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We argue that the arrival of immigrants with low reservation wages can strengthen the monopsony power of firms. Firms …
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labour mobility as pillar for the functioning of currency areas. Applying the CGE model PuMA, we quantitatively analyse to … what extent labour mobility can contribute to reducing imbalances within the Euro area. Our results indicate that it can … temporarily reduce unemployment and increase wages in periphery countries at the cost of somewhat higher unemployment in receiving …
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existing low-skilled immigrants to the labor market counteract the effect that is triggered by an increase in low …
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Based on the current European discussion about immigration policy, this paper gives an overview of central economic consequences of immigration for a host country's labor market. The most important theoretical arguments are presented and evaluated against the available empirical evidence. The...
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females and males are identical in all respects. Specifically, we argue that a pay gap can emerge naturally as discrimination … change in elasticity emerges it in fact makes discrimination optimal and allows discrimination to materialize in equilibrium …. Moreover, we show that discrimination against females is detrimental to the overall welfare and in addition it negatively …
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For almost 50 years field experiments have been used to study ethnic and racial discrimination in hiring decisions …, consistently reporting high rates of discrimination against minority applicants, irrespective of time, location, or minority groups … emphasis on the contrast between the first and second generation of immigrants, as well as specific immigrant groups across …
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, consistently reporting high rates of discrimination against minority applicants - including immigrants -, irrespective of time …For almost 50 years field experiments have been used to study ethnic and racial discrimination in hiring decisions … statistical discrimination. To this end, we draw on the fact that the groups considered in correspondence tests and the contexts …
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differentials are due to labor market discrimination or to unobserved productivity differences. The objective of this paper is to … matching, bargaining and employers' taste discrimination. In equilibrium all types of employers wage discriminate women … differentials ; discrimination ; search models ; maximum likelihood estimation ; structural estimation ; affirmative action …
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Chapter 1: A Rationale for the Study of Intersectional Wage Discrimination -- Chapter 2: Theories of Discrimination and …-Oaxaca Technique -- Chapter 4: Estimating Wage Discrimination and Examining Variation Across Worker Groups -- Chapter 5: Evidence of … Intersectional Wage Discrimination and the Consideration of Possible Pre-Market Discrimination -- Chapter 6: A Summary and Concluding …
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Applicants for any given job are more or less suited to fill it, and the firm will select the best among them. Increasing the wage offer attracts more applicants and makes it possible to raise the hiring standard and improve the productivity of the staff. Wages that optimize on the trade-off...
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