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Moral costs, the informal sector and unemployment
Kolm, Ann-Sofie; Larsen, Birthe - 2001
, sector division, unemployment and welfare. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012142242
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Skill specific unemployment with imperfect substitution of skills
Xie, Runli - 2008
A large body of literature explains the inferior position of unskilled workers by imposing a structural shift in the labor force skill composition. This paper takes a different approach by emphasizing the connection between cyclical variations in skilled and unskilled labor markets. Using a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263725
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Can education save Europe from high unemployment?
Walter, Nicole; Xie, Runli - 2008
unemployment risks, which is consistent with empirical observations for European countries. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263735
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Human capital formation on skill-specific labor markets
Xie, Runli - 2011
labor markets. Upon a neutral shock, total unemployment decrease is two-staged: firstly with a reduction in unskilled … unemployment, and then due to a sharp decline of skilled unemployment when skill substitution dominates. A higher elasticity of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281580