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Is Labour Rigidity Harming Europe's Competitiveness? The Effect of Job Protection on the Pattern of Trade and Welfare.

Saint-Paul, G. - Département et Laboratoire d'Économie Théorique … - 1995

We develop a model to analyse the implications of firing costs on international specialization.

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Issues of Environmental and Labor Standards in the Global Trading System.

Brown, D.K.; deardroff, A.V.; Stern, R.M. - Michigan - Center for Research on Economic & Social Theory - 1997

-related environmental and labor standards. As pointed out by Anderson (1996) and Bhagwati (1996), these calls for action have been motivated …

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Labor Standards and Trade.

Stern, R.M. - Research Seminar in International Economics, University … - 2000

This paper explores the wide disparity of views on issues of international labor standards and the available options … for addressing the issues involved. The discussion and analysis include: the definition and scope of labor standards …; theoretical aspects of the economic effects of labor standards and the available empirical evidence; global, regional, national …

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Standardization Policy and International Trade.

Gandal, N.; Shy, O. - Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University - 1996

In this paper we examine the incentives for governments to recognize the standards of foreign products. In the case of …

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The Effect of International Trade on Labour Demand Elasticities: Intersectoral Matters

Jean, Sébastien - Centre d'études prospectives et d'informations … - 2000

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The march of the techies : technology, trade, and job polarization in France, 1994-2007

Harrigan, James; Reshef, Ariell; Toubal, Farid - 2016

Using administrative employee-firm-level data on the entire private sector from 1994 to 2007, we show that the labor market in France has polarized: employment shares of high and low wage occupations have grown, while middle wage occupations have shrunk. During the same period, the share of...

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The March of the Techies : Technology, Trade, and Job Polarization in France, 1994-2007

Harrigan, James - 2016

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The Ontario-Quebec Continental Gateway: A Situational Analysis of Human Resources Needs

Achkar, Souleima El - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2009

This report examines human resource and skills issues pertaining to the Ontario-Quebec Continental Gateway and Trade Corridor over the short- to medium-term (within the next five years). Based on information gathered through interviews with industry representatives and labour market data...

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The effects of education-job (mis)match on the earnings of graduates in the Czech Republic

Sedláček, Jan; Zelenka, Martin - In: Národohospodářský obzor : časopis věnovaný … 21 (2021) 2, pp. 105-150

This paper deals with the effects of education-job (mis)match on the earnings of higher education graduates in the context of higher education expansion and different phases of the economic cycle in the Czech Republic in 2006-2018. It aims to contribute to knowledge about the effects of...

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Labour Productivity Convergence Among European Union Countries, 1970 to 1990: The Role of Structural Change.

Doyle, E.; O'Leary, E. - Department of Economics, Faculty of Commerce - 1996

New evidence is presented on the degree of aggregate and sectoral labour productivity convergence among eleven EU countries between 1970 and 1990.

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