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New Estimates of the Effects of Minimum Wages in the U.S. Retail Trade Sector
Addison, John T.; Blackburn, McKinley L.; Cotti, Chad D. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
This paper examines the impact of minimum wages on earnings and employment in selected branches of the retail …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005859469
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Unemployment Benefits and Reservation Wages : Key Elasticities from a Stripped-Down Job Search Approach
Addison, John T.; Centeno, Mário; Portugal, Pedro - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
This paper exploits survey information on reservation wages and data on actual wages from the European Community …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861117
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Trade shocks, labor markets and elections in the first globalization
Bräuer, Richard; Hungerland, Wolf-Fabian; Kersting, Felix - 2021
This paper studies the economic and political effects of a large trade shock in agriculture - the grain invasion from the Americas - in Prussia during the first globalization (1871-1913). We show that this shock accelerated the structural change in the Prussian economy through migration of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012653510
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Mimicking the Opposition: Bismarck's Welfare State and the Rise of the Socialists
Kersting, Felix - 2023
introduction of the welfare state in 19th century Germany. The reform conducted by the conservative government targeted blue …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014467872