling micro-evidence of the unemployment accelerator: a 10% increase in a …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012964383

Labor Courts, Nomination Bias, and Unemployment in Germany

Berger, Helge - 2006

unemployment, even after controlling for the endogeneity of court activity. The results have potentially important policy …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012779784

The Pathological Export Boom and the Bazaar Effect - How to Solve the German Puzzle

Sinn, Hans-Werner - 2021

, causing both unemployment and excessive value added in exports. Moreover, excessive wages induce too much outsourcing of …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317598

Explaining Spatial Patterns of Foreign Employment in Germany

Lehmann, Robert - 2017

This paper investigates the main determinants of the regional representation of foreign employees in Germany. Since migration determinants are not necessarily the same for workers of different nationalities, we explain spatial patterns not only for total foreign employment but also for the 35...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012960482

Why Go to France or Germany, if You Could as Well Go to the UK or the US? Selective Features of Immigration to Four Major OECD Countries

Geis, Wido - 2008

Building on a new data set which is combined from national micro-data bases, we highlight differences in the structure of migrants to four countries, viz. France, Germany, the UK and the US, which receive a substantial share of all immigrants to the OECD world. Looking at immigrants by source...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012769704

Friday the 13th : The Empirics of Bad Luck

Fidrmuc, Jan - 2014

We use the UK Labor Force survey to investigate whether the socio-economic outcomes of people born on the 13th day of the month, and of those born on Friday the 13th, differ from the outcomes of people born on more auspicious days. In many European countries, including the UK, such days are...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013044603

National Minimum Wage and Employment of Young Workers in the UK

Fidrmuc, Jan - 2013

We analyze the impact of the UK national minimum wage (NMW) on the employment of young workers. The previous literature found little evidence of an adverse impact of the NMW on the UK labor market. We focus on the age-related increases in the NMW at 18 and 22 years of age. Using regression...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013079872

Earnings Instability and Tenure

Cappellari, Lorenzo; Leonardi, Marco - 2021

We study the effect of tenure on earnings instability in Italy using two alternative estimation strategies. First we use a descriptive measure of earnings instability and fixed effects regressions. Second, we develop a formal model of earnings dynamics distinguishing permanent from transitory...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315811

The Employment of Mothers - Recent Developments and Their Determinants in East and West Germany

Broadway, Barbara; Riphahn, Regina T. - 2021

We apply German Mikrozensus data for the period 1996 to 2004 to investigate the employment status of mothers. Specifically, we ask whether there are behavioral differences between mothers in East and West Germany, whether these differences disappear over time, and whether there are differences...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316151