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Labour Market Performance Effects of Discrimination and Loss of Skill

Larsen, Birthe; Waisman, Gisela - 2012

We examine the impact of discrimination on labour market performance when workers are subject to a risk of losing … affected by discrimination. Discrimination in one sector has positive spillovers, inducing employment increases in the other … sector. Discrimination may induce immigrants to train more or less than natives, depending on the sector where it is present …

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Labour Market Performance Effects of Discrimination and Loss of Skill. Extended version

Larsen, Birthe; Waisman, Gisela - 2015

We examine the impact of discrimination on labour market performance when workers are subject to a risk of losing … are affected by discrimination. Discrimination in one sector has positive spill-overs, inducing employment to increase in … the other sector and the effect on labour market performance therefore depends on whether discrimination is present in …

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Measures, drivers and effects of green employment : evidence from US local labor markets, 2006-2014

Vona, Francesco; Marin, Giovanni; Consoli, Davide - 2016

This paper explores the nature and the key empirical regularities of green employment in US local labor markets between 2006 and 2014. We construct a new measure of green employment based on the task content of occupations. Descriptive analysis reveals the following: 1. the share of green...

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Gender gaps and the structure of local labor markets

Petrongolo, Barbara; Ronchi, Maddalena - 2020

In this paper we discuss some strands of the recent literature on the evolution of gender gaps and their driving forces. We will revisit key stylized facts about gender gaps in employment and wages in a few high-income countries. We then discuss and build on one gender-neutral force behind the...

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Internal migration across Italian regions : macroeconomic determinants and accommodating potential for a dualistic economy

Piras, Romano - 2010

We provide econometric evidence that relative per capita GDP and relative unemployment rates are the main determinants of migration flows across Italian regions from 1970 to 2002. The empirical analysis is based on an accurate study of the dynamic properties of the series. In fact, we deal with...

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Does emigration benefit the stayers? : the EU enlargement as a natural experiment ; evidence from Lithuania

Elsner, Benjamin - 2010

The eastern enlargement of the European Union in 2004 triggered a large flow of migrant workers from the new member states to the UK and Ireland. This paper analyzes the impact of this migration wave on the real wages in the source countries. I consider the case of Lithuania, which had the...

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Managing migration through quotas : an option-theory perspective

Moretto, Michele; Vergalli, Sergio - 2008

Recent European Legislation on immigration has revealed a particular paradox on migration policies. On the one hand, the trend of recent legislation points to the increasing closure of frontiers (OECD 1999, 2001,2004), also by using immigration quotas. On the other hand, there is an increase of...

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Urban public works in spatial equilibrium : experimental evidence from Ethiopia

Franklin, Simon; Imbertand, Clément; Abebe, Girum; … - 2023

This paper evaluates a large urban public works program randomly rolled out across neighborhoods of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. We find that the program increased public employment and reduced private labor supply among beneficiaries and improved local amenities in treated locations. We then combine...

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Wages, Amenities and Negative Attitudes

Waisman, Gisela; Larsen, Birthe - 2012

market discrimination. We estimate the welfare effects of negative attitudes, through their wage and local amenities, for …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012142373

Should I Stay or Must I Go? Temporary Protection and Refugee Outcomes

Kilström, Matilda; Larsen, Birthe; Olme, Elisabet - 2018

We study a Danish reform in 2002 that lowered the ex ante probability of refugees receiving permanent residency by prolonging the time period before they were eligible to apply for permanent residency. Assignment to the new rules was completely determined by the date of the asylum application...

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