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Does immigration into their neighborhoods incline voters toward the extreme right? : the case of the freedom Party of Austria
Halla, Martin; Wagner, Alexander F.; Zweimüller, Josef - 2012
This paper explores one potentially important channel through which immigration may drive support for extreme-right-wing parties: the presence of immigrants in the voters' neighborhoods. We study the case of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ). Under the leadership of Jörg Haider, this party...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009743169
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Time Out of Work and Skill Depreciation
Edin, Per-Anders; Gustavsson, Magnus - 2004
This paper investigates the role of skill depreciation in the relationship between work interruptions and subsequent wages. Using a unique longitudinal dataset, the Swedish part of the International Adult Literacy Survey, we are able to analyze changes in literacy skills for individuals as a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321607
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Are your wages set in Beijing?
Freeman, Richard B. - In: The journal of economic perspectives : EP ; a journal … 9 (1995) 3, pp. 15-32
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001333723
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Unemployment insurance and the labor market
Zweimüller, Josef - 2018
The existing literature assumes that unemployment insurance (UI) affects the labor market through the job finding rate … analysis of optimal UI should take a more comprehensive view of how UI affects the labor market. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011790383
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Does Unemployment Hysteresis Equal Employment Hysteresis?
Gustavsson, Magnus; Österholm, Pär - 2006
unemployment rates are studied. Applying a range of unit-root tests to monthly data from Australia, Austria, Canada, Finland …, Sweden, the U.K. and the U.S., we find results for employment rates that contrast those based on unemployment rates. In … particular, rather than the mixed evidence for hysteresis found using unemployment rates, employment rates result in unequivocal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321556
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Why do so many young American men commit crimes and what might we do about it?
Freeman, Richard B. - In: The journal of economic perspectives : EP ; a journal … 10 (1996) 1, pp. 25-42
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001205737
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In honor of David Card - winner of the John Bates Clark Medal
Freeman, Richard B. - In: The journal of economic perspectives : EP ; a journal … 11 (1997) 2, pp. 161-178
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001222878
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It's better being an economist (but don't tell anyone)
Freeman, Richard B. - In: The journal of economic perspectives : EP ; a journal … 13 (1999) 3, pp. 139-145
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001419292
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U.S. engineering in a global economy
Freeman, Richard B. (ed.); Salzman, Hal (ed.) - 2018
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgment -- Introduction -- 1. The Engineering Labor Market -- Part I. Engineering Education …. Engineers and Labor Markets -- 7. The Influence of LicensingEngineers on Their Labor Market -- 8. Dynamics of Engineering Labor … Markets -- 9. Bridge to Permanent Immigration or Temporary Labor? -- Contributors -- Author Index -- Subject Index. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014516711
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Science and engineering careers in the United States : an analysis of markets and employment
Freeman, Richard B. (contributor);  … - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003734215