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's Longitudinal Business Database, we document that firms redistribute the employment impacts of local demand shocks across regions … sharp drop in consumer demand, leading to large employment losses in the non-tradable sector. Consistent with firms … local demand shocks in other counties linked through firms' internal networks. These results are not driven by direct demand …
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innovations by volatility regimes. We show that a positive shock to temporary agency employment increases overall employment, but …
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This note presents and tests a general model to help explain why the demand for labor adapts to the availability of … number of entrants to the labor force would lower the cost of hiring and increase employment demand at any given wage rate … is predicted for current workers because demand for labor increases as the cost of hiring decreases. Failure to taken …
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economy is split into six sectors. The labor demand function is derived from the cost-function of companies, and factor prices …
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Using a linked employer-employee data set for Germany, this paper studies how worker turnover is related to establishments‘ international trade involvement. The descriptive analysis shows that trading establishments have lower worker turnover rates than non-traders, suggesting a higher degree...
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In recent years the question of overtime work has become increasingly relevant as part of the wider issue of the reduction in the working day. A direct relation between policies aiming at reducing working hours, and increases in overtime work neutralising their beneficial effects on employment,...
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substitution and complementarity relationships between subsidized and non-subsidized labor demand. We apply an instrumental …
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We develop a structural multi-factor labour demand model which distinguishes between eight labour categories including … demand elasticities similar to previous estimates for the west German economy. Our new estimates of own-wage elasticities for … the implications of these estimates by simulating the likely labour demand effects of the recent increase of employers …
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In recent years the question of overtime work has become increasingly relevant as part of the wider issue of the reduction in the working day. A direct relation between policies aiming at reducing working hours, and increases in overtime work neutralising their beneficial effects on employment,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013320440
Since 2008, Poland has been among the EU countries that have increased their minimum wage levels the most, following period in the mid-2000s during which the country's minimum wage was barely raised. We evaluate the impact of these minimum wage hikes on employment and wage growth in Poland...
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