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Cyclical Inflation Divergence and Different Labor Market Institutions in the Emu
Campolmi, Alessia; Faia, Ester - 2021
differences in labor market institutions across the same set of countries. It does that by using a DSGE model for a currency area … with sticky prices and labor market frictions. We show that differences in labor market institutions account well for … cyclical inflation differentials. The proposed mechanism is a supply side one in which differences in labor market institutions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317627
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The occupations of free women and substitution with enslaved workers in the antebellum United States
Chiswick, Barry R.; Robinson, RaeAnn H. - 2022
This paper analyzes the occupational status and distribution of free women in the antebellum United States. It considers both their reported and unreported (imputed) occupations, using the 1/100 IPUMS files from the 1860 Census of Population. After developing and testing the model based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013164106
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Women at work in the pre-civil war United States : an analysis of unreported family workers
Chiswick, Barry R.; Robinson, RaeAnn H. - 2020
Rates of labor force participation in the US in the second half of the nineteenth century among free women were exceedingly (and implausibly) low, about 11 percent. This is due, in part, to social perceptions of working women, cultural and societal expectations of female’s role, and lack of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012239377
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Women at work in the United States since 1860 : an analysis of unreported family workers
Chiswick, Barry R. - 2021
Estimated labor force participation rates among free women in the pre-Civil War period were exceedingly low. This is due, in part, to cultural or societal expectations of the role of women and the lack of thorough enumeration by Census takers. This paper develops an augmented labor force...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012533821
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Cyclical inflation divergence and different labor market institutions in the EMU
Campolmi, Alessia; Faia, Ester - 2006
differences in labor market institutions across the same set of countries. It does that by using a DSGE model for a currency area … with sticky prices and labor market frictions. We show that differences in labor market institutions account well for … cyclical inflation differentials. The proposed mechanism is a supply side one in which differences in labor market institutions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011604665
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The employment, unemployment and unemployment compensation benefits of immigrants
Chiswick, Barry R.; Hurst, Michael - 2000
This report analyzes the employment and unemployment experiences of adult foreign-born men, both among themselves and … dependent variables are analyzed, weeks worked (employment) in 1989, unemployment status in the reference week in 1990, and a … proxy measure of unemployment compensation benefits received in 1989. The theoretical model focuses on the job search …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001471788