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A Note on the Redistributive Effect of Immigration
Euwals, Rob; Roodenburg, Hans - 2003
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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Immigration und Arbeitsmarkt: Eine oekonomische Perspektive
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 1998
the labor market. Its impact on employment, wages and wealth depends crucially on the design of immigration policy …
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Distribution and Growth in an Economy with Limited Needs
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2001
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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Much ado about nothing? Do domestic firms really benefit from foreign direct investment?
Görg, Holger; Greenaway, David - 2003
productivity, wages and exports spillovers in developing, developed and transitional economies. Although theory can identify a …
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The wage curve reloaded
Blanchflower, David G.; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2005
's theoretical framework: (i) wages are higher in states with more generous unemployment benefits, (ii) the perceived probability of …
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Unemployment insurance savings accounts and collective wage determination
Goerke, Laszlo - 2007
determination. In the basic set-up, UISAs induce a trade union to lower wages. This effect can also arise if (1) balanced …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268131
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Nash bargaining and the wage consequences of educational mismatches
Hartog, Joop; Sattinger, Michael - 2012
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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Restaurant prices and the minimum wage
Fougère, Denis; Gautier, Erwan; Le Bihan, Hervé - 2009
We examine the effect of the minimum wage on restaurant prices. We contribute to both the study of economic impact of the minimum wage and to the micro patterns of price stickiness. For that purpose, we use a unique dataset of individual price quotes collected to calculate the Consumer Price...
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Work-Related Training and Wages : An Empirical Analysis for Male Workers in Switzerland
Gerfin, Michael - 2004
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261839
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To Teach or Not to Teach? : Panel Data Evidence on the Quitting Decision
Price, Stephen Wheatley; Shields, Michael A.; Frijters, Paul - 2004
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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