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: As the number of recently arrived refugees and thus the demand for locally produced goods increases, local employment …
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The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the U.S. economy and labor market. We assess the initial spike in unemployment due to the virus response and possible paths for the official unemployment rate through 2021. Substantial uncertainty surrounds the path for measured unemployment, depending on the...
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reacts to regional employment shocks in a variety of cases. Shock responses are channelled via changes in unemployment …
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reacts to regional employment shocks in a variety of cases. Shock responses are channelled via changes in unemployment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212754
. Concomitantly, employment falls between 1½ and 5% depending on hurricane strength. On the other hand, the effects of hurricanes on … better examine the specific shocks, we also observe sectoral employment shifts. Finally, we conduct a time-series analysis … and find that over time, there is somewhat of a cobweb with earnings and employment rising and falling each quarter over a …
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) econometric approach that identifies the effects of shocks resulting from hurricanes. Based on the Quarterly Census of Employment … and Wages (QCEW) data on earnings and employment, the earnings of an average worker in Florida will increase as much as … counties; however, this is coupled with a slower growth rate in employment. Powerful hurricanes have greater effects than their …
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employment effects of routine-replacing technological change (RRTC), along with the underlying mechanisms. We show that while … new jobs through increased product demand, outweighing displacement effects and resulting in net employment growth …
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per week. We found a corresponding increase in part-time employment of 2 percentage points for all minimum wage workers …
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In this study we examine the contribution of severance pay to employment and unemployment development using data on … indication of adverse effects for (the three) other employment outcomes identified here. Moreover, with the possible exception of …
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This paper investigates the process of adjustment in employment. A dynamic model is applied to a panel of six Tunisian …, output, quasi-fixed capital stock and technology. The empirical results show that in the long run, employment demand responds … greatest to value-added, followed by capital stock changes, and least by wages. The speed of adjustment in employment and the …
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