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The New Keynesian Phillips Curve in an inflation targeting country : the case of Turkey
Gozgor, Giray - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 6 (2013) 1, pp. 7-18
The possible short-run trade-off between the inflation (gap) and the output (gap) remains a critical policy issue for any emerging economy; particularly when an implicit or an explicit inflation targeting monetary policy is considered. The New Keynesian Phillips Curve (NKPC) has recently set up...
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Who bears labour taxes and social contributions? : a meta-analysis
Melguizo, Ángel; González-Páramo, José Manuel - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 4 (2013) 3, pp. 247-271
In this paper we apply the meta-regression technique to survey the empirical literature on the economic incidence of labour taxes and social security contributions. In particular, we focus on the effects of taxation on wages to test the conventional view that employees bear the burden due to...
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Empirical analysis of employment and foreign direct investment in Malaysia : an ARDL bounds testing approach to cointegration
Pinn, Stan Lee Shun; Ching, Kok Sook; Kogid, Mori; … - In: Advances in management & applied economics 1 (2011) 3, pp. 77-91
This study examines the relationships between the employment and foreign direct investment (FDI) in Malaysia. The Malaysian government continues to put efforts in attracting more FDI inflows as it seems that FDI plays a major role in the economic development of Malaysia. Besides, there is...
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Wage and occupational assimilation by skill level : migration policy lessons from Spain
Rodríguez-Planas, Núria - In: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies 1 (2012), pp. 1-24
. -- unemployment dynamics ; structural multi-equation models ; chain reaction theory ; simulations ; PIGS … dynamic simulations that account for the swings of the unemployment rates before and after the 2007 crisis. Our results … productivity, and demographics, succeed in explaining a great part of the changes in unemployment in both countries …
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Who bears the cost of the business cycle? : labor-market institutions and volatility of the youth unemployment rate
Kawaguchi, Daiji; Murao, Tetsushi - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 1 (2012), pp. 1-22
The way age-specific unemployment rates fluctuate over the business cycle differs significantly across countries. This … paper examines the effect of labor-market institutions on the fluctuations of age-specific unemployment rates based on panel … existing workforce induces the employment adjustment of new entrants into the labor market. -- unemployment ; labor market …
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How quickly does structural reform pay off? : an empirical analysis of the short-term effects of unemployment benefit reform
Bouis, Romain; Causa, Orsetta; Demmou, Lilas; Duval, Romain - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 1 (2012), pp. 1-12
While there is a fairly broad consensus regarding the potential adverse effects of generous unemployment benefit …. Findings indicate that although it takes time for unemployment benefit reforms to pay off, such reforms do not appear to entail … any negative short-run effects. There is however some suggestive evidence that reducing unemployment benefits could have …
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Job security and the age-composition of employment : evidence from Chile
Pagés, Carmen; Montenegro, Claudio E. - In: Estudios de economía 34 (2007) 2, pp. 109-139
on overall aggregate employment, participation or unemployment rates. -- job security ; employment composition …
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From the bottom to the top: a more complete picture of the immigrant-native wage gap in Britain
Hunt, Priscillia - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 1 (2012), pp. 1-18
This paper investigates wage assimilation of foreign-born male workers in Britain over the period 1993 to 2009. Using Labour Force Survey data, the paper employs a methodology (Blinder-Oaxaca quantile regressions) to decompose the immigrant-native wage differential at the mean and across the...
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The role of location in evaluating racial wage disparity
Black, Dan A.; Kolesnikova, Natalia; Sander, Seth G.; … - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 2 (2013), pp. 1-18
A standard object of empirical analysis in labor economics is a modified Mincer wage function in which an individual’s log wage is a function of education, experience, and race. We analyze this approach in a context where individuals live and work in different locations (thus facing different...
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Social networks and wages in Senegal’s labor market
Beradi, Nicoletta - In: IZA Journal of Labor & Development 2 (2013), pp. 1-26
We develop a theoretical framework that considers the role played by moral hazard and the diversity of networks and cultures in the choice of hiring channel. In favoritism contexts social networks, and particularly strong ties, are adopted as hiring channels for unskilled jobs and result in wage...
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