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The paper uses a large survey (GSOEP) to analyze the labor market performance of immigrants in Germany. It finds that new immigrant workers earn on average 20 percent less than native workers with otherwise identical characteristics. The gap is smaller for immigrants from advanced countries,...
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, period, and cohort effects for the likelihood of employment in different occupations and the wages earned therein over 2001 … relative to high-paying abstract jobs. However, cohort effects also underpin falling wages for post-1980 cohorts across all …
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Lagging labor reallocations outside agriculture amid sustained low agricultural productivity have been a key feature in the Philippines over the past 15 years. An analysis of the labor adjustments in and out of agriculture shows that a variety of factors have influenced this process. We find...
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This paper examines the impact of trade on employment, wages, and other outcomes across countries and explores the … firm-level dataset to examine the impact of import competition on employment, wages, and firm performance, as well as the … firm, industry, and country factors that mitigate any negative impact of an import shock. In contrast to the results of …
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-15 Current Population Survey, I find that the drawn-out cyclical labor market repair-likely owing to low entry wages of new … workers-slowed down real wage growth. There are, however, also signs of structural changes in the labor market affecting wages …
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, an increase in government wages or benefits reduces private sector employment, and government employment is not an …
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This paper assesses the responsiveness of wages and labor force movements to employment shocks across British and U ….S. regions and across Europe using a multivariate vector autoregression technique. The paper finds inflexible real wages in all …
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Total factor productivity (TFP) of 14 manufacturing sectors in France has kept up with that of the United States during 1980-2002 and remained well above that of the United Kingdom. Estimates using a dynamic panel equilibrium correction model indicate that sectors further behind the...
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This note examines recent developments in the Canadian labor market to provide a partial assessment of the magnitude and nature of industrial restructuring in Canada. The implications of industrial restructuring for the medium- and long-term prospects for the Canadian economy are examined. The...
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advanced Europe, where wages are more closely related to inflation and inflation expectations in the short run, implying …
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