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Research that investigate the extent of labor market prospects on crime rates focus on conditions in a region and crime rate in that region. However, this approach neglects criminal mobility. It is also possible that an improvement in the labor market in a region may attract nonresidents, either...
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business cycle, wage flexibility, measured by the wage curve, is higher in informal sectors in less dense areas in Brazil … opportunities. In addition, labour market dualism is an essential ingredient in the evaluation of the wage curve in developing …
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Using the introduction of fixed long-term unemployment benefits in Germany in 2005 as a unique experiment we find strong evidence that lower unemployment benefit has an adverse effect on wages. We use panel data to identify and estimate the effect of this structural break. In western Germany the...
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The literature shows a wage premium for graduates from high quality, elite, or more selective universities. The results … the general differences between universities are smaller compared to, e.g., the USA. I use the University Ranking of the … wage premium in IV regression in-between five and 13 percent. This effect is specially prevalent for women. …
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The empirical evidence on the incidence of payroll taxation is primarily based on the wage bill of firms. This paper ….5% wage increase. Among low educated workers the degree of tax shifting equals 50%, while the wage response for highly … educated is insignificant. Lower payroll taxes have limited effects on employment. The findings imply that the absolute value …
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This paper investigates statistical significance of earnings stability in the within-company indirect valuation method. We empirically establish superiority of a within-company earnings multiple valuation technique for the relatively most stable companies. Favorable empirical results are robust...
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earnings losses. We find that the displacement firm's wage premia and the availability of well paying jobs in the local labor … market are the two most important factors. This implies that earnings losses can be understood by mean reversion in firm wage …
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