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employment effects of broadband infrastructure roll-out and questions about who exactly are the winners and losers in the labor … wages. Understanding these complementary issues allows for policy conclusions that go beyond simply encouraging the …
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skill structure and employment expectations of the different skill categories. The analysis is based on cross-sectional data … both medium-skilled and unskilled workers. To account for censoring in the employment shares, the empirical analysis uses … employment expectations for workers with a university degree are positively related to the degree of ICT penetration. …
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Workers participating in firm-sponsored training receive higher wages as a result. But given that firms pay the …
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wages, is sufficiently large to suggest that they are in high demand and that there is a relative scarcity. Policymakers …
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Politicians, the media, and the public express concern that immigrants depress wages by competing with native workers … countries have found no effect on wages, on average, and only modest effects on wage differentials between more and less … educated immigrant and native workers. Native workers' wages have been insulated by differences in skills, adjustments in local …
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wages, is sufficiently large to suggest that they are in high demand and that there is a relative scarcity. Policymakers …
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Workers participating in firm-sponsored training receive higher wages as a result. But given that firms pay the …
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The impact of offshoring on domestic jobs is more complicated than it first appears. In the standard narrative, offshoring production is thought to harm domestic workers by providing cheap alternative sources of labor. However, while offshoring may directly displace domestic workers, the...
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Studies for major immigrant-receiving countries provide evidence on the comparative economic performance of immigrant classes (skill-, kinship-, and humanitarian-based). Developed countries are increasingly competing for high-skilled immigrants, who perform better in the labor market. However,...
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There is increasing global competition for high-skilled immigrants, as countries intensify efforts to attract a larger share of the world's talent pool. In this environment, high-skill immigrants are becoming increasingly selective in their choices between alternative destinations. Studies for...
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