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Economic Shocks and Internal Migration
Monras, Joan - 2015
Previous literature shows that internal migration rates are strongly procyclical. This would seem to imply that geographic relocation does not help mitigate negative local economic shocks during recessions. This paper shows that this is not the case. I document that net in-migration rates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013028151
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Do Negative Native-Place Stereotypes Lead to Discriminatory Wage Penalties in China's Migrant Labor Markets?
Maurer-Fazio, Margaret - 2015
China's linguistic and geographic diversity leads many Chinese individuals to identify themselves and others not simply … local labor markets. This chapter uses data from the 2008 and 2009 migrant surveys of the Rural-Urban Migration in China … Project (RUMiC) to explore whether native-place wage discrimination affects migrant workers in China's urban labor markets …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013028149
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A Theoretical Model of the Chinese Labor Market
Fields, Gary - 2013
This paper constructs a theoretical labor market model for China, and utilizes the model to examine the effects of … three sectors – state-owned enterprises, private enterprises, and agriculture – and China's unique household registration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013084668
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Land Use Rights, Market Transitions, and Labor Policy Change in China (1980-4)
Chen, Yiu Por - 2012
This paper provides a systematic analysis of the way shifts in property utilization rights in China induced another …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013106945
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United, Yet Apart? A Note on Persistent Labour Market Differences between Western and Eastern Germany
Schnabel, Claus - 2015
Comparing aggregate statistics and surveying selected empirical studies, this paper shows that the characteristics and results of labour markets in eastern and western Germany have become quite similar in some respects but still differ markedly in others even 25 years after unification. Whereas...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013025303
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The Employment Effects of Working Time Reductions : Sector-Level Evidence from European Reforms
Batut, Cyprien; Garnero, Andrea; Tondini, Alessandro - 2022
In this paper, we exploit a panel of industry-level data in European countries to study the economic impact of national reductions in usual weekly working hours between 1995 and 2007. Our identification strategy relies on the five national reforms that took place over this period and on initial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014076710
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Labor Market Developments in China : A Neoclassical View
Ge, Suqin - 2010
This paper assesses the applicability of two alternative theories in understanding labor market developments in China … validate the arrival of the Lewis turning point in China, showing continuous and coordinated wage growth across rural and urban … markets in China …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013134983
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Evolution of the Chinese Rural-Urban Migrant Labor Market from 2002 to 2007
Qu, Zhaopeng (Frank) - 2014
The paper studies the dynamic change of the migrant labor market in China from 2002 to 2007 using two comparable data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013068768
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The Real Exchange Rate and Growth in Zimbabwe : Does the Currency Regime Matter?
Brixiova, Zuzana - 2014
Zimbabwe faces growth and external competitiveness challenges, as indicated by its low trend growth and investment, declining share in the world exports, high current account deficits, and external debt. The stock-flow approach to the equilibrium exchange rate reveals that the real exchange rate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013047877
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Do as the Neighbors Do : The Impact of Social Networks on Immigrant Employment
Andersson, Fredrik - 2009
Substantial immigrant segregation in the United States, combined with the increase in the share of the U.S. foreign-born population, have led to great interest in the causes and consequences of immigrant concentration, including those related to the functioning of labor markets. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013155571