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Firm location determinants : empirical evidence for France
Rocha, Nadia - 2008
non-exporting firms. Our results show that agglomeration economies at zip-code level strongly effect the location decision … of industrial establishments and find the presence of agglomeration shadows, one of the core predictions of the standard … New Economic Geography formulations. -- Firm Location ; Agglomeration Economies ; Agglomeration Shadows …
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High discounts and low fundamental surplus : an equivalence result for unemployment fluctuations
Mitra, Indrajit; Seo, Taeuk; Xu, Yu - 2021
Ljungqvist and Sargent (2017) (LS) show that unemployment fluctuations can be understood in terms of a quantity they call the "fundamental surplus." However, their analysis ignores risk premia, a force that Hall (2017) shows is important in understanding unemployment fluctuations. We show how...
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"Mismatch" in the labor market and inflation : an integrative model with lessons from the Spanish experience
Pérez Trujillo, Manuel; Ruesga, Santos M.; Sell, … - 2018
The Great Recession (2009/10) resulted in the need of different economic policies and structural reforms to boost economic growth both in the advanced and in the emerging economies. In this paper, we start from a theoretical concept that is relatively new - the modified output gap (MOG), based...
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Seeking shelter in times of crisis? : unemployment, perceived job insecurity and trade union membership
Chadi, Adrian; Goerke, Laszlo - 2023
Do trade unions benefit from economic crises by attracting new members among workers concerned about job security? To address this question, we provide a comprehensive empirical investigation based on panel data from Germany, where workers individually decide on their membership. We analyse...
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Seeking shelter in times of crisis? : unemployment, perceived job insecurity and trade union membership
Chadi, Adrian; Goerke, Laszlo - 2023
Do trade unions benefit from economic crises by attracting new members among workers concerned about job security? To address this question, we provide a comprehensive empirical investigation based on panel data from Germany, where workers individually decide on their membership. We analyse...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014249121
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A new career in a new town : job search methods and regional mobility of unemployed workers
Morescalchi, Andrea - 2016
This paper investigates the spatial connotations of job search methods of unemployed people, and in particular whether search methods lead to local vis-à-vis non-local jobs. The data set used is the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS), a longitudinal survey collecting yearly interviews for...
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A vicious cycle of regional unemployment and crime? : evidence from German counties
Umbach, Tim - 2020
Much research has been done showing that unemployment can cause crime, and that crime adversely impacts economic activity. However, very few authors have considered a simultaneous relationship. Using an IV-setup and regional panel-data, I find evidence for the possibility of a vicious cycle,...
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Knowledge, location, and internationalization : empirical evidence for manufacturing SMEs
Lejpras, Anna - 2012
This paper investigates the links between locational conditions, innovative capabilities and internationalization of manufacturing SMEs. Two modes of foreign market servicing are explored: exporting activity and relocating of selected business activities abroad. The empirical analysis employs...
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Price effects of multimarket contact among movie chains in small US metropolitan areas
Feinberg, Robert Mark - 2013
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Job displacement, inter-regional mobility and long-term earnings
Maczulskij, Terhi; Böckerman, Petri; Kosonen, Tuomas - 2018
We examine the effect of job displacement on regional mobility using linked employeremployee panel data for the 1995-2014 period. We also study whether displaced movers obtain earnings and employment gains compared to displaced stayers. The results show that job displacement increases the...
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