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Insiders, Non-Market Activity and Unemployment.

Lye, J.N.; McDonald, I.M.; Sibly, H. - Department of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics - 1996

The paper extends the theory of trade unions. In past studies, the union members derive utility exclusively from the consumption of goods produced in markets. We consider the case where the union insider is a member of a household which derives utility both from market produced goods and from a...

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Incentives to Work: Replacement Ratios and the Cost of Job Loss Among Indigenous Australians.

Daly, A.; Hunter, B. - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 1998

The relationship between the social welfare system and employment incentives has received considerable attention in the literature. This paper uses data from the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Survey to consider these issues for indigenous Australians. Two measures are...

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Unemployment and Subsequent Wages: Does Gender Matter?.

Wiklund, F. - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 1999

Are there any differences in how men and women fare from unemployment in terms of the wages they receive on a new job? This paper addresses that question using the 1991 wave of the Level of Living Survey. The results suggest that men who experience unemployment will suffer a reduction of...

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Employment and Distributional Effects of Restricting Working Time.

Marimon, R.; Zilibotti, F. - Department of Economics, European University Institute - 1999

The authors study the employment and distributional effects of regulating (reducing) working time in a general equilibrium model with search-matching frictions.

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Jobs, Work and Citizens' Income : Four Strategies and a New Regime.

Purdy, D - European Forum, European University Institute - 1996

Two transformations are currently under way in Western Europe, one rapid, the other slow, but both stressful. In the labour market, mass unemployment and work flexibilisation have endermined personal security and unrevelled social cohesion. In domestic life, the demise of the male breadwinner...

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A STUDY IN STRUCTURAL CHANGE: RELATIVE EARNINGS IN WALES SINCE THE 1970S.

Cameron, G.; Muellbauer, J.; Snicker, J. - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2001

The Welsh economy has undergone rapid structural change in recent years. This paper uses data from the New Earnings … Survey to examine how earnings in Wales changed relative to those of Great Britain between 1975 and 1994. There are five main … findings. First, earnings of workers in Wales have declined relative to those in Great Britain. Second, the shift away from …

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The West European Employment Problem

Lindbeck, Assar - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1996

How do we explain the poor employment performance in Western Europe since about the-1970s? This question is in fact twofold : What initiated the dramatic rise in employment, and waht mechanisms have made it continue for so long? My attemps to answer these questions from the basis for a...

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A Comparative Static Model of the Relationship Between Immigration and the Job Prospects of Unemployed Residents.

Chapman, B.; Cobb-Clark, D. - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 1998

Much of the debate surrounding the impact of immigration of the economy relates to the consequences of immigration for aggregate unemployment. In this paper we explore a related but more specific issue: the consequences of immigration on the probability of unemployed residents gaining a job....

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A Comparative Analysis of the Aggregate Matchinh Process in France, Great Britain and Spain

Bell, U.-L. - 1997

Recent research attempting to understand the behaviour of unemployment, and more generally the labour market itself, has emphasised the need to further our understanding of labour market dynamics. Underlying this approach is the assumption that labour markets are characterised by a constant...

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Exploring Labor Market Institutions: A Political Economy Analysis.

Saint-Paul, G. - Département et Laboratoire d'Économie Théorique … - 1996

In this paper, we argue that many of the rigidities that characterize European labour markets can be understood as the outcome of political influence by incumbent employees. We then empirically investigate the determinants of labour market institutions and show that the results are consistent...

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