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This article analyzes the effects on the West Bank economy of temporary Palestinian employment in Israel, using a new database and a computable general equilibrium model. The results show that Palestinian employment in Israel increases household incomes but distorts the operation of the West...
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Results of general equilibrium models are sensitive to model parameterization and specification. The role of macroeconomic closures and the effect of trade elasticities are documented in the literature, but there is no systematic analysis of the implications of different labor supply...
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and human capital. Earnings and unemployment are the main labor market indicators, while the human capital impact was …
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This paper uses a large survey (SOEP) to update and deepen our knowledge about the labor market performance of immigrants in Germany. It documents that immigrant workers initially earn on average 20 percent less than native workers with otherwise identical characteristics. The gap is smaller for...
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unemployment rates. To this end, we develop a matching model à la Pissarides (2000) in which homeowners are assumed to be less …
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' relative position persists: those with the highest unemployment rates in 1996 were also in the worse position in 2012. To … reacts to regional employment shocks in a variety of cases. Shock responses are channelled via changes in unemployment …, unemployment and spatial mobility become the central ones in recession. We also provide evidence of real wage rigidities in both …
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' relative position persists: those with the highest unemployment rates in 1996 were also in the worse position in 2012. To … via changes in unemployment, labour market participation, and spatial mobility. Our results provide evidence of asymmetric … adjustment mechanism in expansion, unemployment and spatial mobility become the central ones in recession. We also provide …
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using macroeconomic data on employment, unemployment, participation, and (for Canada) migration and real wages. We find that …
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This paper uses a large survey (SOEP) to update and deepen our knowledge about the labor market performance of immigrants in Germany. It documents that immigrant workers initially earn on average 20 percent less than native workers with otherwise identical characteristics. The gap is smaller for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012960069
explain the ambiguity regarding the effects of immigration. A more generous unemployment insurance system for immigrants … increases both the unemployment rate and crime rates. An extended duration of incarceration and a deportation policy reduce …
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