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Young and Out in Germany : On the Youths' Chances of Labor Market Entrance in Germany

Franz, Wolfgang; Inkmann, Joachim; Pohlmeier, Winfried; … - 2021

This paper deals with the labor market entrance of young people in the Federal Republic" of Germany. The main focus is … on failures during this stage. First, an overview of the youth" labor market in Germany is given. Then, the transition …

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German and American Wage and Price Dynamics : Differences and Common Thenes

Franz, Wolfgang; Gordon, Robert J. - 2021

The evolution of unemployment in West Germany and the U. S. stands in sharp contrast, with German unemployment much … big difference berween the two countries is that there is no feedback from wages to prices in Germany, and so high … unemployment does not put downward pressure on the inflation rate. During the 19705 and 19805 in Germany there emerged a growing …

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The Duration of Youth Unemployment in West Germany : Some Theoretical Considerations

Franz, Wolfgang - 2021

This paper presents a theoretical model dealing with the duration of youth unemployment in West Germany. Duration can …

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The Reservation Wage of Unemployed Persons in the Federal Republic of Germany : Theory and Empirical Tests

Franz, Wolfgang - 2021

This study examines the determinants of the reservation wage of unemployed persons in the Federal Republic of Germany …

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Trade Liberalization in a Multinational-Dominated Industry : A Theoretical and Applied General-Equilibrium Analysis

Hunter, Linda - 2010

A theoretical model is developed and applied to the North American auto industry, motivated by the possibility of US-Mexico free trade. Special features of the model include (1) significant scale economies at the plant level, (2) imperfect competition among firms, (3) joint ownership of plants...

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Environmental Policy When Market Structure and Plant Locations are Endo-Genous

Markusen, James R. - 2010

A two-region, two-firm model is developed in which firms choose the number and the regional locations of their plants. Both firms pollute and, in this context, market structure is endogenous to environmental policy. There are increasing returns at the plant level, imperfect competition between...

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Per-Capita Income as a Determinant of International Trade and Environmental Policies

Markusen, James R. - 2013

International trade policy analysis has tended to focus on the production side of general equilibrium, with policies such as a tariff or carbon tax affecting international and internal income distributions through a Heckscher-Ohlin nexus of factor intensities and factor endowments. Here I move...

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International Welfare and Employment Linkages Arising from Minimum Wages

Egger, Hartmut - 2010

We formulate a two-country model with monopolistic competition and heterogeneous firms to reconsider labor market linkages in open economies. Labor-market imperfections arise by virtue of country-specific real minimum wages. Two principal experiments are considered. First, we show that trade...

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Vertical Multinationals and Host-Country Characteristics

Zhang, Kevin H. - 2008

The literature on multinationals and developing countries has examined the causalityquot; running from direct investment to changes in country characteristics (wages skills, etc.) and also the opposite direction of causality, from existing country characteristics toquot; inward direct...

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Foreign Direct Investment as a Catalyst for Industrial Development

Markusen, James R. - 2010

How does an FDI project affect local firms in the same industry? Competition in thequot; product and factor markets tends to reduce profits of local firms, but linkage effects to supplierquot; industries may reduce input costs and raise profits. This paper develops an analytical frameworkquot;...

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