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Job competition and the wage curve
Longhi, Simonetta - 2010
The wage curve literature consistently finds a negative relationship between regional unemployment rates and regional wages; the most widely accepted theoretical explanations interpret the unemployment rate as a measure of job competition. This paper proposes new ways of measuring job...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269699
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Job competition and the wage curve
Longhi, Simonetta - 2010
The wage curve literature consistently finds a negative relationship between regional unemployment rates and regional wages; the most widely accepted theoretical explanations interpret the unemployment rate as a measure of job competition. This paper proposes new ways of measuring job...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003941443
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Cultural Diversity and Local Labour Markets
Suedekum, Jens - 2009
During the last decade there have been marked changes in the composition of the non-native workforce in the German labour market. In particular there has been a notable increase in the diversity of nationalities of which the foreign workforce is composed. In this paper we investigate the effects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013153180
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Regional Earnings Inequality in Great Britain : Evidence from Fixed-Effects Regressions
Dickey, Heather - 2008
Earnings inequality in Great Britain has increased substantially over the last two decades at both the national and … increasing regional earnings inequality, and consequently rising earnings inequality at the national level …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012772594
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National and Regional Earnings Inequality in Great Britain : Evidence from Quantile Regressions
Dickey, Heather - 2008
Earnings inequality in Great Britain has increased substantially over the last two decades at both the national and … those factors that have contributed to the rise in national earnings inequality, while the estimation of regional quantile … earnings equations reveal the causes of increasing regional earnings inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012772596
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The Employment and Earnings of Migrants in Great Britain
Andrews, Martyn J. - 2007
Using nationally representative, longitudinal data from the first 14 waves of the British Household Panel Survey we examine the labour market returns to inter-regional migration in Great Britain. Controlling for endogeneity, heterogeneity and self-selection, we find substantial long-run wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012775710
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Job Competition and the Wage Curve
Longhi, Simonetta - 2010
The wage curve literature consistently finds a negative relationship between regional unemployment rates and regional wages; the most widely accepted theoretical explanations interpret the unemployment rate as a measure of job competition. This paper proposes new ways of measuring job...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013147373
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Urban Effects on Participation and Wages : Are There Gender Differences?
Phimister, Euan - 2014
This paper estimates participation and wage equations using panel data from the United Kingdom to explore differences in urban and rural wages and participation by gender. The results suggest a small but economically significant participation premium for urban women relative to rural female...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012752652
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Agglomeration economies in Great Britain
Özgüzel, Cem - 2020
This paper estimates agglomeration economies in Great Britain. The analysis employs a definition of urban areas as functional economic units developed by the OECD in collaboration with the European Union to investigate the size and sources of productivity disparities across urban areas. It uses...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012230638
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Endogenous local labour markets, regional aggregation and agglomeration economies
Meekes, Jordy; Hassink, Wolter H. J. - 2019
This paper examines the role of regional aggregation in measuring agglomeration externalities. Using Dutch administrative data, we define local labour markets (LLMs) based on the worker's commuting outcomes, gender and educational attainment, and show that high-educated workers and male workers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012136998