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A test of the "Krugman hypothesis" for the United States, Britain, and Western Germany
Puhani, Patrick A. - 2003
Rising wage inequality in the U.S. and Britain (especially in the 1980s) and rising continental European unemployment … large data sets from the U.S., Britain, and western Germany to test the Krugman hypothesis for the 1990s, when unemployment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011448440
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Flexibilität der qualifikatorischen Lohnstruktur und Lastverteilung der Arbeitslosigkeit : eine ökonometrische Analyse für Westdeutschland
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Franz, Wolfgang - 1998
Dieser Beitrag nimmt aus theoretischer und ökonometrischer Sicht zu der Kontroverse über die Bedeutung der qualifikatorischen Lohnstruktur zur Erklärung der Beschäftigungsstruktur Stellung. Basierend auf einer Einteilung in drei Qualifikationsgruppen zeigt sich empirisch, dass die Entlohnung...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011440988
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Youth unemployment in the OECD : the role of institutions
Sachs, Andreas; Smolny, Werner - 2014
This paper analyzes the role of labor market institutions for youth unemployment, as contrasted to total unemployment …. The empirical results are basically consistent with an insider view of labor market institutions. Labor market … institutions tend to protect (older) employees but might harm (young) entrants. Remarkable is especially the significant and very …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010416202
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Flexibilität der qualifikatorischen Lohnstruktur und Lastverteilung der Arbeitslosigkeit : eine ökonometrische Analyse für Westdeutschland
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Franz, Wolfgang - 1997
Dieser Beitrag nimmt aus theoretischer und ökonometrischer Sicht zu der Kontroverse über die Bedeutung der qualifikatorischen Lohnstruktur zur Erklärung der Beschäftigungsstruktur Stellung. Basierend auf einer Einteilung in drei Qualifikationsgruppen zeigt sich empirisch, dass die Entlohnung...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013428116
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A test of the "Krugman hypothesis" for the United States, Britain, and western Germany
Puhani, Patrick A. - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013428556
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The unemployment invariance hypothesis and the implications of added and discouraged worker effects in Latin America
Maridueña-Larrea, Ángel; Martín-Román, Ángel - 2023
This research explores the long-term equilibrium relationship between unemployment and labour force participation rates … focused on the study of time series is used to validate the unemployment invariance hypothesis and explore added and … the unemployment invariance hypothesis in several countries appears to reflect some rigidities that prevent the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013546014
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Sectoral explanations of employment in Europe: the role of services
D’Agostino, Antonello; Serafini, Roberta; … - 2006
This paper investigates the determinants of the service sector employment share in the EU-15, for the aggregate service sector, four sub-sectors and twelve service sector branches. Recently, both Europe and the US have experienced an increase in the share of service-related jobs in total...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011604671
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Structural change revisited : the rise of manufacturing jobs in the service sector
Boddin, Dominik; Kroeger, Thilo - 2021
This paper reconsiders the labor market consequences of structural change over the past 43 years. Taking two different ways of defining manufacturing and service employment as point of departure - according to the industry classification of firms or establishments and according to the occupation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012651531
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The distributional consequences of social distancing on poverty and labour income inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean
Delaporte, Isaure; Escobar, Julia; Peña, Werner - 2021 - Current version: April 15, 2021
This paper estimates the potential distributional consequences of the first phase of the COVID-19 lockdowns on poverty and labour income inequality in 20 Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries. We estimate the share of individuals that are potentially able to remain active under the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012500915
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Did a successful fight against the COVID-19 pandemic come at a cost? : impacts of the outbreak on employment outcomes in Vietnam
Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Cuong Viet Nguyen - 2020
rich individual-level data from the quarterly Labor Force Surveys. We find that the lockdown increases the unemployment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012391350