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Migration, unemployment and skill downgrading : a specific-factors approach
Vallizadeh, Ehsan; Muysken, Joan; Ziesemer, Thomas - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2013
immigration, low-skilled unemployment, and mediumskill downgrading, ii) the increase in low skill intensive service jobs. The … workers decreases the low-skilled unemployment rate under endogenous benefits; (ii) migration of only medium skilled labor has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011198603
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Strike activity and centralisation in wage setting
Ludsteck, Johannes; Jacobebbinghaus, Peter - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2005
"We test the theoretical claim that coordination and centralisation in wage setting reduce strike activity by estimating nonlinear regression models using a dataset of 17 OECD countries for the period 1972-2000. We find moderating effects of coordination on strike activity but the effects are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005342791
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Employment effects of centralization in wage setting in a median voter model
Ludsteck, Johannes - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2006
"Most models on centralization in wage setting rest on the assumption of identical firms. This stands in sharp contrast to informal statements against centralization wich rest on the argument that firms are heterogenous and that equal treatment of firms by unions must therefore be ineffcient. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005170512
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Strike activity and centralisation in wage setting
Ludsteck, Johannes; Jacobebbinghaus, Peter - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2005
"We test the theoretical claim that coordination and centralisation in wage setting reduce strike activity by estimating nonlinear regression models using a dataset of 17 OECD countries for the period 1972-2000. We find moderating effects of coordination on strike activity but the effects are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592324
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Employment effects of centralization in wage setting in a median voter model
Ludsteck, Johannes - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2006
"Most models on centralization in wage setting rest on the assumption of identical firms. This stands in sharp contrast to informal statements against centralization wich rest on the argument that firms are heterogenous and that equal treatment of firms by unions must therefore be ineffcient. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592365
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Ethnic concentration and language fluency of immigrants : quasi-experimental evidence from the guest-worker placement in Germany (Ethnische Konzentration und Sprachkompetenz von Ei...
Danzer, Alexander M.; Yaman, Firat - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2010
"The paper analyses the impact of regional own-ethnic concentration on the language proficiency of immigrants. It solves the endogeneity of immigrants' location choices by exploiting the fact that guest-workers in Germany after WWII were initially placed by firms and labor agencies. We find a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008520390
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Labour market entry of migrants in Germany : does cultural diversity matter?
Haas, Anette; Damelang, Andreas - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2007
"This paper provides an analysis of the labour market entry of migrant youth in Germany after completion of an apprenticeship. We are particularly interested in the impact of local cultural diversity on a successful career start. Focusing on the cohort of people completing apprenticeships in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005132549
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Macroeconomic consequences of migration diversion : a CGE simulation for Germany and the UK
Baas, Timo; Brücker, Herbert - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2008
employment gains, but also with a smaller wage increase and a smaller decline of the unemployment rate. The diversion of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005537124
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Ethnic concentration and language fluency of immigrants : quasi-experimental evidence from the guest-worker placement in Germany (Ethnische Konzentration und Sprachkompetenz von Ei...
Danzer, Alexander M.; Yaman, Firat - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2010
"The paper analyses the impact of regional own-ethnic concentration on the language proficiency of immigrants. It solves the endogeneity of immigrants' location choices by exploiting the fact that guest-workers in Germany after WWII were initially placed by firms and labor agencies. We find a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592290
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Labour market entry of migrants in Germany : does cultural diversity matter?
Haas, Anette; Damelang, Andreas - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2007
"This paper provides an analysis of the labour market entry of migrant youth in Germany after completion of an apprenticeship. We are particularly interested in the impact of local cultural diversity on a successful career start. Focusing on the cohort of people completing apprenticeships in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592318