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Huttunen, Kristiina - 2015

siblings when they live in different regions.Looking at earnings we find that the entire post displacement income difference …. Furthermore, when looking at long-run family income, we find that the difference between displaced movers and stayers is very …It is well documented that displaced workers suffer severe earnings losses, but not why this is so. One reason may be …

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Education and Mobility

Machin, Stephen; Pelkonen, Panu; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2021

We show that the length of compulsory education has a causal impact on regional labour mobility. The analysis is based on a quasi-exogenous staged Norwegian school reform, and register data on the whole population. Based on the results, we conclude that part of the US-Europe difference, as well...

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Disability in the Welfare State : An Unemployment Problem in Disguise?

Bratsberg, Bernt - 2010

Economies with low unemployment often have high disability rates. In Norway, the permanent disability insurance rolls …

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The Effect of Labor Market Shocks Across the Life Cycle

Salvanes, Kjell G.; Willage, Barton; Willén, Alexander - 2022

shocks across the life cycle on labor market outcomes and major life decisions: human capital investment, mobility, family … relocate to new labor markets, individuals in the middle of their careers reduce fertility and adjust family formation …

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Rural Labor Absorption Efficiency in Urban Areas Under Different Urbanization Patterns and Industrial Structures : The Case of China

Liwen, Chen - 2011

In this paper, we use Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to estimate how well China's urban areas absorb migrant workers under the interaction of urbanization and industrialization. We applied an output-oriented BCC model to evaluate provincial and regional rural labor absorption efficiency in...

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Overeducation and Local Labour Markets in Spain

Ramos, Raul - 2011

Family Survey to estimate a logit model for overeducation probability taking into account the problem of selection bias and …

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The Determinants of Rural Migrants' Employment Choice in China : Results from a Joint Estimation

Nahm, Daehoon - 2012

This paper investigates the determinants of employment choice of rural migrant workers across state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and various subtypes of non-state owned enterprises (non-SOEs) by taking into account unobservable characteristics that link the choice to migrate with the choice of...

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The Effect of Weather-Induced Internal Migration on Local Labor Markets : Evidence from Uganda

Strobl, Eric - 2012

Relying on census data collected in 2002 and historical weather data for Uganda, we estimate the impact of weather-induced internal migration on the probability for non-migrants living in the destination regions to be employed. Our results reveal a significant negative impact. Consistent with...

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Social Mobility : Is There an Advantage in Being English in Scotland?

van Ham, Maarten - 2010

This paper seeks to unpick the complex effects of migration, country of birth, and place of residence in Scotland on individual success in the labour market. We pay specific attention to the labour force experience of English-born residents in Scotland, whom the cross sectional literature...

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The Regulation of Migration in a Transition Economy : China’s Hukou System

Bao, Shuming - 2009

Unlike most countries, China regulates internal migration. Public benefits, access to good quality housing, schools, health care, and attractive employment opportunities are available only to those who have local registration (Hukou). Coincident with the deepening of economic reforms, Hukou has...

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