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The labor market impact of undocumented immigrants : job creation vs. job competition

Albert, Christoph - 2017

This paper explores the impact of undocumented as opposed to documented immigration in a model featuring search frictions and non-random hiring that is consistent with novel empirical evidence presented. In this framework, undocumented immigrants' wages are the lowest of all workers due to their...

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Recruitment policies, job-filling rates and matching efficiency

Carrillo-Tudela, Carlos; Gartner, Hermann; Kaas, Leo - 2020

Recruitment behavior is important for the matching process in the labor market. Using unique linked survey …-administrative data, we explore the relationships between hiring and recruitment policies. Faster hiring goes along with higher search … directed search model in which ﬁrms use different recruitment margins in response to productivity shocks. The calibrated model …

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Mapping the informal economy around the world with an enhanced MIMIC approach : new estimates for 110 countries from 1997-2022

Asllani, Alban; Dell' Anno, Roberto; Schneider, Friedrich - 2024

Using an enhanced MIMIC method, this paper presents new estimates of the Informal Economy (IE) for 110 countries from 1997 to 2022. We address several limitations found in previous estimates of the IE, notably issues surrounding the missing values, time-invariant country characteristics, and...

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Efficiency and labor market dynamics in a model of labor selection

Chugh, Sanjay K.; Merkl, Christian - 2015 - First draft: September 2010, This draft: August 9, 2015

This paper characterizes efficient labor-market allocations in a labor selection model. The model's crucial aspect is cross-sectional heterogeneity for new job contacts, which leads to an endogenous selection threshold for new hires. With cross-sectional dispersion calibrated to microeconomic...

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Labour demand in Germany : an assessment of non-wage labour costs

Chen, Yu-Fu; Funke, Michael - 2003

The data indicate that non-wage labour costs in Germany have reached a record high in recent years. From 1972 to 2001, the ratio of non-wage labour costs to direct compensation in West German manufacturing industry rose from 55.6 per cent to 81.2 per cent. The topic of non-wage labour costs is...

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Do firms hire more older workers? : evidence from Germany

Busch, Fabian; Fenge, Robert; Ochsen, Carsten - 2021

This paper analyses how demographic changes of the labour force affect labour demand. Do firms adjust their hiring behaviour to an ageing society? Combining data at the firm level and the administrative district level, we analyse the hiring behaviour of firms. Our findings suggest that firms...

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Skills, signals, and employability : an experimental investigation

Piopiunik, Marc; Schwerdt, Guido; Simon, Lisa; … - 2018

As skills of labor-market entrants are usually not directly observed by employers, individuals acquire skill signals. To study which signals are valued by employers, we simultaneously and independently randomize a broad range of skill signals on pairs of resumes of fictitious applicants among...

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The impact of restricting fixed-term contracts on labor and skill demand

Grasso, Giuseppe; Tatsiramos, Konstantinos - 2023

This paper examines the impact of increasing the relative cost of fixed-term contracts on labor demand as well as the demand for standard measures of human capital and specific skill requirements. We evaluate a 2018 Italian labor law reform that raised the cost of fixed-term contracts while...

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The impact of hiring costs for skilled workers on apprenticeship training : a comparative study

Aepli, Manuel; Mühlemann, Samuel; Pfeifer, Harald; … - 2024

This study analyzes the relationship between firms’ costs of hiring skilled workers and their provision of internal apprenticeship training. Our empirical analysis draws on four waves of firm surveys conducted in Germany and Switzerland that include detailed information on firms’ hiring...

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Product quality, informality, and child labour

Fotoniata, Eugenia; Moutos, Thomas - 2011

This paper studies the interactions between the structure of product demand, relative wages, and the allocation of economic activity across two sectors. The agrarian sector produces a homogeneous good and consists of informal firms employing adults and children. The modern sector produces a...

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