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Local employment growth in West Germany: a dynamic panel approach
Blien, Uwe; Suedekum, Jens; Wolf, Katja - 2005
In this paper we study the dynamics of local employment growth in West Germany from 1980 to 2001. Using dynamic panel techniques, we analyse the timing of the impact of diversity and specialisation, as well as of the human capital structure of local industries. Diversity has a positive effect on...
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Access to Land and Tenancy Practices on Tanah Bengkok: Evidence from Java, Indonesia
Kurosaki, Takashi; Paul, Saumik; Witoelar, Firman - 2020
Tanah bengkok (bengkok land) in Java, Indonesia boasts a unique institution where elected village leaders receive … land distribution in Java, unavailability of systematic data has so far constrained in-depth empirical research on bengkok … land. In 2018, we conducted a survey covering 130 villages and more than 1,800 households in Java. We found substantial …
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Public sector pay and regional competitiveness: a first look at regional public-private wage differentials in Italy
Dell'Aringa, Carlo; Lucifora, Claudio; Origo, Federica - 2005
This paper investigates regional public-private wage differentials in Italy. Following the recent wave of reforms that significantly changed wage setting and employment relations in both sectors increasing decentralisation in collective bargaining and enforcing a privatisation of public sector...
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Public Sector Pay and Regional Competitiveness: A First Look at Regional Public-Private Wage Differentials in Italy
Carlo Dell’Aringa; Lucifora, Claudio; Origo, Federica - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
This paper investigates regional public-private wage differentials in Italy. Following the recent wave of reforms that significantly changed wage setting and employment relations in both sectors - increasing decentralisation in collective bargaining and enforcing a "privatisation" of public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703046
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Elementary Facts about Immigration in Italy: What Do We Know about Immigration and Its Impact?
Mariani, Rama Dasi; Pasquini, Alessandra; Rosati, Furio C. - 2020
In the recent past, in Italy, immigration has been at the centre of academic and policy debates. Nonetheless, the still growing literature has focused mainly on the experience of old settlement countries and has mainly looked at single aspects of the phenomenon. In order to guide effective...
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Unwilling or Unable? : Spatial, Institutional and Socio-Economic Restrictions on Females' Labor Market Access
van Ham, Maarten; Büchel, Felix - 2004
We analyze the effects of regional structures on both females? willingness to work and the probability of being employed for those willing to work. Special permission was granted to link regional data to individual respondents in the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP). Results of a bivariate...
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The Dynamics of Local Employment in France
Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Magnac, Thierry; Robin, Jean-Marc - 2004
We study the impact of local economic structure on employment dynamics. Local employment is decomposed into the product of the average plant size and the number of plants in the area and industry. We estimate the dynamics of both components simultaneously using French yearly data on 36...
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Residential Location and Youth Unemployment: The Economic Geography of School-To-Work Transitions
Riphahn, Regina T. - 1999
In response to increased international policy attention to youth unemployment this study investigates post-secondary school transitions of school leavers. Multinomial logit models are estimated for male and female German youth. The models control for individual, parent, and household...
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Space, Search and Efficiency
Wasmer, Etienne; Zenou, Yves - 2000
We investigate the role of spatial frictions in search equilibrium unemployment. For that, we develop a model of the labor market in which workers? location in an agglomeration depends on commuting costs, the endogenous price of land and the value of job search and employment. We first show that...
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Regional Unemployment and Industrial Restructuring in Poland
Newell, Andrew; Pastore, Francesco - 2000
This paper studies regional unemployment inequality in Poland. We find that higher unemployment regions are those experiencing greater change in industrial structure. We also find high unemployment regions are those with higher inflow rates to unemployment rather than longer spells of...
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