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Local multipliers in OECD regions
Dijk, Jasper J. van - 2014
has a local demand for non-tradable goods and the size of the non-tradable sector is directly dependent on the size of the … consumption by the local inhabitants. Depending on the preferences of the inhabitants this will increase demand for non …
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Local multipliers, unemployment and migration : an empirical analysis of the United States
Dijk, Jasper J. van - 2014
welfare reform policies that make it harder to get benefits. There is little emphasis on 'labour demand policies'. Labour … demand policies stimulate employers to provide more jobs or increase the quality of their jobs (Bartik, 2001). Bartik argues … preferences of the inhabitants this will increase demand for non-tradable goods and depending on the technology required to …
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#EleNão : economic crisis, the political gender gap, and the election of Bolsonaro
Barros, Laura; Santos Silva, Manuel - 2020 - This version: March 1, 2020
differential effects of the recession by gender and race, we show that heterogeneity in exposure to the labor demand shock by the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012438200
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Women and the labour market in East and West Germany : the role of socialist legacy and pre-socialist tradition
Wyrwich, Michael - 2019
There is a successful and growing number of studies published in top-economics journals that exploit the division and re-unification of Germany as a natural experiment for analysing the effects of political regimes on economic behaviour. One strand of the literature shows that socialism shaped...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012287659
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Labor market polarization and intergenerational mobility : theory and evidence
Hennig, Jan-Luca - 2021
In this paper I investigate the causal relationship between labor market polarization and intergenerational mobility, two of the most important features of advanced labor markets in recent decades. The former relates to the disappearance of middle-wage routine jobs and the rise of both high- and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013326554
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An increase in the retirement age in China : the regional economic effects
Chen, Anping; Groenewold, Nicolaas - 2015
China?s pension system is in need of comprehensive reform in that it is fragmented in its coverage and significantly … have been similar proposals in many other countries and they are in line with improved health and life-expectancy. In China … and SOE employees. Since this structure differs considerably across the regions in China, it is likely that a change in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011483712
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Cluster evolution in mature industrial cluster : the case of Prato Marshallian ID after the entrance of Chinese firm populations (1945-2011) : 54th ersa conference, "Regional devel...
Lazzeretti, Luciana; Capone, Francesco - 2014
The aim of the present research is to participate to the recently resurged debate on cluster life cycle theory among scholars of New Evolutionary Geography and Industrial Economics, starting from the seminal contributions of Menzel and Fornhal (2010). Authors pointed out how the very cluster...
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Determining minimum wages in China : do economic factors dominate?
Dreger, Christian; Kosfeld, Reinhold; Zhang, Yanqun - 2016
Minimum wages may be an important instrument to reduce income inequality in a society and to promote socially inclusive economic growth. While higher minimum wages can support the Chinese transformation towards consumption driven growth, they can worsen the price competitiveness in export...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011867048
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Provincial valuations of human capital in urban China, inter-provincial inequality and the implicit value of a Guangdong hukou
Zax, Jeffrey S. - 2016
This paper assesses regional inequality in contemporary urban China by predicting earningss for individual workers in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011867074
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The effect of terrorism on tourism demand in the Middle East
Bassil, Charbel - In: Peace economics, peace science and public policy 20 (2014) 4, pp. 669-684
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