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In this paper, we study gains and losses that accrue to natives because of immigration. The gain on the aggregated level is called the ?immigration surplus?, which can be seen as analogous to a consumer surplus. We derive changes in the earnings of native owners of production factors by...
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the labor market. Its impact on employment, wages and wealth depends crucially on the design of immigration policy …
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knowledge sector is bounded, as productivity increases, the economy moves from a ?Solovian zone? where wages increase with … bliss point can only be made better-off by an increase in diversity. If wages are set by monopoly unions rather than set … employment in the material goods sector. International trade may reduce wages in poor countries and increase them in rich …
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productivity, wages and exports spillovers in developing, developed and transitional economies. Although theory can identify a …
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's theoretical framework: (i) wages are higher in states with more generous unemployment benefits, (ii) the perceived probability of …
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determination. In the basic set-up, UISAs induce a trade union to lower wages. This effect can also arise if (1) balanced …
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The paper provides a theoretical foundation for the empirical regularities observed in estimations of wage consequences of overeducation and undereducation. Workers with more education than required for their jobs are observed to suffer wage penalties relative to workers with the same education...
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on wages which can be seen as a lower bound for the effects on productivity. Based on panel data from the Swiss Labour … together, there are significant effects of work-related training on wages of roughly 2% for each training event. There is some …
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The question we address in this paper is which factors influence the quitting decision of public sector teachers in England and Wales, using a nationally representative panel data set over 1997-2003. We document the outcomes of former teachers, fit single and competingrisks duration models and...
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coverage on work-related training and how the union-training link affects wages and wage growth for a sample of full-time men …
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