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This paper aims to study whether the local variation in unemployment rates is related to labour turnover and what is … unemployment on the dynamics of the local unemployment rate. The empirical analysis is based on a newly available unique dataset … from the employment registry of a transition economy (Poland), encompassing nine years of monthly data (from 2000 to 2008 …
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It has been well documented that employment outcomes often differ considerably across areas. This paper examines the extent to which the local human capital level, measured as the share of prime age adults with a college degree, has positive external effects on labor force participation and...
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Multiple job holding rates differ substantially across U.S. regions, states, and metropolitan areas. Rates decrease markedly with respect to labor market size. These patterns have been largely overlooked, despite being relatively fixed over (at least) the 1998-2014 period. This paper explores...
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By exploiting a commuting policy that led to a sharp and unexpected inflow of Czech workers to areas along the German-Czech border, we examine the impact of an exogenous immigration-induced labor supply shock on local wages and employment of natives. On average, the supply shock leads to a...
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This paper analyses the differential impact of human capital, in terms of different levels of schooling, on regional productivity and convergence. The potential existence of geographical spillovers of human capital is also considered by applying spatial panel data techniques. The empirical...
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We compare a set of econometric studies that measure the effect of net internal migration in neoclassical models of long-run real income convergence and derive 67 comparable effect sizes. The precision-weighted estimate of beta convergence is about 2.7%. An increase in the net migration rate of...
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This paper investigates whether individuals living in neighbourhoods with high concentrations of unemployment are less …
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This paper provides new evidence for the evolution of regional unemployment rates in Spain over the 1980-2000 period … richer interpretation of regional disparities, and (ii) can capture the unemployment effects of growing variables such as … capital stock. After classifying the 17 Spanish regions into high and low unemployment groups using kernel and cluster …
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postcode-level data from administrative records to analyze the effects of immigration on wages and unemployment probabilities …
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We develop a model where the unemployed workers in the city can find a job either directly or through weak or strong ties. We show that, in denser areas, individuals choose to interact with more people and meet more random encounters (weak ties) than in sparsely populated areas. We also...
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