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Employment effect of citizenship acquisition : evidence from the Belgian labour market

Bignandi, Sousso; Piton, Céline - 2022

This paper investigates whether citizenship acquisition affects immigrants' employment in Belgium. To do so, we rely on a longitudinal database, over the period 2008-2014, coupling administrative data from the Crossroads Bank for the Social Security (CBSS) and survey data from the Labour Force...

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The unemployment impact of product and labour market regulation : evidence from European countries

Piton, Céline - 2018

This paper provides a robust estimation of the impact of both product and labour market regulations on unemployment … various covariates, results show that product market deregulation overall reduces unemployment rate. This finding is robust to …: deregulation of State controls and in particular involvement in business operations tends to push up the unemployment rate. Labour …

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The Taylor principle and (in-)determinacy in a New Keynesian model with hiring frictions and skill loss

Rannenberg, Ansgar - 2010

We introduce skill decay during unemployment into Blanchard and Gali's (2008) New-Keynesian model with hiring frictions … and real-wage rigidity. Plausible values of quarterly skill decay and real-wage rigidity turn the long-run marginal cost-unemployment … relationship positive in a "European" labour market with little hiring but not in a fluid "American" one. If the marginal cost-unemployment …

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Research and development activities in Belgium : a snapshot of past investment for the country's future

Vennix, Saskia - 2019

Recent changes in the accounting legislation regarding the accounting and disclosure of research and development (R&D) expenditure in the financial statements have triggered this research on the importance of this kind of activities and their impact at microeconomic level. Using survey data, a...

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The economic importance of the Belgian ports ; 2017

Gueli, Elena; Ringoot, Pascal; Van Kerckhoven, Marc - 2019

This Working Paper analyses the economic importance of the Belgian ports largely based on annual accounts data for the year 2017. As the years prior to 2017 have been described in earlier papers in the same series, the emphasis lies on the figures for 2017 and the developments between 2016 and...

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Imports and exports at the level of the firm : evidence from Belgium

Muûls, Mirabelle; Pisu, Mauro - 2007

This paper explores a newly-available panel data set merging balance sheet and international trade transaction data for Belgium. Both imports and exports appear to be highly concentrated among few firms and seem to have become more so over time. Focusing on manufacturing, we find that facts...

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La consommation privée en Belgique

Eugène, Bruno; Jeanfils, Philippe; Robert, Benoît - 2003

This paper analyses the path of private consumption and its main macroeconomic determinants. These are related to the life-cycle approach which helps explaining consumption smoothing. In that respect, it is important to go beyond the simple correlation between current disposable income and...

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De autonijverheid in België : het belang van het toeleveringsnetwerk rond de assemblage van personenauto's

Coppens, François; Van Gastel, George - 2003

This paper provides an extensive overview of the economic importance and evolution of the car manufacturing industry. In addition, it provides evidence that the car industry is still playing a vital role in process innovation. The currently widespread lean production method, under which...

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The labour market position of second-generation immigrants in Belgium

Corluy, Vincent; Haemels, Joost; Marx, Ive; Verbist, … - 2015

Belgium has one of the largest gaps in labour market outcomes between natives and individuals of foreign origin. One might expect that the children of migrants (the so-called second generation) would perform better than the first generation, as they ought to have a better knowledge of the local...

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Economic importance of the Belgian ports ; 2013

Van Nieuwenhove, Frank - 2015

This paper is an annual publication issued by the Microeconomic Analysis service of the National Bank of Belgium. The Flemish maritime ports (Antwerp, Ghent, Ostend, Zeebrugge), the Autonomous Port of Liège and the port of Brussels play a major role in their respective regional economies and in...

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