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Labour Turnover and the Spatial Distribution of Unemployment : A Panel Data Analysis Using Employment Registry Data

Pastore, Francesco - 2012

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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Human Capital Externalities and Employment Differences Across Metropolitan Areas of the U.S

Winters, John V. - 2012

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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The Puzzling Fixity of Multiple Job Holding Across Regions and Labor Markets

Hirsch, Barry T. - 2016

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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Labor Supply Shocks, Native Wages, and the Adjustment of Local Employment

Dustmann, Christian - 2016

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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Human Capital Spillovers, Productivity and Regional Convergence in Spain

Ramos, Raul - 2009

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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The Effect of Migration on Income Growth and Convergence : Meta-Analytic Evidence

Ozgen, Ceren - 2009

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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Neighbourhood Effects, Housing Tenure, and Individual Employment Outcomes

Manley, David - 2010

This paper investigates whether individuals living in neighbourhoods with high concentrations of unemployment are less …

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Spanish Regional Unemployment Revisited : The Role of Capital Accumulation

Bande, Roberto - 2010

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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Labor Market Effects of Immigration : Evidence from Neighborhood Data

Bauer, Thomas K. - 2011

postcode-level data from administrative records to analyze the effects of immigration on wages and unemployment probabilities …

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How Urbanization Affects Employment and Social Interactions

Sato, Yasuhiro - 2014

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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