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This study analyses the relationship between minimum wages, average wages and employment in the Greek private sector throughout the past decade, using published IKA data on employment and wages, as well as data on minimum statutory wages. It appears that minimum wages affect a substantial...
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As recent efforts to reform immigration policy at the federal level have failed, states have started to take immigration matters into their own hands and researchers have been paying closer attention to state dynamics surrounding immigration policy. Yet, to this date, there is not a clear...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532778
As recent efforts to reform immigration policy at the federal level have failed, states have started to take immigration matters into their own hands and researchers have been paying closer attention to state dynamics surrounding immigration policy. Yet, to this date, there is not a clear...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009753850
This paper investigates the sources of wage growth over the life cycle, where individuals have the possibility to acquire vocational training at the start of their career. Wage growth is determined by sectoral and firm mobility, unobserved ability and the accumulation of human capital. Workers...
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provide an independent rationale for why workers change jobs. The inclusion of a job amenity as part of the quot …;valuequot; can also generate a move from either high-paying to low-paying or low-paying to high-paying jobs as part of an optimal …
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target income approach (ii) elaborating on the importance of effort variability for understanding labor supply, including a …
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As recent efforts to reform immigration policy at the federal level have failed, states have started to take immigration matters into their own hands and researchers have been paying closer attention to state dynamics surrounding immigration policy. Yet, to this date, there is not a clear...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013080870
In this paper we study the occupational progress and earnings attainment of immigrants in Germany over time and compare them to native Germans. Our analysis is guided by the human capital and segmented labor market theories. To assess the separate effects of occupational segmentation and...
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The important debate about how economic fluctuations affect employment reallocation in heterogeneous businesses is currently open in the literature. This debate is relevant as it matters for the understanding of the labor market dynamics, and for devising labor policies that aim at dampening...
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As recent efforts to reform immigration policy at the federal level have failed, states have started to take immigration matters into their own hands and researchers have been paying closer attention to state dynamics surrounding immigration policy. Yet, to this date, there is not a clear...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010659917