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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 a framework on the trade-off between the inflation (gap) and the …
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The effectiveness of stock prices on the phase of short-term interest rates : evidence from Eastern European countries
Yıldırım, Nurtac; Ozcelebi, Oguzhan; Kansu, Aydan - In: Advances in management & applied economics 3 (2013) 4, pp. 21-35
major role on the phase of the short-term interest rates in Eastern European countries implementing inflation targeting …
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An empirical investigation of parametric and semiparametric estimation methods in sample selection models
Fernández-Sainz, Ana I.; Rodríguez-Póo, Juan M. - In: Revista de métodos cuantitativos para la economía y … 10 (2010), pp. 99-120
In this paper we analyze empirically different specifications of a sample selection model. We are interested in how the estimates vary across alternative assumptions concerning the joint conditional distribution of the sample selection equation errors, such us the specification of error...
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Arbeitslosigkeit in Europa : Jugendliche sind viel stärker betroffen als Erwachsene
Brenke, Karl - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 30, pp. 3-12
Jugendlichen gar nicht auf dem Arbeitsmarkt sind, sondern eine Ausbildung absolvieren. Gleichwohl ist die Jugendarbeitslosigkeit in … bessere Arbeitsmarktchancen zu verschaffen. Am offensten ist der Arbeitsmarkt in Deutschland. Hier kann die relativ wenig über …
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Notes on behavioral economics and labor market policy
Babcock, Linda; Congdon, William J.; Katz, Lawrence F.; … - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 1 (2012), pp. 1-14
Labor market policies succeed or fail at least in part depending on how well they reflect or account for behavioral responses. Insights from behavioral economics, which allow for realistic deviations from standard economic assumptions about behavior, have consequences for the design and...
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The impact of economic crisis on unemployment and labor migration in the northeast of Thailand
Sricharoen, Thitiwan - In: Advances in management & applied economics 3 (2013) 2, pp. 103-122
This study aims to examine the characteristics of unemployment and migration of labor in the Northeastern of Thailand and to study the unemployment problems faced by local workers. The samples used in the study were 455 unemployed workers in Khon Kaen province, that is, 204 male and 251 female...
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Reforming an insider-outsider labor market : the Spanish experience
Benrolila, Samuel; Dolado, Juan J.; Jimeno, Juan F. - In: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies 1 (2012), pp. 1-29
This paper presents a case study on reforming a very dysfunctional labor market with a deep insider-outsider divide, namely the Spanish case. We show how a dual market, with permanent and temporary employees, makes real reform much harder, and leads to purely marginal changes that do not alter...
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The costs of worker displacement in urban labor markets of China
Ge, Yuhao; Lehmann, Hartmut - In: IZA Journal of Labor & Development 2 (2013), pp. 1-23
This paper analyzes the costs of job loss in China, using unique new data from the Rural-to-Urban Migration in China (RUMIC) data set for the year 2009. We investigate conventional labor market outcomes upon displacement like the length of unemployment spells, hours worked and monthly earnings....
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Skilled migration and the transfer of institutional norms
Beine, Michel; Sekkat, Khalid - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 2 (2013), pp. 1-19
We examine two impacts of international emigration on the evolution of the institutions in the origin countries. The first impact concerns the influence of emigration per se (i.e. people who left the country can voice more or less from abroad). The second impact relates to the transfer of the...
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The effects of active labour market policies for immigrants receiving social assistance in Denmark
Heinesen, Eskil; Husted, Leif; Rosholm, Michael - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 2 (2013), pp. 1-22
We estimate the effect of active labour-market programmes on the exit rate to regular employment for non-western immigrants in Denmark who receive social assistance. We use the timing-of-events duration model and rich administrative data. We find large positive post-programme effects, and,...
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