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Migration and Labour Market Differences : The Case of Wales
Drinkwater, Stephen; Blackaby, David - 2021
The migration of labour can affect economies in several ways. This paper focuses on two of the economic impacts of migration in the context of the recent Welsh experience. Firstly, since migration is a key aspect of labour market flexibility, it is a mechanism through which local and regional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319084
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Regional Mobility and Unemployment Transitions in the UK and Spain
Lindley, Joanne; Upward, Richard; Wright, Peter W - 2003
If the distribution of industrial employment is uneven across regions, changes in patterns of production will require the reallocation of labour across regions as well as industries. In this paper we consider this aspect of the adjustment process. Specifically, we compare the geographical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014083377
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Alcohol-related morbidity and mortality following involuntary job loss
Eliason, Marcus - 2015
The purpose of this study was to assess the association between involuntary job loss and alcohol-attributable morbidity and mortality. Swedish-linked employee-employer data were used to identify all establishment closures during 1990-1999, as well as the employees who were laid off and a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010467775
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How local are labor markets? Evidence from a spatial job search model
Manning, Alan; Petrongolo, Barbara - 2011
This paper uses data on very small UK geographies to investigate the effective size of local labor markets. Our approach treats geographic space as continuous, as opposed to a collection of non-overlapping administrative units, thus avoiding problems of mismeasurement of local labor markets...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282385
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How local are labor markets? : evidence from a spatial job search model
Manning, Alan; Petrongolo, Barbara - 2011
This paper uses data on very small UK geographies to investigate the effective size of local labor markets. Our approach treats geographic space as continuous, as opposed to a collection of non-overlapping administrative units, thus avoiding problems of mismeasurement of local labor markets...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009523536
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How Local are Labor Markets? Evidence from a Spatial Job Search Model
Manning, Alan - 2011
This paper uses data on very small UK geographies to investigate the effective size of local labor markets. Our approach treats geographic space as continuous, as opposed to a collection of non-overlapping administrative units, thus avoiding problems of mismeasurement of local labor markets...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013117608
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Distributional Effects of Local Minimum Wage Hikes : A Spatial Job Search Approach
Zhang, Weilong - 2019
This paper develops and estimates a spatial general equilibrium job search model to study the effects of local and universal (federal) minimum wage policies. In the model, firms post vacancies in multiple locations. Workers, who are heterogeneous in terms of location and education types, engage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012895744
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The effect of tightness on wages at the regional level in three Central European countries
Szabó, Lajos Tamás - 2019
In this paper, I examine the effect of tightness on wages in three Central European countries. The estimation is relevant for at least three reasons. Firstly, it is a novel exercise to check the implication of the Mortansen-Pissarides model on Central European data. Secondly, from the central...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012136833
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Examining the determinants of managers' hiring attitudes towards immigrant workers : evidence from an employer survey
Fang, Tony; Zhang, Tingting; Hartley, John - 2023
Using a representative survey of 801 employers across Atlantic Canada, we empirically test various factors associated with employer hiring attitudes towards international migrants. Our results indicate that employers who hired international immigrants in the past 12 months exhibited more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014287242
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Marital sorting, household labor supply, and intergenerational earnings mobility across countries
Raaum, Oddbjørn (contributor) - 2007
We present comparable evidence on intergenerational earnings mobility for Denmark, Finland, Norway, the UK and the US … family earnings, on the other hand, leads to estimates of intergenerational mobility in the Nordic countries which exceed …, with a focus on the role of gender and marital status. We confirm that earnings mobility in the Nordic countries is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003561612