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The Share of Foreigners in One's Occupation and Attitudes towards Foreigners
Pecoraro, Marco; Ruedin, Didier - 2017
This paper examines the relationship between attitudes towards foreigners and the share of foreigners at the occupational level. Using a question on equal opportunities for foreigners from the Swiss House-hold Panel, ordered probit regressions with standard controls show that: (a) there is a...
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The share of foreigners in one's occupation and attitudes towards foreigners
Pecoraro, Marco; Ruedin, Didier - 2017
This paper examines the relationship between attitudes towards foreigners and the share of foreigners at the occupational level. Using a question on equal opportunities for foreigners from the Swiss House-hold Panel, ordered probit regressions with standard controls show that: (a) there is a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011749353
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Labor Market Frictions and Dynamic Labor Demand.
Michaels, Ryan - 2010
This dissertation explores the microeconomic and aggregate implications of an array of employmentadjustment frictions. Chapter 1 investigates the JOBS Bank, a unique employment adjustment cost that prevailed in the domestic automobile industry for nearly 20 years. The JOBS Bank required...
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Linear Adjustment Costs and Seasonal Labour Demand: Unemployment Insurance Experience Rating in Retail Trade
Anderson, Patricia - Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics - 1992
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010928376
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Linear Adjustment Costs and Seasonal Labour Demand: Unemployment Insurance Experience Rating in Retail Trade
Anderson, Patricia - Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics - 1992
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005548182
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Linear Adjustment Costs and Seasonal Labour Demand: Unemployment Insurance Experience Rating in Retail Trade
Anderson, Patricia - Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics - 1992
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010701642
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Does immigration help alleviate economy-wide labour shortages?
Fortin, Pierre - 2024
I study the impact of Canada's expansive immigration policy launched in 2016 on labour shortages in six regions of the …, and after the 2020-2021 pandemic. Since immigration not only expands the supply of labour, but also adds to the demand for …-sense belief that more immigration contributes to reducing economy-wide labour scarcity is wrong and constitutes a dangerous …
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Labour supply and employment in the euro area countries - developments and challenges
Masuch, Klaus (contributor);  … - European System of Central Banks / Monetary Policy … - 2008
The aim of this report, which has been prepared by a Task Force of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Eurosystem, is to describe and analyse the main developments in labour supply and its determinants in the euro area, review the links between labour supply and labour market institutions,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011641224
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Integration of Immigrants
Delander, Lennart; Hammarstedt, Mats; MÅnsson, Jonas; … - In: Evaluation Review 29 (2005) 1, pp. 24-41
In this article, the authors evaluate a Swedish pilot scheme that targeted immigrants with weak Swedish-language skills registered as unemployed at public employment offices. By sandwiching work-oriented language teaching and practical workplace training, the project aimed at enhancing the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011144546
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Unemployment, underemployment, and employment opportunities : results from a correspondence audit of the labor market for college graduates
Nunley, John M.; Pugh, Adam; Romero, Nicholas; Seals, Alan - 2014
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