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Product market reforms, labour market institutions and unemployment
Griffith, Rachel; Harrison, Rupert; Macartney, Gareth - 2006
We analyze the impact of product market competition on unemployment and wages, and how this depends on labour market … competition. We find that increased product market competition reduces unemployment, and that it does so more in countries with …. We also find that the effect of increased competition on real wages is beneficial to workers, but less so when they have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293086
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An international analysis of earnings, stock prices and bond yields
Durré, Alain; Giot, Pierre - 2005
This paper assesses the possible contemporaneous relationship between stock index prices, earnings and long-term government bond yields for a large number of countries and over a time period that spans several decades. In a cointegration framework, our analysis looks at three hypotheses. First,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011604561
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An international analysis of earnings, stock prices and bond yields
Durré, Alain; Giot, Pierre - 2005
This paper assesses the possible contemporaneous relationship between stock index prices, earnings and long-term government bond yields for a large number of countries and over a time period that spans several decades. In a cointegration framework, our analysis looks at three hypotheses. First,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011506595
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FDI and Wages: Evidence from Firm-Level and Linked Employer-Employee Data in Hungary, 1986-2008
Earle, John S.; Telegdy, Álmos; Antal, Gábor - 2012
), but suggests a strong cross-firm association of FDI wage premia with similar differentials in productivity. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010494721
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FDI and wages: Evidence from firm-level and linked employer-employee data in Hungary, 1986 - 2008
Earle, John S.; Telegdy, Álmos; Antal, Gábor - 2012
strong cross-firm association of FDI wage premia with similar differentials in productivity. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291431
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Wages, employment and tenure of temporarily subsidized workers: Does the industry matter?
Stephan, Gesine - 2010
werden die Löhne geförderter Arbeitnehmer in jeder Branche mit denen ähnlicher Personen verglichen, die in einem der anderen …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286663
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The effect of trade and FDI on inter-industry wage differentials: The case of Mexico
López Noria, Gabriela - 2011
Taking advantage of the liberalization process under NAFTA, this paper assesses the relative importance of the degree of trade openness and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in explaining inter-industry wage differentials for the case of Mexico. Using INEGI's National Survey of Urban Employment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010322564
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Trends in Tariff Reforms and Trends in the Structure of Wages
Galiani, Sebastián; Porto, Guido - 2011
This paper provides new evidence on the impacts of trade reforms on wages. We first introduce a model of trade that combines a non-competitive wage setting mechanism due to unions with a factor abundance hypothesis. The predictions of the model are then econometrically investigated using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011429332
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Trade liberalization and the evolution of skill earnings differentials in Brazil
Gonzaga, Gustavo; Menezes Filho, Naércio; Terra, Cristina - 2002
From 1988 to 1995, when trade liberalization was implemented in Brazil, relative earnings of skilled workers decreased. In this paper, we in-vestigate the role of trade liberalization in explaining these relative earn-ings movements, by checking all the steps predicted by the Heckscher-Ohlin-...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011807291
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Productivity, investment in ICT and market experimentation: micro evidence from Germany und the US
Haltiwanger, John; Jarmin, Ron; Schank, Thorsten - 2003
productivity, the skill mix of the workforce and wages using micro data for the U.S. and Germany. We find support to the idea that … is evidenced in a greater dispersion in productivity and related key business choices. We also find that the mean impact … of adopting new technology on productivity and wages is greater the in U.S. than in Germany. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299237