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shows that growing import competition from China differentially reduced earnings and employment rates for workers in more … largest for lower-skilled individuals. We show that domestic manufacturing employment declined much more in countries that saw …
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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 has been growing by 2 percent in the period 2017-2023, of which 1.8 percent has been due to additional workers finding …
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Three fundamental forces have shaped labor markets over the last 50 years: the secular increase in the returns to education, educational upgrading, and the integration of large numbers of women into the workforce. We modify the Katz and Murphy (1992) framework to predict the structure of the...
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's stock of human capital. This paper considers how markets and non-market institutions determine the quantity, wages, skills …, and spatial distribution of teachers in developing countries. Schools are a major source of employment in developing … emphasized the role of non-market institutions, such as government and unions, and other frictions in teacher employment and …
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the real minimum wage for 16-19-year-old workers. We review the motivations for minimum wages and the changes and analyse … how they have affected workers outcomes. We find that the minimum wage now strongly determines the wages of teenage … to adverse employment effects, we expect there are downside risks for youth and low skilled workers' employment. As …
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temporary severing of employment relationships followed by a phase of more standard labour market search and matching, we use … stock and flow data to understand key developments. We find dramatic changes in employment, unemployment and labour market …
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in Egypt. The paper focuses on unprotected employment and the extent to which it changed by educational level right after … the January Uprising of 2011. We find that over time and particularly after the revolution, informal employment has …
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-2008 financial crisis. We study the evolution of both employment and wages in a large sample of Italian workers followed for nine … also high-type (and therefore more expensive) workers, even though wages do react to the slack. All in all, our results …
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To what extent is labour mobility in the European Union a threat to the strength of unions? We argue that the combination of cheap labour, workforce heterogeneity, and low unionization among labour immigrants' is a potential challenge for unions. The challenge will be particularly severe if...
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zero to positive correlation with changes in native wages and native employment, in aggregate and by skill group. We …
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