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How Much Does Sorting Increase Inequality?
Kremer, Michael - 2021
Social commentators from William Julius Wilson to Charles Murray have argued that increased sorting of people into internally homogeneous" neighborhoods,schools, and marriages is spurring long-run inequality. Cali- bration of a formal model suggests that these fears are misplaced. In order to...
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Labor Market Segmentation Theory : Reconsidering the Evidence
Dickens, William T.; Lang, Kevin - 2021
We argue that Labor Market Segmentation theory is a good alternative to standard views of the labor market. Since it is … sometimes argued that labor market segmentation theory is untestable, we first consider the uses of theory and the attributes of … a good theory. We then argue that labor market segmentation has these attributes. It is internally consistent and is …
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Macroeconomic Adjustment with Segmented Labor Markets
Agenor, Pierre-Richard; Aizenman, Joshua - 2022
This paper analyzes the macroeconomic effects of fiscal and labor market policies in a small open developing country. The basic framework considers an economy with a large informal production sector and a heterogeneous work force. The labor market is segmented as a result of efficiency...
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Work Incentives and the Demand for Primary and Contingent Labor
Rebitzer, James B.; Taylor, Lowell J. - 2021
This paper presents an incentive-based dual labor market model. Three implications of the model are emphasized. First, in equilibrium, there is an excess supply of workers to primary jobs. Second, when demand is uncertain, firms may choose a mix of primary and contingent workers to perform the...
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Has the European Union Achieved a Single Pharmaceutical Market?
Timur, Aysegul - 2010
This paper explores price differences in the European Union (EU) pharmaceutical market, the EU's fifth largest industry. With the aim of enhancing quality of life along with industry competitiveness and R&D capability, many EU directives have been adopted to achieve a single EU-wide...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013139285
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Job Polarization and Jobless Recoveries
Jaimovich, Nir - 2012
Job polarization refers to the shrinking share of employment in middle-skill, routine occupations experienced recently, over the last 35 years. Jobless recoveries refers to the slow rebound in aggregate employment following recent recessions, despite recoveries in aggregate output. We show how...
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Trends in Occupational Segregation by Gender 1970-2009 : Adjusting for the Impact of Changes in the Occupational Coding System
Blau, Francine D. - 2012
In this paper, we develop a gender-specific crosswalk based on dual-coded Current Population Survey data to bridge the change in the Census occupational coding system that occurred in 2000 and use it to provide the first analysis of the trends in occupational segregation by sex for the 1970-2009...
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Spatial Mismatch or Racial Mismatch?
Hellerstein, Judith K. - 2007
We contrast the spatial mismatch hypothesis with what we term the racial mismatch hypothesis - that the problem is not a lack of jobs, per se, where blacks live, but a lack of jobs where blacks live into which blacks are hired. We first report new evidence on the spatial mismatch hypothesis,...
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Neoclassical and Sociological Perspectives on Segmented Labor Markets
Lang, Kevin - 2007
Neoclassical theory has been misrepresented in the segmented economy literature. Consequently, most tests of quot …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012777381
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The Dynamic Effects of an Earnings Subsidy for Long-Term Welfare Recipients : Evidence from the Ssp Applicant Experiment
Card, David - 2007
In the SSP Applicant Experiment, a random sample of new welfare entrants was informed that if they remained on welfare for a year they would become eligible for a generous earnings subsidy. Those who satisfied the waiting period and then left welfare and began working full time within the...
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