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the unskilled. By contrast, in Europe it is undoubtedly the rise and persistence of unemployment. Technology has been … European unemployment. This paper seeks to provide a unified account of these major factor market developments. It models the … impact of technical change on relative wages and unemployment in a world in which one country has flexible and the other …
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We present a model of growth and technology transfer based on the idea that technologies are specific to particular combinations of inputs. We argue that this model is more realistic than the usual specification, in which an improvement in any technique for producing a given good improves all...
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constrains the move to the new sector. Thus, turbulent periods provide opportunities for structural shifts in favor of the new sector. The analysis assesses both the positive aspects of policies and the welfare costs associated with departures from fully flexible labor markets. It also discusses...
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We explore the response of employment (unemployment) skill differentials to skill-biased shifts in demand touched off … by the new and spreading technologies. We find that skill differentials in unemployment follow at least in part the same … differences defined by technology. In the aggregate time series relative unemployment is defined by educational unemployment …
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We study the relationship between international trade, technology, and the probability and consequences of job displacement, using data on displaced workers as well as those at risk of job dislocation for 1984-86 and 1989-91. Workers employed in industries with elevated import shares and high...
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taxes. Our interest is to understand to what extent these reforms helped reduce Chile's rate of unemployment from European … decentralization of bargaining increased labor market flexibility and contributed to the reduction of unemployment. Our analysis … suggests that the reform on job security had no significant effect on the aggregate rate of unemployment …
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stock and flow data to understand key developments. We find dramatic changes in employment, unemployment and labor market …
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European unemployment is widely regarded as a problem of excessive real wages. This view as it is usually expressed …
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. In this paper, we examine the impact of labor market conditions, represented by either male civilian unemployment or … civilian unemployment rates, especially the rate for those twenty-five years old and over, are strongly and positively …
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evidence pertaining to the effect of unemployment and other labor market variables on crime and compares the "strength" of the …
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