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We evaluate the duration of the China trade shock and its impact on a wide range of outcomes over the period 2000 to … demand. More negatively affected regions see modest increases in the uptake of government transfers, but these transfers … similar to those caused by the decline of employment in coal production since the 1980s, indicating that the China trade shock …
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general trend towards increased employment flexibility. Yet to this day, it remains an open question what drives the demand …
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Many preschool-age children in the U.S. attend center-based child care programs that are of low quality. This paper examines the extent to which teacher qualifications – widely considered important inputs to classroom quality – are valued by providers during the hiring process. To do so, we...
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provides the first credible evidence on the demand for child care characteristics in the market for home-based care. Using a …
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groups have not experienced any significant increase. This paper uses the demand and supply model with imperfect substitution … in India. The findings of this paper are that the increase in the wage premium has come mostly from demand shifts in … favor of workers with a tertiary education. More importantly, the demand shifts occurred in both the 1980s and 1990s …
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Since formal laws can be observed or ignored to varying degrees, the actual enforcement regime shapes incentives and constraints. Most of the studies exploring EPL effects on labour market performance implicitly assume that EPL compliance is near to complete and therefore all firms bear full...
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also suggest that China's household registration (Hukou) system prevents the mobility of urban residents more than it … in response to regional demand shifts between 2000 and 2005. Results from OLS regressions show that population changes of … groups. These findings explain increases in skill premia in coastal regions after China's entry into the WTO, but it does not …
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This study uses data from the largest Austrian job board to examine labor-demand responses in the first months after … remained low even when implemented restrictions were loosened again. The decrease in labor demand affected all levels of … occupations, estimates remain very similar, suggesting that the impact is not driven by an increase in the demand for teleworkable …
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This paper examines whether effects of labor demand shocks on housing prices vary across time and space. Using data on …-share instrument. Results suggest that labor demand shocks have positive effects on housing prices. However, these effects appear to …
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This paper analyses the impact of government grants on labour demand using plant leveldata for manufacturing industry …
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