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start. The effects are higher for women than for men and higher in West Germany than in East Germany. Further, we find that …
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This paper reviews a growing literature on migration and globalization, focusing on its relevance for developing and emerging economies. It documents the role of diaspora networks in enhancing cross-border flows of goods, capital, and knowledge, eventually contributing to efficient...
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This paper uses an overlapping generations model with international labor mobility and a politically responsive fiscal policy to examine aging in developed and developing regions. Migrant workers change the political structure composed of young and elderly voters in both labor-receiving and...
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Multinational labor demand responds to wage differentials at the extensive margin, when a multinational enterprise (MNE) expands into foreign locations, and at the intensive margin, when an MNE operates existing affiliates across locations. We derive conditions for parametric and nonparametric...
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developed country. It uses unique new data from Germany - one of the leading actors on the world market for services - that …
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disability programs in four countries: Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United States. We show how growth in the receipt …
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We estimate peer effects for fourth graders in six European countries. The identification relies on variation across classes within schools. We argue that classes within primary schools are formed roughly randomly with respect to family background. Similar to previous studies, we find sizeable...
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principles, instruments, target groups and governance in Germany, France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the … the US. Despite considerable initial variation across national models with respect to the scope and intensity of … US, Sweden and Denmark. It assesses the effectiveness and efficiency of activation policies in terms of bringing the …
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France have flatter wealth gradients. …
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non-standard work. In Germany (and to a lesser extent Austria), marginal part-time provides a fertile ground for low …-paid service jobs, as non-wage labour costs are minimised. In France, fixed-term contracts are a flexible and also cheaper …
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