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This study analyses the impact of cultural composition on regional attractiveness from the perspective of migrant sorting behaviour. We use an attitudinal survey to quantify cultural distances between natives and immigrants in the area concerned, and estimate the migrants' varying preferences...
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This research documents ethnic employment gaps for labour-market entrants in the Netherlands in the period 2006-2016. We compare short-term and long-term differences in employment of Dutch graduates with graduates from Moroccan, Turkish, Antillean and Surinamese origin and other (non-)western...
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wages of less skilled natives and a small positive effecton the wages of high skilledworkers as new immigrants are less …
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start with a graphic tour through the mechanics ofgeneral equilibrium theory on trade and wages. This provides a set of …
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ability has a stronger impact on entrepreneurial incomes than on wages. Entrepreneurs and employees benefit from different … sets of specific abilities: Language and clerical abilities have a stronger impact on wages, whereas mathematical, social …
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In this paper we derive a structural measure for labor market density based on the Ellison and Glasear (1997) "Index for industry concentration". This labor market density measure serves as a proxy for the number of workers that can reach a certain work area within a reasonal amount of traveling...
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deterioration in the relative wages of unskilled workers.This involves a model of North-Northintegration through either increased …
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We depart from the trade and wages literature and its emphasis on North-South trade, examining North-North by … developing the basic linkages between trade-based integration and relative wages in an Ethier-type division of labor model. Using … this model we identify a formal relationship between international trade, productivity, and wages. We then examine the …
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-ante unable to fully observe a worker's ability and results in lower wages. Using a combination of propensity score and …
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