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We exploit the gender-specific components of large-scale labor demand shocks stemming from rising international …, fertility and children's living circumstances during 1990-2014. On average, trade shocks differentially reduce employment and … earnings of young adult males. Consistent with Becker's model of household specialization, shocks to male's relative earnings …
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The paper studies wage and employment determination in the Swedish business sector from the mid-1910s to the late 1930s … percent. We examine whether relatively standard wage and employment equations can account for the volatile economic … demand equations suggest that cuts in working time may have slightly increased employment as firms substituted workers for …
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, we observe interesting patterns in the skill composition, employment opportunities and wages for migrants to the …
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by behavioral adjustments yet which are of considerable importance to one’s quality of life: employment, earnings and …
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We analyze the impact of the UK national minimum wage (NMW) on the employment of young workers. The previous literature …, we find a significant and negative employment effect for male workers at 21, which we believe to be an anticipation … effect on employment of young workers, with this effect possibly occurring already well in advance of reaching the threshold …
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We analyze the impact of the UK national minimum wage (NMW) on the employment of young workers. The previous literature …, we find a significant and negative employment effect for male workers at 21, which we believe to be an anticipation … effect on employment of young workers, with this effect possibly occurring already well in advance of reaching the threshold …
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by behavioral adjustments yet which are of considerable importance to one's quality of life: employment, earnings and …
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differences in social mobility and persistence. …
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We examine the matching process using monthly panel data for local labour markets in Sweden. We find that an increase in the number of vacancies has a weak effect on the number of unemployed workers being hired: unemployed workers appear to be unable to compete for many available jobs. Vacancies...
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Using data for German and Swedish multinational enterprises (MNEs), this paper assesses international employment … country, affiliate employment tends to substitute for employment at the parent firm. On the margin, substitutability is the … strongest with respect to affiliate employment in Western Europe. A one percent larger wage gap between Germany and locations in …
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