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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
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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
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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/10010321372
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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
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International Trade and Labor Market Integration of Immigrants
Lodefalk, Magnus; Sjöholm, Fredrik; Tang, Aili - 2020
, we estimate the causal effects of a firm's bilateral trade on employment and wages of immigrants from that country. We … find a positive, yet heterogeneous, effect of trade on immigrant employment but no effect on immigrant wages. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013208875
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Trade and jobs: a description of Swedish labor market dynamics
Kyvik Nordås, Hildegunn; Lodefalk, Magnus; Tang, Aili - 2019
high-skilled workers in manufacturing firms who face a downward pressure on wages from services offshoring, but higher … wages from services exports. Finally, we find that exports and offshoring of goods and services stimulate labor demand …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012654444
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International Trade and Labor Market - Integration of Immigrants
Lodefalk, Magnus; Sjöholm, Fredrik; Tang, Aili - 2020
, we estimate the causal effects of a firm's bilateral trade on employment and wages of immigrants from that country. We … find a positive, yet heterogeneous, effect of trade on immigrant employment but no effect on immigrant wages. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012654461