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Germany has undergone a significant migration policy shift since the early 2000s. This paper examines the total employment effect of immigration during the liberalization of migration policies from 2005 to 2018 using a spatial approach. A set of methods, along with static and dynamic...
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unemployment rate to movements in output growth increasing recently over time in both Canada and the United States. -- Business …
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unemployment rates. To this end, we develop a matching model à la Pissarides (2000) in which homeowners are assumed to be less …
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' relative position persists: those with the highest unemployment rates in 1996 were also in the worse position in 2012. To … reacts to regional employment shocks in a variety of cases. Shock responses are channelled via changes in unemployment …, unemployment and spatial mobility become the central ones in recession. We also provide evidence of real wage rigidities in both …
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This article analyzes the effects on the West Bank economy of temporary Palestinian employment in Israel, using a new database and a computable general equilibrium model. The results show that Palestinian employment in Israel increases household incomes but distorts the operation of the West...
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This paper uses a large survey (SOEP) to update and deepen our knowledge about the labor market performance of immigrants in Germany. It documents that immigrant workers initially earn on average 20 percent less than native workers with otherwise identical characteristics. The gap is smaller for...
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for immigrants than for natives: a one percentage point increase in the unemployment rate is associated with a 0.61 and 0 …
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Of the recent economic developments in Switzerland, the increased unemployment level deserves special attention. In the … 1990s Switzerland's long tradition of low (almost nonexistent) unemployment was broken. Although still below the levels … experienced in most industrialized countries, Switzerland's recent higher unemployment rate has caused speculation about the …
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' relative position persists: those with the highest unemployment rates in 1996 were also in the worse position in 2012. To … via changes in unemployment, labour market participation, and spatial mobility. Our results provide evidence of asymmetric … adjustment mechanism in expansion, unemployment and spatial mobility become the central ones in recession. We also provide …
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using macroeconomic data on employment, unemployment, participation, and (for Canada) migration and real wages. We find that …
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