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Demographics, labor market power and the spatial equilibrium
Furbach, Nina - 2023
This paper studies how demographics affect aggregate labor market power, the urban wage premium and the spatial concentration of population. I develop a quantitative spatial model in which labor market competitiveness depends on the demographic composition of the local workforce. Using highly...
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What works? : a meta analysis of recent active labor market program evaluations
Card, David E.; Kluve, Jochen; Weber, Andrea - 2015
We present a meta-analysis of impact estimates from over 200 recent econometric evaluations of active labor market programs from around the world. We classify estimates by program type and participant group, and distinguish between three different post-program time horizons. Using meta-analytic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011308485
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Agglomerations, tasks and wage growth
Perl, Maximilian - 2023
Wage growth is stronger in larger cities, but this relationship holds exclusively for non-manual workers. Using rich German administrative data, I study the heterogeneity in the pecuniary value of big city experience, a measure of dynamic agglomeration economies, and its consequences for the...
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Labor market effects of immigration : evidence from neighborhood data
Bauer, Thomas K.; Flake, Regina; Sinning, Mathias - 2011
postcode-level data from administrative records to analyze the effects of immigration on wages and unemployment probabilities …
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Trade, wages, FDI and productivity
Giesen, Kristian; Schwarz, Christian - 2011
investment. The model features endogenously determined firm entrants, wages, productivity cutoff s, flexible price markups and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009124063
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Causal effects of educational mismatch in the labor market
Kleibrink, Jan - 2013
This paper analyzes the effect of educational mismatch on wages in Germany, using data from the German Socio … Surveys (IALS) ansonsten unbeobachtbare Unterschiede in nicht-schulischer Qualifikation sichtbar gemacht, um eine weitere …
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What explains the urban wage premium? : sorting, non-portable or portable agglomeration effects?
Frings, Hanna; Kamb, Rebecca - 2021
Using administrative data for West Germany, we study the relative importance of different determinants of the urban wage premium. More explicitly, we distinguish worker sorting, as well as portable and non-portable agglomeration effects. Our results indicate that worker sorting explains about...
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Local labor markets and the persistence of population shocks
Braun, Sebastian; Kramer, Anica; Kvasnicka, Michael - 2017
This paper studies the persistence of a large, unexpected, and regionally very unevenly distributed population shock, the inflow of eight million ethnic Germans from Eastern Europe to West Germany after World War II. Using detailed census data from 1939 to 1970, we show that the shock had a...
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Educational mismatch and mobility
Roller, Christiane; Rulff, Christian; Tamminga, Michael M. - 2019
not match their educational level, settling for lower wages than their peers. This raises the question, how these … aufsteigen, oder in einen an ihre entsprechende Qualifikation angepassten Beruf übergehen. Unsere empirische Analyse unter … Verwendung des SOEP kann diese Theorie für Deutschland bestätigen. Wir stellen fest, dass überqualifizierte Arbeitskräfte eine …
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Spillovers from foreign exporters
Bohnstedt, Anna - 2013
We develop a general equilibrium model of international trade with heterogeneous firms that accounts for productivity spillovers transmitted by foreign exporters. Everything else equal, stronger spillovers increase welfare. We embed the model framework into a trade policy scenario where...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009696934