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immigration, low-skilled unemployment and medium-skilled over-qualification, ii) the polarization effect where both low- and high … migration-induced supply shock of medium-skilled workers decreases the low-skilled unemployment rate because of the endogenous …
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tools are used to analyze the spatial structure of the unemployment rate in Argentina in Census 2001 and 2010. Detailed … unemployment. …
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regarding medium skills, such as i) the interaction between immigration, low-skilled unemployment and medium-skilled over … lowers the low-skilled unemployment rate and has a positive effect on output per capita; (iii) migration of only medium …
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We analyze the impact of the skill-biased immigration influx that took place during the years 2000-2009 in the United States, within a search and matching model that allows for skill heterogeneity, differential search cost between immigrants and natives, capital-skill complementarity and...
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The present paper develops a three sector Harris-Todaro (1970) type general equilibrium model of unemployment by … effects of the inflows of foreign capital on the level of unskilled unemployment and skilled-unskilled wage inequality. We … find that an inflow of foreign capital raises the skilled- unskilled wage gap and lowers the level of unemployment of the …
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wage of employees and relaxes the non-shirking condition. Therefore, the unemployment rate improves. Using numerical …
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and lagged relationships between the rates of inflation, unemployment, and change in labour force. For France, several … unemployment within the Phillips curve framework. Following the original problem formulation by Fisher and Phillips, the set of … study has validated the reliability and accuracy of the linear and lagged relationships between inflation, unemployment, and …
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The aim of this paper is to study unemployment and job creation in the GCC countries. Population growth rates in all …, unemployment could reach 40% for youths aged between 20 and 24, and higher for women. Creating appropriate job opportunities for … nationals, and reducing current unemployment, is a critical focus of GCC governments. …
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, it is known that there is a reverse relation between unemployment and growth known as Okun’s Law. This relation …, suggesting that every 1 point decrease in unemployment induces a 3 point increase in growth, is tested for many countries. In … difference in coefficients. At the same time, long term relation between growth and unemployment is tested with the use of time …
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This paper analyzes the relationship between unemployment and rape in a panel of European regions. In particular, this … level of unemployment as an indicator of ‘social inactivity’, so that a negative relationship between violent crime and … unemployment is predicted. Results show that rape and unemployment are positively associated so not confirming the opportunity …
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