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In this paper we empirically explore the make-or-buy decisions of peripheral services in manufacturing plants using detailed information on a data set from a new plant-level survey from 926 plants distributed in all manufacturing industries in Spain. In particular, survey respondents are asked...
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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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altruistic managers may offer lower wages and nevertheless build up better social-exchange relationships with their employees … convinced that their manager cares for them. Managers can signal their altruistic feelings towards their employees in two ways … than egoistic managers do. In such equilibria, a low wage signals to employees that the manager has something else to offer …
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The home market effect (HME) is a distinguishing feature of the ?new? theory of international trade, but it is …
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