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Social Ties and the Job Search of Recent Immigrants

Goel, Deepti - 2016

In this paper we highlight a specific mechanism through which social networks help in job search. We characterize the strength of a network by its likelihood of providing a job offer. Using a theoretical model we show that the wage differential in jobs found using networks versus those found...

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The Labor Demand Effects of Refugee Immigration : Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Berbée, Paul; Brücker, Herbert; Garloff, Alfred; … - 2022

We study the labor demand effect of immigration on local labor markets by exploiting the fact that refugees in Germany … are banned from working in the first few months after arrival. This natural experiment allows isolating a pure immigration … demand effects complements the literature that isolates labor supply shocks from immigration, so as to gain a more …

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Product market evidence on the employment effects of the minimum wage

Aaronson, Daniel; French, Eric - In: Journal of labor economics 25 (2007) 1, pp. 167-200

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Job flows, worker flows, and churning

Burgess, Simon M.; Lane, Julia; Stevens, David Walter - In: Journal of labor economics 18 (2000) 3, pp. 473-502

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Long-term wage fluctuations with industry-specific human capital

Weinberg, Bruce A. - In: Journal of labor economics 19 (2001) 1, pp. 231-264

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Extensive vs. Intensive Margin in Germany and the United States : Any Differences?

Merkl, Christian - 2010

This paper analyzes the role of the extensive vis-à-vis the intensive margin of labor adjustment in Germany and in the United States. The contribution is twofold. First, we provide an update of older U.S. studies and confirm the view that the extensive margin (i.e., the adjustment in the number...

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Physical Attractiveness, Employment, and Earnings

Pfeifer, Christian - 2011

Survey data is used to estimate the impact of physical attractiveness rated by the interviewer as well as by the respondent on employment probability and labor income of men and women. In addition to mean linear and non-linear effects on earnings, simultaneous quantile regressions are applied to...

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Distortions in the International Migrant Labor Market : Evidence from Filipino Migration and Wage Responses to Destination Country Economic Shocks

McKenzie, David J. - 2012

We use an original panel dataset of migrant departures from the Philippines to identify the responsiveness of migrant numbers and wages to GDP shocks in destination countries. We find a large significant elasticity of migrant numbers to GDP shocks at destination, but no significant wage...

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The Assignment of Workers to Tasks with Endogenous Supply of Skills

Dupuy, Arnaud - 2013

This paper presents a general equilibrium assignment model of workers to tasks with endogenous supply of skills. The model has 2 key features. First, skills are endogenous and multidimensional. Second, two types of assignment occur; workers self-select the type of skills to supply and firms...

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Value Added, Wages, and Labor Market Flows at the Establishment Level

Merkl, Christian - 2018

In this paper, we analyze the connection between value added, wages, and labor market flows at the establishment level. We develop a simple model to illustrate the expected comovement of these variables. For the empirical analysis, we link the new German Administrative Wage and Labor Market Flow...

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