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A New Regional Geography of Europe? The Labour Market Impact of the EU Enlargements

Caroleo, Floro E. - 2007

This paper provides a critical overview and a detailed research agenda for scholars interested in regional studies with a special focus on old and new European Union member states. The focus is on the microeconomic foundations of structural change and its spatially asymmetric impact on labour...

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The Heterogenous Regional Effects of Minimum Wages in Poland

Albinowski, Maciej - 2020

Since 2008, Poland has been among the EU countries that have increased their minimum wage levels the most, following … wage hikes on employment and wage growth in Poland between 2004 and 2018. We estimate panel data models utilising the … Poland that were in the first tercile of the regional wage distribution in 2007. These effects were moderate in size, and …

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Sectoral Shifts, Diversification and Regional Unemployment : Evidence from Local Labour Systems in Italy

Basile, Roberto - 2011

Using Local Labour Systems (LLSs) data, this work aims at assessing the effects of sectoral shifts and industry specialization patterns on regional unemployment in Italy over the years 2004-2008, when huge worker reallocation caused by changes in the international division of labour occurred....

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The Relative Importance of Local Labour Market Conditions and Pupil Attainment on Post-Compulsory Schooling Decisions

Meschi, Elena F. - 2011

This paper assesses the relative importance of local labour market conditions and pupil educational attainment as primary determinants of the post-compulsory schooling decision. Using a nested logit model we formally incorporate the structured and sequential decision process pupils engage with....

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Labor Market Effects of Immigration : Evidence from Neighborhood Data

Bauer, Thomas K. - 2011

This paper combines individual-level data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) with economic and demographic postcode-level data from administrative records to analyze the effects of immigration on wages and unemployment probabilities of high- and low-skilled natives. Employing an...

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

Pastore, Francesco - 2012

from the employment registry of a transition economy (Poland), encompassing nine years of monthly data (from 2000 to 2008 …

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Is There a Southern-Sclerosis? Worker Reallocation and Regional Unemployment in Italy

Mussida, Chiara - 2012

Theoretical reasoning justifies different signs of the relationship between the local variation in unemployment rates and the extent of workers reallocation. This paper aims to test different theoretical hypotheses in the case of Italy by using the longitudinal files of the Italian labour force...

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Identifying Regional Labor Demand Shocks Using Sign Restrictions

Juessen, Falko - 2012

We propose using sign restrictions to identify regional labor demand shocks in a panel VAR of US federal states. Observed migration responds significantly, but less persistently than the residual-based migration measure constructed by Blanchard and Katz (1992)

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The Regional Distribution of Public Employment : Theory and Evidence

Kessing, Sebastian G. - 2012

We analyze the optimal regional pattern of public employment in an information-constrained second-best redistribution policy showing that regionally differentiated public employment can serve as an expenditure side tagging device, bypassing or relaxing the equity-efficiency trade-off. The...

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Absenteeism, Unemployment and Employment Protection Legislation : Evidence from Italy

Scoppa, Vincenzo - 2013

Efficiency wages theories argue that the threat of firing, coupled with a high unemployment rate, is a mechanism that discourages employee shirking in asymmetric information contexts. Our empirical analysis aims to verify the role of unemployment as a worker discipline device, considering the...

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