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Open borders, transport links and local labor markets

Åslund, Olof; Engdahl, Mattias - 2013

across-the-border work is likely to be more common. There is no robust evidence on an impact on employment or wages. At least …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321124

The value of earning for learning: Performance bonuses in immigrant language training

Åslund, Olof; Engdahl, Mattias - 2012

We study the effects of performance bonuses in immigrant language training for adults. A Swedish policy pilot conducted in 2009-2010 gave a randomly assigned group of municipalities the right to grant substantial cash bonuses to recently arrived migrants. The results suggest substantial effects...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321114

Open borders, transport links and local labor markets

Åslund, Olof; Engdahl, Mattias - 2013

across-the-border work is likely to be more common. There is no robust evidence on an impact on employment or wages. At least …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321372

The value of earning for learning: Performance bonuses in immigrant language training

Åslund, Olof; Engdahl, Mattias - 2013

We study the effects of performance bonuses in immigrant language training for adults. A Swedish policy pilot conducted in 2009 - 2010 gave a randomly assigned group of municipalities the right to grant substantial cash bonuses to recently arrived migrants. The results suggest substantial...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321384

Human Capital Policies: What they Can and Cannot Do for Productivity and Poverty Reduction in Latin America

Duryea, Suzanne; Pagés-Serra, Carmen - 2002

in many countries education, by itself, has a positive, but limited, potential to increase wages above a minimum level …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010327061

Apertura, reforma y mercado de trabajo: La experiencia de una década de cambios estructurales en el Perú

Pagés-Serra, Carmen - 1999

Este estudio examina la situación laboral en el Perú y encuentra evidencia de una profunda transformación en el mercado de trabajo durante los noventa. En primer lugar, la creación de empleos en el sector privado se aceleró enormemente a partir de 1992. Sin embargo, el fuerte y simultaneo...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326955

Ties That Bind: Employment Protection and Labor Market Outcomes in Latin America

Pagés-Serra, Carmen; Márquez, Gustavo - 1998

wages, and collective bargaining in the region, examining their impact on labor market outcomes. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326996

Latin American Labor Markets in the 1990s: Deciphering the Decade

Duryea, Suzanne; Jaramillo, Olga Lucia; Pagés-Serra, Carmen - 2003

find that a large and in many countries growing proportion of workers are employed at jobs that pay very low wages. Finally …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010327141