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The debate about the massive influx of refugees into Germany often focuses solely on the short-term costs. But while these expenditures are bound to be substantial in the coming years, the discussion neglects the long-term economic potential of a successful integration of refugees - often, young...
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Der starke Zustrom von Flüchtlingen heizt die Diskussionen in Deutschland an. Dabei wird oft nur auf kurzfristige Kosten geschaut, die in den kommenden Jahren zweifellos massiv sein werden. Dies versperrt den Blick auf potentielle Chancen, die die Zuwanderung - oftmals junger Menschen - der...
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It is often argued that a mandatory minimum wage is binding only if the wage density displays a spike at it. In this paper we analyze a model with wage setting, search frictions, and heterogeneous production technologies, in which imposition of a minimum wage affects wages even though, after...
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cumulative core inflation since 2015 but headline unemployment rate much less so. The contribution of trend productivity growth … form of involuntary part-time employment and headline unemployment rate. Both indicators have contributed positively to … post-crisis period-has corresponded with slow pass through from declining unemployment rates to faster wage growth. We …
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have high rates of unemployment relative to wage employment, and that self-employment is particularly high where the … unemployment-wage employment ratio is high. I interpret high unemployment-employment ratios as evidence of labor market frictions … labor market frictions can explain almost the entire variation in not only unemployment, but also wage employment and self …
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Experiences during the Great Recession support the view that the UK labor market is relatively flexible. Unemployment … stagnation of productivity and wages; an open question is whether this represents a cyclical phenomenon or a structural problem …
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for earnings mobility and growth; for the majority, however, selfemployment remains constrained to low-productivity … labor away from these low-productivity activities into higher value added sectors. …
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labor market ensures that the long-run unemployment rate is independent of the size of the capital stock, productivity, and …This paper provides a critique of the ?unemployment invariance hypothesis,? according to which the behavior of the … equilibrating mechanisms to ensure unemployment invariance and that other markets may perform part of the equilibrating process as …
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Experiences during the Great Recession support the view that the UK labor market is relatively flexible. Unemployment … stagnation of productivity and wages; an open question is whether this represents a cyclical phenomenon or a structural problem …
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