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Unequal distribution of salary from a gender perspective and the impact of recession on the Catalan labor market

Gómez Adillón, M. Jesús; Cabasés Piqué, M. Àngels - 2014

In order to highlight the uneven impact of recession on the labor market in Catalonia (Spain), especially regarding wage structure, this study examines the evolution of its main variables in the period 2005-2012 from a gender perspective. For ten years prior to recession, female employment...

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Impact of recession on the employment in Catalonia from a gender and age perspective

Cabasés Piqué, Àngels; Adillón, M. Jesús Gómez; … - 2016

In Catalonia, between 2008 and 2014, the rate of youth unemployment has exponentially increased and it has turned into …

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Are the number of skilled workers running out in Germany? : the (non)consequences of demographic change

Garloff, Alfred; Wapler, Rüdiger - 2013 - This version: 1st February 2013, preliminary

Two stylised facts of the German labour market are that first, the demand for (high-)skilled labour has been growing rapidly for a number of years and second, the country is facing a particularly strong demographic change with the expected size of the population decreasing rapidly and the...

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Are small firms more cyclically sensitive than large ones? : national, regional and sectoral evidence from Brazil

Cravo, Túlio - 2010

An important issue facing policymakers is the degree to which fluctuations in economic activity affect employment in large and small businesses across sectors and regions. These issues are particularly relevant for developing countries, as they matter for the understanding of the labour market...

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Are more severe recessions followed by stronger recoveries? : evidence from the Mexican states employment

Mejía Reyes, Pablo; Vergara-González, Reyna - 2015

On the basis of the suggestions of Friedman (1969, 1993) and Moore (1965) and considering the framework proposed by Balke and Wynne (1994, 1995), this paper evaluates whether recoveries growth depends on the characteristics of prior recessions (depth, steepness and duration) in the case of the...

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Productivity in the Spanish regions during the recent economic cycles

Sosvilla-Rivero, Simón - 2011 - Very preliminary version, June 2011

The Spanish regions are facing a severe recession caused by the international financial crisis that has overlapped with the correction that had been recorded in the property market, which has led to a sharp drop in economic activity and a rapid destruction process employment. In these...

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How city type, trust and technology affect corruption : a multilevel comparative study : ERSA 55th Congress

Korosteleva, Julia; Mickiewicz, Tomasz; Stepien, Paulina - 2015 - Submission 909 (extended abstract with results)

In this study we investigate how both local environment and individual characteristics explain incidence of corruption. More specifically, we explore how city size, and residing in a capital city influence the two aspects of corruption, notably in individuals' contact with officials, and in the...

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Tourism and development : a recent phenomenon built on old (institutional) roots?

Brau, Rinaldo; Di Liberto, Adriana; Pigliaru, Francesco - 2010

this paper we frame our starting question within the general debate about the importance of good/bad institutions as … are in fact driven by the presence of growth enhancing institutions. Our empirical analysis exploits newly available … institutions is important for growth. Yet our results strongly suggest that the weight of tourism in an economy is an independent …

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Immigration, economic freedom, and ideology

Padilla, Alexandre; Cachanosky, Nicolás - In: The International trade journal 34 (2020) 1, pp. 5-17

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Institutional quality and income inequality in the advanced countries

Josifidis, Kosta; Supić, Novica; Beker Pucar, Emilija - In: Panoeconomicus 64 (2017) 2, pp. 169-188

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