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find that a 10% increase in labor market concentration decreases hires by 12.4% and the wages of new hires by nearly 0 … employers in the retail industry would be most damaging, with about 24 million euros in annual lost wages for new hires, and an …
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This paper presents the first longitudinal estimates of the effect of work-related training on labor market outcomes in Switzerland. Using a novel dataset that links official census data on adult education to longitudinal register data on labor market outcomes, we apply a regression-adjusted...
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We develop a labor demand model that encompasses pre-match hiring cost arising from tight labor markets. Through the lens of the model, we study the effect of labor market tightness on firms' labor demand by applying novel shift-share instruments to the universe of German firms. In line with...
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and prime-aged women in employment and the wage bills of particular sectors, but reduced the shares of older women and … prime-aged men. The adverse effects were particularly pronounced for older women in cognitive occupations, who had …
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This research documents changes in employment and wages in the Netherlands for different types of workers. We compare … 2017 to 2023 using regression-adjusted wages to make sure changes in composition of the workforce do not influence our … employment. Women have experienced the largest increase in employment, while the employment of men on temporary contracts has …
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the labor market. Its impact on employment, wages and wealth depends crucially on the design of immigration policy …
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U.S. CPS gross flows data indicate that in recessions firms actually increase their hiring rates from the pools of the unemployed and out of the labor force. Why so? The paper provides an explanation by studying the optimal recruiting behavior of the representative firm. This behavior is a...
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output per worker, particularly in the industrial sector. In several counties, hours per workers declined and hourly wages …
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Does interacting product and labor market regulation alter the impact of immigration on wages of competing native … find that the wages of competing native West Germans respond negatively to the large influx of similar East German workers …
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than the minimum wage. The Campaign led to the largest increases in the wages of women, younger workers and less … wages, the Campaign for Minimum Wages. To evaluate the impact of the Campaign, we use a regression discontinuity approach …-educated workers. We find no evidence that the Campaign had a negative impact on the employment of full-time workers whose wages were …
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