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On amenities, natural advantage and agglomeration
Krupka, Douglas J. (contributor) - 2008
model of local wages, rents and population to assess the ability of various conceptual models to predict this cross … and wages move in the same direction under neo-classical assumptions, agglomeration economies in production, congestion in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003737642
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The state of the economy at graduation, wages, and catch-up paths : evidence from Switzerland
Shvartsman, Elena - 2018
impact on the individuals' wages one year after graduation. However, there appears to be a partial catchup towards luckier …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011876213
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Recession and deflation?
Blanchflower, David G.; Bryson, Alex - 2022
to maintain their real wages by reducing labor demand still further. Furthermore, we argue inflationary pressures have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013448558
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Do labour market institutions matter? : Micro-level wage effects of international outsourcing in three European countries
Geishecker, Ingo (contributor); Görg, Holger (contributor);  … - 2007
This paper studies the impact of outsourcing on individual wages in three European countries with markedly different …. -- International outsourcing ; individual wages ; labour market institutions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003646689
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Temporary contracts and monopsony power in the UK labour market
Tabasso, Domenico - 2011
This paper addresses the applicability of the theory of equalizing differences (Rosen, 1987) in a market in which … run workers who have experienced a change in their employer can expect a career trajectory in line with the theory on … wages and a simultaneous increase in travel-to-work distance. Nonetheless, when unobserved characteristics are accounted for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009310730
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Migration, migrants and policy in the United Kingdom
Hatton, Timothy J.; Wheatley Price, Stephen - 1999
This paper draws together, in the form of a survey, a number of different aspects of the United Kingdom's international migration experience since the Second World War. The areas covered include changes in the volume and composition of international migration and the factors influencing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011316910
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Earnings and labour market volatility in Britain
Cappellari, Lorenzo; Jenkins, Stephen - 2013
We provide new evidence about earnings and labour market volatility in Britain over the period 1992-2008, and for women as well as men. (Most research about volatility refers to earnings volatility for US men.) We show that earnings volatility declined slightly for both men and women over the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009770646
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The effect of university attended on graduates' labour market prospects : a field study of Great Britain
Drydakis, Nick - 2016
Utilizing data for comparable BSc graduates in economics who have studied in different universities that had set the same entry standards, we compare job seekers' employment prospects when they search by themselves for jobs by submitting CVs to the same firms. The outcomes suggest that graduates...
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Examining the relationships between labour market mismatches, earnings and job satisfaction among immigrant graduates in Europe
McGuinness, Séamus; Byrne, Delma - 2014
This paper uses graduate survey data and econometric methods to estimate the incidence and wage/job satisfaction effects of over-education and overskilling among immigrants graduating from EU 15 based universities in 2005. Female immigrants with shorter durations of domicile were found to have a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010403441
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The extent and cyclicality of career changes : evidence for the UK
Carrillo-Tudela, Carlos; Hobijn, Bart; She, Powen; … - 2014
Using quarterly data for the U.K. from 1993 through 2012, we document that in economic downturns a smaller fraction of unemployed workers change their career when starting a new job. Moreover, the proportion of total hires that involves a career change for the worker also drops in recessions....
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