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Visa waivers, multilateral resistance and international tourism : some evidence from Israel
Beenstock, Michael; Felzenshtain, Daniyel; Rubin, Ziv - 2015
This paper tests the visa-led tourism hypothesis (VTH) which contends that easing of visa restrictions increases international tourism. Israel acts as a natural laboratory in this case with clear before and after junctures in visa restrictions. We use panel data on tourism to Israel from 60...
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How city type, trust and technology affect corruption : a multilevel comparative study : ERSA 55th Congress
Korosteleva, Julia; Mickiewicz, Tomasz; Stepien, Paulina - 2015 - Submission 909 (extended abstract with results)
In this study we investigate how both local environment and individual characteristics explain incidence of corruption. More specifically, we explore how city size, and residing in a capital city influence the two aspects of corruption, notably in individuals' contact with officials, and in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011478214
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Locating foreign affiliates in Germany: The case of Swedish MNEs
Braconier, Henrik; Ekholm, Karolina - 2001
sensitive to the level of wage costs in Germany and in other potential locations in high-income Europe, but not to the level of … wage costs in Sweden or low-income countries in Europe. Finally, we find that the cross-wage elasticity showing the effect … of increases in labour costs in other high-income locations in Europe on employment in German affiliates of Swedish MNEs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295592
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The impact of ICT investments on the relative demand for high-medium-, and low-skilled workers: Industry versus country analysis
Schneider, Dorothee - 2010
In this paper I analyze the effects of information and communication technology (ICT) on compensation shares of high-, medium-, and low-skilled workers. Com- pared to other studies, I investigate this question using a considerably richer data set with respect to the length of time series, set of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270727
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The labor share: A review of theory and evidence
Schneider, Dorothee - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281476
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The impact of ICT investments on the relative demand for high-medium-, and low-skilled workers : industry versus country analysis
Schneider, Dorothee - 2010
In this paper I analyze the effects of information and communication technology (ICT) on compensation shares of high-, medium-, and low-skilled workers. Com- pared to other studies, I investigate this question using a considerably richer data set with respect to the length of time series, set of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003953009
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Do firms demand temporary workers when they face workload fluctuation? : cross-country firm-level evidence on the conditioning effect of employment protection
Dräger, Vanessa; Marx, Paul - 2012
Although the negative economic effects of temporary employment are widely discussed, cross-country research on firms' demand for temporary employment is rare. National studies indicate that workload fluctuations are one major motive for firms to employ temporary workers. By studying a novel data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009629715
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Workers' skill level and information technology : evidence from German service firms
Falk, Martin; Seim, Katja - 1999
This paper analyses the link between human capitaland information technology(IT ) in the service production process. The analysis is based on 1994 cross-sectional data for 1929 German. Firms drawn from the first wave of the Mannheim Service Innovation Panel (MIP-S). Factor demand functions are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011442453
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The labor market performance of first-generation immigrants : evidence for Switzerland
Golder, Stefan M. - 1999
This paper is concerned with the study of the labor market performance of immigrants. The unemployment rate is used as an indicator and natives as the reference group for the analysis. The analysis proceeds in two steps. In a first step, probit regressions on the unemployment probabilities are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011475909
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Do Firms Demand Temporary Workers When They Face Workload Fluctuation? Cross-Country Firm-Level Evidence on the Conditioning Effect of Employment Protection
Dräger, Vanessa - 2012
Although the negative economic effects of temporary employment are widely discussed, cross-country research on firms' demand for temporary employment is rare. National studies indicate that workload fluctuations are one major motive for firms to employ temporary workers. By studying a novel data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099406