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East-West Trade and Migration: The Austro-German Case

Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 1998

Trade and migration have become more important in recent years for Austria and Germany. The transition in Central and Eastern Europe has played an important role in this development. The derived labor market consequences are not fully clear so far. This paper presents the results of econometric...

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African American Men and the Labor Market during the Great Recession

Holder, Michelle - 2017

This book analyzes the status and position of African American men in the U.S. labor market prior to, during, and after the Great Recession. Using a model of occupational crowding, the book outlines how the representation of African American men in major occupational categories almost...

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Maternity Leave and Paternity Leave: Evidence on the Economic Impact of Legislative Changes in High Income Countries

Canaan, Serena; Lassen, Anne Sophie; Rosenbaum, Philip; … - 2022

Labor market policies for expecting and new mothers emerged at the turn of the nineteenth century. The main motivation for these policies was to ensure the health of mothers and their newborn children. With increased female labor market participation, the focus has gradually shifted to the...

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Disentangling the Minimum Wage Puzzle: An Analysis of Worker Accessions and Separations

Portugal, Pedro; Cardoso, Ana Rute - 2002

Changes in the legislation in the mid-80s in Portugal provide remarkably good conditions for analysis of the employment effects of mandatory minimum wages, as the minimum wage increased sharply for a very specific group of workers. Relying on a matched employer employee panel data set, we model...

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Temporary help agencies and the advancement prospects of low earners

Andersson, Fredrik; Holzer, Harry J.; Lane, Julia - 2007

In this paper we use a very large matched database on firms and employees to analyze the use of temporary agencies by low earners, and to estimate the impact of temp employment on subsequent employment outcomes for these workers. Our results show that, while temp workers have lower earnings than...

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The role of sectoral growth patterns in labor market development

Arias-Vazquez, Francisco Javier; Lee, Jean Nahrae; … - 2012

This paper investigates the relationship between sectoral growth patterns and employment outcomes. A broad cross-country analysis reveals that in middle-income countries, employment responds more to growth in less productive and more labor-intensive sectors. Employment in middle-income countries...

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Where to Work? The Role of the Household in Explaining Gender Differences in Labour Market Outcomes

Dimova, Ralitza; Gang, Ira N.; Landon-Lane, John - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

With the use of panel data constructed from the 1995 and 1997 Bulgarian Integrated Household Surveys, this paper … standing, allowing us to concentrate our attention on the impact of individual and household characteristics in explaining … gender differences in the labour market. We find that household characteristics, rather than alternative explanations such as …

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Biomarkers and Long-term Labour Market Outcomes: The Case of Creatine

Böckerman, Petri; Bryson, Alex; Viinikainen, Jutta; … - 2014

Using the Young Finns Study (YFS) combined with the Finnish Linked Employer-Employee Data (FLEED) we show that quantities of creatine measured in 1980 prior to labour market entry affect labour market outcomes over the period 1990-2010. Those with higher levels of creatine (proxied by urine...

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An auction model of Canadian temporary immigration for the 21st century

DeVoretz, Don J. - 2005

Temporary Canadian immigration has grown beyond traditional programs for students, caregivers and agricultural workers to include trade-related temporary visas under NAFTA and the GATS. Several questions emerge under these temporary schemes including who should choose the number of temporary...

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Teenage Conduct Problems: A Lifetime of Disadvantage in the Labour Market?

Parsons, Sam; Bryson, Alex; Sullivan, Alice - 2021

Using data from two British birth cohorts born in 1958 and 1970 we investigate the impact of teenage conduct problems on subsequent employment prospects through to age 42. We find teenagers with conduct problems went on to spend fewer months both in paid employment, and in employment, education...

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