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It is mainly about where you work! : labor demand in the Colombian manufacturing sector
Arango Thomas, Luis Eduardo; Castellani, Francesca; … - 2016
heterogeneity in the labor demand within the industrial sector. Long run own-price, output and TFP elasticities vary across a … that promote labor market performance, as outcomes, beyond intentions, are unlikely to be homogenous. …
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The distributional and employment impacts of nationwide minimum wage changes
Cribb, Jonathan; Giupponi, Giulia; Joyce, Robert; … - 2021
We estimate the effect of the introduction of the UK’s National Living Wage in 2016, and increases in it up to 2019, using a new empirical method. We apply a bunching approach to a setting with no geographical variation in minimum wage rates. We effectively compare employment changes in each...
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Firm-level shocks and labor flows
Carlsson, Mikael; Messina, Julián; Nordström Skans, Oskar - 2021
This paper analyzes how labor ows respond to permanent idiosyncratic shifts in rm-level production functions and demand …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012587035
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Born under a bad sign : the impact of finishing school when labour markets are weak
Regan, Mark; Roantree, Barra - 2021
This paper provides evidence that finishing school when labour markets are weak leads to poor subsequent labour market prospects, particularly those leaving school at younger ages. Using administrative register data from Denmark, we find that these scarring effects are larger and more persistent...
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Industrial robots, and information and communication technology : the employment effects in EU labour markets
Jestl, Stefan - 2022
This paper explores the effects of industrial robots and information and communication technology (ICT) on regional employment in EU countries. The empirical analysis relies on a harmonised comprehensive regional dataset, which combines business statistics and national and regional accounts...
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The effect of Chinese import competition on El Salvador's labor market
Li, Kun; Moreira, Mauricio Mesquita - 2019
In this paper, we relate outcomes of El Salvadors local labor markets to their exposure to Chinese import competition …. Using annual household surveys for 2000 to 2014, we construct a panel dataset of 61 local labor markets over 15 years to … study three sets of outcomes: manufacturing employment, labor informality, and average wage. We find that rising Chinese …
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Wages and employment : the role of occupational skills
Girsberger, Esther Mirjam; Koomen, Miriam; Krapf, Matthias - 2018
How skills acquired in vocational education and training (VET) affect wages and employment is not clear. We develop and estimate a search and matching model for workers with a VET degree. Workers differ in interpersonal, cognitive and manual skills, while firms require and value different...
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Labor market adjustment to import competition : long-run evidence from establishment data
Blyde, Juan S.; Busso, Matias; Romero Fonseca, Dario - 2020
We analyze how local labor markets in Mexico adjusted in response to an increase in Chinese import competition between …. The reduction in employment levels was accompanied by an increase in the population that exited the labor force. The …
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Breaking through the digital ceiling : ICT skills and labour market opportunities
Pichler, David; Stehrer, Robert - 2021
This paper analyses the impact of ICT-skills on individuals' labour market mobility patterns, in particular job-to-job, employment- to-unemployment and unemployment-to-employment transitions. Based on the OECD's Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) and...
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Who suffers during recessions in Brazil?
Cravo, Túlio; Schimanski, Caroline - 2019
While the relationship between business cycles and employment is a topic of continuing interest, it has received limited attention in the literature focusing on developing countries. This study adds to the literature as it analyzes the heterogeneous correlations of the business cycle with...
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