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Bubble economics and structural change : the cases of Spain and France compared
Agnese, Pablo; Hromcová, Jana - 2015
with different equilibria descriptive of the labor markets in Spain and France, where the unemployment rates went from the … unemployment rate in Spain has jumped to much higher levels while switching between equilibria or, what is the same, because of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010502798
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The distribution of wages in transition countries
Newell, Andrew - 2001
This paper seeks to document and analyse changes in the distribution of wages and employment in the transition countries since the collapse of communism. Most countries experienced an increase in wage inequality during the initial shock of the transition. Proximate causes of this increase seem...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011400803
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The welfare costs of job loss and decarbonization - evidence from Germany's coal phase out
Haywood, Luke; Janser, Markus; Koch, Nikolas - 2021
biographies, we estimate the model and decompose welfare costs. We find that unemployment is a small factor: Higher wages and job …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012550225
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Displacement effects in manufacturing and structural change
Helm, Ines; Kügler, Alice; Schönberg, Uta - 2023
We investigate the consequences of structural change for workers displaced from the manufacturing sector. Manufacturing establishments traditionally employed low- and high-wage workers in similar proportions and paid substantial wage premiums to both types of workers. Structural change has led...
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Regional unemployment and industrial restructuring in Poland
Newell, Andrew; Pastore, Francesco - 2000
This paper studies regional unemployment inequality in Poland. We find that higher unemployment regions are those … experiencing greater change in industrial structure. We also find high unemployment regions are those with higher inflow rates to … unemployment rather than longer spells of unemployment. These findings suggest that regional unemployment varies importantly with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011336849
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How destructive is creative destruction? : The costs of worker displacement
Huttunen, Kristiina (contributor); Møen, Jarle (contributor) - 2006
We analyze short and long-term effects of worker displacement. Our focus is on prime-age male workers displaced from Norwegian manufacturing plants. We find that displacement increases the probability of exiting the labor force by about 5 percentage points. This indicates that studies using data...
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Regional structural change and the effects of job loss
Arntz, Melanie; Ivanov, Boris; Pohlan, Laura - 2022
Routine-intensive occupations have been declining in many countries, but how does this affect individual workers' careers if this decline is particularly severe in their local labor market? This paper uses administrative data from Germany and a matched difference-in-differences approach to show...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013209365
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Structural change and innovation as exit strategies from the middle income trap
Vivarelli, Marco - 2014
This paper is intended to provide an updated discussion on a series of issues that the relevant literature suggests to be crucial in dealing with the challenges a middle income country may encounter in its attempts to further catch-up a higher income status. In particular, the conventional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010350349
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Globalization and local profiles of economic growth and industrial change
Dauth, Wolfgang; Südekum, Jens - 2014
We analyze how globalization has affected the sectoral anatomy of regional growth in Germany over the period 1978-2008. The aggregate German economy is characterized by a secular decline of manufacturing and a rise of modern service industries. This trend - also known as Petty's law - is not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010350823
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Industrialization in China
Brandt, Loren; Ma, Debin; Rawski, Thomas G. - 2016
We see industrialization in China the last 150 years as an ongoing process through which firms acquired and deepened manufacturing capabilities. Two factors have been consistently important to this process: openness to the international economy and domestic market liberalization. Openness and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011517939