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On the Reversibility of Structural Reforms
Campos, Nauro F. - 2012
evidence showing that (a) FDI inflows reduce the likelihood of privatization reversals, (b) worsened terms of trade increase …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013106946
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The Evolution of Rotation Group Bias : Will the Real Unemployment Rate Please Stand Up?
Krueger, Alan B. - 2014
This paper documents that rotation group bias – the tendency for labor force statistics to vary systematically by month in sample in labor force surveys – in the Current Population Survey (CPS) has worsened considerably over time. The estimated unemployment rate for earlier rotation groups...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013046222
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Entry Barriers and the Labor Market Outcomes of Incumbent Workers : Evidence from a Deregulation Reform in the German Crafts Sector
Lergetporer, Philipp - 2018
We study the labor market outcomes of a deregulation reform in Germany that removed licensing requirements to become …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012909864
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Firm Dynamics and Residual Inequality in Open Economies
Felbermayr, Gabriel J. - 2014
Increasing wage inequality between similar workers plays an important role for overall inequality trends in industrialized societies. To analyze this pattern, we incorporate directed labor market search into a dynamic model of international trade with heterogeneous firms and homogeneous workers....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013058310
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Structural Reform in Germany
Krebs, Tom - 2016
deregulation reform are relatively small due to the small size of the professional services in Germany.Policy reforms i) and ii … proposals for Germany: i) a reduction in the social security tax in the low-wage sector, ii) a publicly financed expansion of … full-day child care and full-day schooling, and iii) the further deregulation of the professional service sector. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012996554
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Do Changes in Regulation Affect Temporary Agency Workers' Job Satisfaction?
Nivalainen, Henna - 2015
regulations covering the temporary help service sector in Germany. We isolate the causal effect of this reform by combining a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013028176
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The Efficacy and Efforts of Interest Groups in Post Elections Policy Formation
Epstein, Gil S. - 2012
This paper presents a new model of interest groups and policy formation in the legislature. In our setting, the already given party ideological predispositions and power distribution determine the expected policy outcome. Our analysis applies to the case of un-enforced or enforced party...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013096476
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Trade and Worker Deskilling
Dhingra, Swati - 2019
This paper presents new evidence on international trade and worker outcomes. It examines a big world event that produced an unprecedentedly large shock to the UK exchange rate. In the 24 hours in June 2016 during which the UK electorate unexpectedly voted to leave the European Union, the value...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012868799
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Gender Differences in Cooperative Environments? Evidence from the U.S. Congress
Gagliarducci, Stefano - 2016
This paper uses data on bill sponsorship and cosponsorship in the U.S. House of Representatives to estimate gender differences in cooperative behavior. We employ a number of econometric methodologies to address the potential selection of female representatives into electoral districts with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012984869
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Sorting Around the Discontinuity Threshold : The Case of a Neighbourhood Investment Programme
Gerritsen, Sander - 2016
This paper investigates the empirical validity of the setup of a large-scale government neighbourhood investment programme in the Netherlands. Selection of neighbourhoods into the programme was determined by their score on a predetermined index. At first sight this is a textbook example for the...
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