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Implications of labor supply specifications in CGE models : a demonstration for employment of Palestinian labor in Israel and its impact on the West Bank economy
Agbahey, Johanes; Siddig, Khalid Hassan Ali; Grethe, Harald - 2020
Results of general equilibrium models are sensitive to model parameterization and specification. The role of macroeconomic closures and the effect of trade elasticities are documented in the literature, but there is no systematic analysis of the implications of different labor supply...
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The path through : early COVID-19 job loss and labour market trajectories in Austria
Jestl, Stefan; Tverdostup, Maryna - 2024
the 2018-2021 period. The analysis focuses on the divergences in out-of-unemployment transitions and medium … detachment, prolonged periods of unemployment or a diminished success rate in reemployment. However, certain socio …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014534535
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Not in My Backyard? The Local Impact of Wind and Solar Parks in Brazil
Scheifele, Fabian; Popp, David - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Support from local citizens is important for the scale-up of renewable energy. We investigate the impact of utility-scale wind and solar parks on employment, GDP and public finances in Brazilian municipalities using a difference-in-differences design with matching. We find a positive employment...
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Antitrust Enforcement Increases Economic Activity
Babina, Tania; Barkai, Simcha; Jeffers, Jessica; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We hand-collect and standardize information describing all 3,055 antitrust lawsuits brought by the Department of Justice (DOJ) between 1971 and 2018. Using restricted establishment-level microdata from the U.S. Census, we compare the economic outcomes of a non-tradable industry in states...
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Where Have All the Workers Gone? Recalls, Retirements, and Reallocation in the COVID Recovery
Forsythe, Eliza; Kahn, Lisa B.; Lange, Fabian; Wiczer, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
At the onset of the COVID pandemic, the U.S. economy suddenly and swiftly lost 20 million jobs. Over the next two years, the economy has been on the recovery path. We assess the labor market two years into the COVID crisis. We show that early employment dynamics were almost entirely driven by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013362041
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The labor market worsening effects of a resource bust : evidence from the crude oil price shock in Ecuador
Parra-Cely, Sergio; Zanoni López, Wladimir - 2022
To assess the effects of an oil price bust on individual labor market outcomes, we leverage the 2015 exogenous decline in international oil prices with geographical variation in oil-dependency in Ecuador. To account for propagation mechanisms, we also test the causal effect of the oil price bust...
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The macroeconomic effects of a carbon tax to meet the U.S. Paris Agreement target: the role of firm creation and technology adoption
Finkelstein Shapiro, Alan; Metcalf, Gilbert E. - 2021
externalities and equilibrium unemployment. Our model incorporates endogenous labor force participation and two margins of … consumption and output; a marginal increase in the unemployment and labor force participation rates; and an expansion in the … accompanied by gradual gains in output and consumption and a negligible expansion in unemployment. Critically, abstracting from …
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Spending and Job-Finding Impacts of Expanded Unemployment Benefits : Evidence from Administrative Micro Data
Ganong, Peter; Greig, Fiona E.; Noel, Pascal J.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We show that the largest increase in unemployment benefits in U.S. history had large spending impacts and small job …
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Structural change, income distribution and unemployment related to Covid-19 : an agent-based model
Schütz, Bernhard; Reiter, Oliver; Landesmann, Michael; … - 2023
We study the distributional consequences of COVID-19 by using a stock-flow consistent agent-based model that captures some of the aspects of pandemic-related lockdowns. In particular, the model distinguishes between "essential" and "non-essential" industries, between jobs that can be done from...
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The impact of business support services for small and medium enterprises on firm performance in low- and middle-income countries : a meta-analysis
Cravo, Túlio; Piza, Caio - 2016
Interventions designed to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are popular among policy makers, given the role SMEs play in job creation around the world. Business support interventions in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are often based on the assumption that market failures and...
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