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Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY79), this paper considers the role of gender in … builds on earlier work using the NLSY79 that considers gender differences in the early career years alone. The raw data …
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Recent attempts to incorporate spatial heterogeneity in minimum-wage employment models have been attacked for using … overly simplistic trend controls, and for neglecting the potential impact on employment growth. We investigate whether such … considerations call into question our earlier findings of statistically insignificant employment effects for the restaurant …
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This paper uses matched employee-employer LIAB data to provide panel estimates of the structure of labor demand in Germany, 1993-2002, distinguishing between highly skilled, skilled, and unskilled labor and between the manufacturing and service sectors. Reflecting current preoccupations, our...
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understanding the dynamics of employment. In this paper, we show that the inclusion of labour adjustment costs in a trade model … affects the impact of exchange rate movements on employment. We also explore how labour market rigidities interact with the … with estimates obtained using panel data for 23 OECD countries. Namely, our estimates suggest that employment in low …
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effect of the exchange rate on the dynamics of employment in Portugal. Our estimates indicate that employment in low … market rigidity. These sectors are also more exposed to international competition. However, the bulk of employment …
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labour market developments. According to our estimations, whereas employment in high-technology sectors seems to be …-technology sectors. The analysis of job flows suggests that the impact of exchange rates on these sectors occurs through employment …
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Using German data from the Institute for Employment Research Establishment Panel, this paper constructs two main … measures of outsourcing and examines their determinants and consequences for employment. There are some commonalities in the … correlates of the two measures of outsourcing, as well as agreement on the absence of adverse employment effects across all …
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Will the current crisis accelerate the PIGS collapse? We approach the subject by comparing the responses of the unemployment rate to an output shock on those economies (Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain) with those of a benchmark economy – the USA. Our methodological strategy relies on one of...
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We know from experience that weak economic growth increases the unemployment rate. In 1962 Okun proposed to measure potential output in terms of unemployment gap. From this relation a direct link between increase in unemployment and output growth was deduced, known as the Okun Law. This Law is...
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-specific exchange rates are more informative than aggregate exchange rates in explaining changes in employment: whereas aggregate … indexes are statistically insignificant in employment equations, regressions using sector-specific exchange rate indexes show … a statistically significant and economically large effect of exchange rates on employment. …
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