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14.661 Labor Economics I, Fall 2006
Pischke, Jorn-Steffen; Angrist, Joshua - 2006
Neoclassical analysis of the labor market and its institutions. A systematic development of the theory of labor supply …
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Kombilohn oder Mindestlohn? : eine Untersuchung anhand eines Arbeitsmarktmodells mit monopsonistischer Konkurrenz
Bleibtreu, Christopher - 2008
eines Kombilohns erhöht im Gegensatz zum Mindestlohn die gleichgewichtige Anzahl Firmen am Markt. …This diploma thesis investigates and compares the effects of minimum wages and wage subsidies (paid to the employer or … intervention serves as basing point.Minimum wages as well as wage subsidies can increase employment and the utility of the workers …
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Fourth report of the Factory Investigating Commission, 1915
New York - 1915
on the relationship between low wages and the vice problems. 2. Questionnaire on the wage problem. 3. Symposium on the … minimum wage problem. 4. Industrial education and wages. 5. Consolidation of departments inspecting buildings in New York City … -- vol. 4. Appendices: VI. Relationship between industrial education and wages. VII. Cost of living in New York State. VIII …
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E Tax: The Flat Tax as an Electronic Credit VAT
Goldberg, Daniel S. - 2005
method VAT. The Hall-Rabushka nuance, however, allows a deduction for wages as if they were purchases of materials by the … employer. Wage earners would be taxed on those wages at rates that could be set as graduated or flat, with or without a zero … combine the credit invoice VAT, modified for wages (as discussed in detail in the article), with a wage tax in order to build …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009432057
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Terms of trade movements and the global economic crisis: Implications for the Asia-Pacific region
Bloch, Harry; Sapsford, D. - 2009
Dramatic changes in the relative prices of goods in international trade have accompanied, and indeed preceded, the global crisis. These changes are reflected in the terms of trade ofindividual countries and in the relative prices of goods within those countries. Asia-Pacific countries are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009434781
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Terms of trade movements and the global economic crisis: Implications for the Asia-Pacific region
Bloch, Harry; Sapsford, D. - 2009
Dramatic changes in the relative prices of goods in international trade have accompanied, and indeed preceded, the global crisis. These changes are reflected in the terms of trade of individual countries and in the relative prices of goods within those countries. Asia-Pacific countries are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009434784
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THE EFFECT OF ARMINGTON STRUCTURE ON WELFARE EVALUATIONS IN GLOBAL CGE-MODELS
Kerkela, Leena - 2008
In this paper, the welfare results in trade liberalisation scenarios in global CGE models (like GTAP)are analysed. The default modeling strategy in trade is the Armington assumption with bilateral tradeflows in industries. The negative terms of trade effects that often dominate the negative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443257
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IMPACTS OF EXHCHANGE RATE ON TERMS OF TRADE AND VOLUME OF TRADE
Lee, Young-Jae; Kennedy, P. Lynn - 2009
Direct and indirect effects of exchange rates on foreign and home prices may induce a change in terms of trade and volume of trade. In particular, the price effect in substitutability between foreign and home products and endogeneity of the foreign price provide evidence for the indirect impact...
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Uneven Development and the Terms of Trade: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis
Erten, Bilge - 2010
Despite the voluminous literature on North-South macroeconomic interactions and the key role of terms of trade variations in growth transmission from one region to another, a significant research gap persists for two reasons. First, there has been very little empirical work on testing of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009467997
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Exploring the Robustness of the Balance of Payments- Constrained Growth Idea in a Multiple Good Framework
Razmi, Arslan - 2009
This paper derives the balance of payments-constrained growth (BPCG) model as a special case of a three good framework that incorporates ex- portables, importables, and non-tradables. The conditions under which the canonical form of the BPCG rate can be derived are made explicit and the...
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