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The paper discusses two approaches to spatial equilibrium in the labor market. The more traditional approach of labor economics assumes wage differentials represent arbitrageable differences in utility, with implications 1) that migration should be toward higher wage areas and 2) that migration...
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shock. Third, we present evidence coherent with the idea that more leveraged sectors experience larger employment volatility … reduction of liquidity to firms. Next we draw on sector-level data on employment and leverage in a number of OECD countries at … quarterly frequencies to assess whether highly leveraged equilibria originate more employment adjustment under financial …
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shock. Third, we present evidence coherent with the idea that more leveraged sectors experience larger employment volatility … reduction of liquidity to firms. Next we draw on sector-level data on employment and leverage in a number of OECD countries at … quarterly frequencies to assess whether highly leveraged equilibria originate more employment adjustment under financial …
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This short essay surveys recent literature on the competitive saving motive and its broader economic implications. The competitive saving motive is defined as saving to improve one's status relative to other competitors for dating and marriage partners. Here are some of the key results of the...
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This paper explores how revenue-neutral tax reforms impact employment and economic growth in a model of endogenous … observe an increase in both growth and, via the capitalization effect, employment. Most other tax reforms, however, imply a … trade-off between employment and growth …
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This paper considers the impact of taxation policy on market work. On the basis of the evidence, we find that a 10 percentage point rise in the tax wedge will reduce overall labour input provided via the market by around 2 per cent of the population of working age. The tax wedge is the sum of...
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conclusions of the literature survey are indecisive. Conclusions about the efficacy of worksharing as an employment enhancing … evidence for the proposition that worksharing would promote employment or reduce unemployment. In an appendix we present an …
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of employer-imposed vaccine mandates at 581 nursing homes on disease spread, employment outcomes, and several patient …
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