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While recent research has explored the phenomenon of drug parallel trade in regulated environments such as the European Union (EU), or the European Economic Area, little is known about the mechanisms that explain its origin or the role of the distribution chain in exporting and importing...
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relatively fast employment growth in the past decade. Employment growth was not sufficient to reduce unemployment because of … rapid population growth and increased labor force participation. This paper shows that Philippine employment growth and …
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This paper provides new empirical evidence on the relationship between reservation wages of unemployed workers and … perspective on how reservation wages change over time and how they correlate with accepted wage offers for workers who move from … unemployment to employment. The findings shed light on the disincentive effects of the German tax and transfer system for the …
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forces. The rigidity of relative wages, despite relative shifts in labor demand that favor skilled workers, has resulted in … sharp declines in employment rates for unskilled workers. The microeconomic evidence is shown to have important implications …
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In flow models of the labor market, wages are determined by negotiations between workers and employers on the surplus …
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Using a search and matching labor market equilibrium model, this paper quantifies lost labor productivity and consumption per worker that emerges from the restrictions on dismissals. Dismissal restrictions hamper the efficient reallocation of workers, with workers remaining longer in jobs. But...
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institutional changes introduced by the 1988 Constitution lowered the sensitivity of real wages to changes in labor market slack and …
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The paper looks at the dynamics of employment in South Africa and examines the factors that contributed to the job … productivity growth in most sectors, played an important role in suppressing employment creation. The paper also finds that while …
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The new international financial architecture can help African countries benefit from globalization, while minimizing the risks, and foster an environment conducive to increased domestic investment and higher sustained growth. This paper highlights the progress that African countries have made in...
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This paper provides a framework for understanding trade patterns in the Mashreq. An augmented gravity model is used to compare actual with expected levels of trade. Trade barriers, political uncertainty, and over-appreciation of domestic currencies seem to explain low levels of international...
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