changes in heterogeneity, e.g. increased demand for skilled labor, are also analyzed. In the most reasonable setup, a change …

labor markets among citizens of the European Community. It provides the results of probit equations estimating the … labor markets. The estimates show a statistically significant, but weak, negative connection between the concentration of … foreigners in a local labor market and the likelihood of employment among European citizens residing in that labor market. The …

developing economies. I present a dynamic general equilibrium model with informality in both labor and goods markets and where … impact on labor allocation between formal and informal jobs. These results point to the importance of accounting for …

This paper takes advantage of a recent large firm-level dataset to compare labor indicators of privatized, private, and … public firms around the world, particularly wages, benefits, labor composition, education and training, unionization, and … quality of management. While labor productivity increases after privatization, the ratio of permanent workers to temporary …

Theoretical and empirical research points to potentially different patterns of labor recruitment and importance of …

Two labor supply issues that have received substantial attention are the responsiveness of labor supply to wage changes … and the imposition of labor supply constraints. Adjusting hours worked on a second job may be the practical and perhaps … only available response to either event yet, most labor supply studies only examine behavior on the primary job. Examining …

This paper examines the labor market outcomes of individuals with various types of postsecondary educational … the labor market rewards credentials. Wage and earnings models yield different structural parameter estimates when based …

Economists have traditionally had a keen interest in the effects of overall labor demand on the economic well-being of … to local data to determine the effects of labor demand. The wide variety of demand conditions in local economies create a … "natural laboratory" for determining the true effects of overall labor demand. These recent studies generally find that …