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The Turkish Wage Curve:Evidence from the Household Labor Force Survey
Baltagi, Badi H.; Baskaya, Yusuf Soner; Hulagu, Timur - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011
26 NUTS-2 regions over the period 2005-2008.When the local unemployment rate is treated as predetermined, there is … instrument for current unemployment rate, we find anunemployment elasticity of -0.099. We also find a higher elasticity for … finding is that the wages of females in Turkey are significantlymore responsive to local unemployment rates than their male …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009360532
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Product Market Regulation, Firm Size, Unemploymentand Informality in Developing Economies
Charlot, Olivier; Malherbet, Franck; Terra, Cristina - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011
regulations leadto a simultaneous reduction in informality and unemployment. The difference between thesetwo policy options lies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009360540
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DUAL TRACKS: PART-TIME WORK IN LIFE-CYCLEEMPLOYMENT FOR BRITISIH WOMEN
Connolly, Sara; Gregory, Mary - University <Oxford> / Department of Economics - 2007
/part-time/non-employment. Econometric estimation confirms that individual characteristicsmatter, but labour market history is particularly powerful. Part …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005870149
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CORPORATE INCOME TAXATION OFMULTINATIONALS AND UNEMPLOYMENT
Eichner Thomas; Runkel Marco - CESifo GmbH <München> - 2006
Within a two-country model with involuntary unemployment, this paper investigatescorporate income taxation under … tax policy causesa fiscal externality which goes back to unemployment. This unemployment externality is thelowest when the … welfare and reduces unemployment. The welfare increase is the strongest under apure sales formula. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005858915
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Centralized Wage Determination and Regional Unemployment Differences : The Case of Italy
Caponi, Vincenzo - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
Italian labor market is considered to be the most highly regulated among OECD countries, the unemployment rate in the North …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005859493
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A Theory of Efficiency Wage with Multiple Unemployment Equilibria : How a Higher Minimum Wage Law Can Curb Unemployment
Basu, Kaushik; Felkey, Amanda J. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
in developing countries have multiple equilibria - the same economy can be stuck at different levels of unemployment with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005860481
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Cyclicality and the Labor Market for Economists
Gallet, Craig A.; List, John A.; Orazem, Peter F. - Iowa State University of Science and Technology <Ames, … - 2004
Using a unique sample of new Ph.D. economists in 1987 and 1997, we examine how jobseekers and their employers alter their search strategies in strong versus weak markets. The 1987academic market was strong while the 1997 market was much weaker. A multimarket theory ofoptimal search suggests that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009360913
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JOB SEARCH IN THICK MARKETS: EVIDENCE FROM ITALY
Di Addario, Sabrina - University <Oxford> / Department of Economics - 2005
I analyze empirically the effects of both urban and industrial agglomeration on men’s andwomen’s search behavior and on the efficiency of matching. The analysis is based on the ItalianLabor Force Survey micro-data, which covers 520 randomly drawn Local Labor Market Areas(66 per cent of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005870193
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Labor Market Effects of Trade and FDI:Recent Advances and Research Gaps
Pflüger, Michael; Blien, Uwe; Möller, Joachim; … - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2010
This paper pursues three aims. First, we provide a review of current theoretical advanceswhich pertain to the relationship between trade, FDI and labor markets. We do so under thefollowing (not mutually exclusive) headings: (1) slicing-up the value added chain and the turnto a task-based...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009360562
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Why Does Unemployment Hurt the Employed? Evidence from the Life Satisfaction Gap between the Public and the Private Sector
Luechinger, Simon; Meier, Stephan; Stutzer, Alois - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
High rates of unemployment entail substantial costs to the working population in terms of reduced subjective well …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005860475