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The Rise and Fall of Swiss Unemployment: Relative Demand Shocks, Wage Rigidities, and Temporary Immigrants

Puhani, Patrick A. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

Switzerland, traditionally a ‘zero unemployment’ economy, has seen an unprecedented rise in joblessness in the 1990s although unemployment fell again to a rather low level after 1997. This paper tests whether Switzerland experienced a negative relative net demand shock against the low...

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Differences in Early Occupational Earnings of UK Male Graduates by Degree Subject: Evidence from the 1980-1993 USR

Bratti, Massimiliano; Mancini, Luca - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

This paper investigates the differences in early occupational earnings of UK male graduates by degree subject during the period 1980-1993. We match administrative student-level data from the Universities' Statistical Record (USR) and occupational earnings information from the New Earnings Survey...

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The Labor Market Costs of Conflict: Closures, Foreign Workers, and Palestinian Employment and Earnings

Miaari, Sami H.; Sauer, Robert M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

In this paper, we measure the implications of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for Palestinian employment and earnings. We quantify the conflict by the frequency of temporary closures of the West Bank and Gaza Strip and the number of overseas foreign workers in the Israeli labor market. Data on...

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A Test of the ‘Krugman Hypothesis’ for the United States, Britain, and Western Germany

Puhani, Patrick A. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

large data sets from the U.S., Britain, and western Germany to test the Krugman hypothesis for the 1990s, when unemployment … in Germany increased (unlike in the U.S. and Britain, where it fell). British and German evidence is further backed up … with alternative data sets for these countries. I find evidence for the Krugman hypothesis when Germany is compared to the …

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Self-Selection and Earnings During Volatile Transition

Dimova, Ralitza; Gang, Ira N. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

Using Bulgarian Integrated Household Surveys for 1995, 1997 and 2001 this paper explores determinants of labor force status – not working, public sector employment, private sector employment and self-employment – and earnings for each of the three employment sectors. We find that while...

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Do Literacy and Numeracy Pay Off? On the Relationship between Basic Skills and Earnings

Antoni, Manfred; Heineck, Guido - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Is there a reward for basic skills in the German labor market? To answer this question, we examine the relationship between literacy, numeracy and monthly gross earnings of full-time employed workers. We use data from the ALWA survey, augmented by test scores on basic cognitive skills as well as...

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Central School Exit Exams and Labor-Market Outcomes

Piopiunik, Marc; Schwerdt, Guido; Woessmann, Ludger - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Many countries use centralized exit exams as a governance devise of the school system. While abundant evidence suggests positive effects of central exams on achievement tests, previous research on university-bound students shows no effects on subsequent earnings. We suggest that labor-market...

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In-Work Benefits and the Nordic Model

Kolm, Ann-Sofie; Tonin, Mirco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Welfare benefits in the Nordic countries are often tied to employment. We argue that this is one of the factors behind the success of the Nordic model, where a comprehensive welfare state is associated with high employment. In a general equilibrium setting, the underlining mechanism works...

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Income and Employment Effects of Health Shocks - A Test Case for the German Welfare State

Riphahn, Regina T. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1998

Using data from the first eleven waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel this study investigates the dynamic effects of health shocks on employment and economic well-being of older workers. A health shock trebles the probability of leaving the labor force and almost doubles the unemployment...

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Stature and Life-Time Labor Market Outcomes: Accounting for Unobserved Differences

Böckerman, Petri; Vainiomäki, Jari - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

We use twin data matched to register-based individual information on earnings and employment to examine the effect of height on life-time labor market outcomes. The use of twin data allows us to remove otherwise unobserved ability and other differences. The twin pair difference estimates from...

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