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We present new evidence on the wage and mobility of young and old workers, which is difficult to explain using standard … human capital theory. Instead, we propose a simple dynamic extension of the Roy model, where worker migration and wages are … factor driving the lower mobility among this group. Because of the higher moving costs, older workers require a higher wage …
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This research extends simple two-sector models in order to inquire the impact of the extent of coverage or enforcement of minimum wage legislation in one of the sectors on the equilibrium outcome. Two versions of institutional wage avoidance are presented. They may be seen as representing...
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This research extends simple two-sector models in order to inquire the impact of the extent of coverage or enforcement of minimum wage legislation in one of the sectors on the equilibrium outcome. Two versions of institutional wage avoidance are presented. They may be seen as representing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011524877
The goal of the paper is to provide viewpoints to labour mobility development in the Western Balkans and in Macedonia … Western Balkans opens up new dimensions for labour mobility in the long run in two aspects. One is the possibility of … revitalization of the earlier notion of “intra mobility” of Yugoslavia, especially since there are small language barriers among the …
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Over the last decades, Europe attracted an increasing number of internationally mobile students. The related influx of talent into European labour markets constituted an important factor to the knowledge economy. This research addresses the question whether changing political landscapes in...
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Many governments seek to reduce emigration from low-income countries by encouraging economic development there. A large literature, however, observes that average emigration rates are higher in countries with sustained increases in GDP per capita than in either chronically poor countries or...
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migration. Paradoxically, absconding domestic workers who have been financially abused are more likely to want to return and …
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migration behaviour. Prior to 2017, offshore investment returns for 'non-doms' - individuals tax-resident in the UK but with …
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This paper presents a methodology to identify net demand shocks as well as wage rigidities in heterogeneous labor markets on the basis of nonparametric regression. We show how this approach can be used to make suggestions for immigration policy in economies with labor market rigidities. In an...
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Internal migration can substantially improve labor market efficiency. Consequently, policy is often targeted towards … reducing the barriers workers face in moving to new labor markets. In this paper we explicitly model internal migration as the … for the pattern of internal migration that results. Unlike standard search models, we assume that job seekers do not know …
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