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An estimation of the wage curve for Uruguay

Anaya, Marisa Carla Bucheli; Rodríguez-Villamil, … - In: REVISTA CUADERNOS DE ECONOMÍA (2012)

La existencia de la relación empírica entre salario y desempleo en Uruguay, se analizada en este trabajo. Se estiman varios modelos para el período 1986-2005 utilizando dos aproximaciones para medir el salario. Se obtiene una elasticidad de -0,09 entre desempleo y salarios. La elasticidad es...

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Trade, Technology, Income Distribution and Growth

Zuleta, Hernando; Pogorelova, Luiza - UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES-CEDE - 2012

We modify the standard trade model introducing the possibility of biased technological changes. This model help to explain the falling labor shares as well as the mixed changes in skill premium in developing countries after trade liberalization takes place.

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Estimating the Potential Impact of Combined Race and Ethnicity Reporting on Long-Term Earnings Statistics

McKinney, Kevin L.; Abowd, John M. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

We use place of birth information from the Social Security Administration linked to earnings data from the Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics Program and detailed race and ethnicity data from the 2010 Census to study how long-term earnings differentials vary by place of birth for different...

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Job mobility and assortative matching

Braunschweig, Luisa; Dauth, Wolfgang; Roth, Duncan - 2024

inequality. We estimate that the increase in assortative matching accounts for around 25% of the increase in wage inequality over …

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Directed search, wages, and non-wage amenities : evidence from an online job board

Escudero, Verónica; Liepmann, Hannah; Vergara, Damián - 2024

We leverage rich data from a prominent online job board in Uruguay to assess directed search patterns in job applications, focusing on posted wages and advertised non-wage amenities. We find robust evidence of directed search based on posted wages in the cross-section, with stark heterogeneity...

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Trading places : mobility responses of native and foreign-born adults to the China trade shock

Autor, David H.; Dorn, David; Hanson, Gordon H. - 2024

Previous research finds that the greater geographic mobility of foreign than native-born workers facilitates labor market adjustment to shifting regional economic conditions. We examine immigration's role in enabling U.S. commuting zones to respond to manufacturing job loss caused by import...

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Financial integration and wage inequality : evidence from European countries

Yun, Jinyeong - 2024

In this paper, I study the impact of financial integration on between-firm wage inequality using an unbalanced panel … increased wage inequality within industries. These effects are more pronounced in the mid-term rather than in the short … matters: inward finan- cial integration significantly increases wage inequality, while outward financial integration does not …

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Wage cyclicality and labour market institutions

Pereira, João Manuel; Ramos, Raúl; Martins, Pedro S. - 2024 - This version: 29 July 2024

Do labour institutions influence how wages respond to the business cycle? Such responsiveness can then shape several economic outcomes, including unemployment. In this paper, we examine the role of two key labour market institutions - collective bargaining and temporary contracts - upon wage...

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The value of commuting time, flexibility, and job security : evidence from current and recent jobseekers in Flanders

Van Landeghem, Bert G. M.; Dohmen, Thomas; Hole, Arne Risa - 2024

This study examines jobseekers' preferences for a variety of job attributes. It is based on a choice experiment involving 1,852 clients of the Flemish Public Employment Service (PES). Respondents value flexibility (e.g., remote work and schedule flexibility), job security and social impact of...

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Extraordinary labor market developments and the 2022-23 disinflation

Davis, Steven J. - 2024

Two extraordinary U.S. labor market developments facilitated the sharp disinflation in 2022-23 without raising the unemployment rate. First, pandemic-driven infection worries and social distancing intentions caused a sizable drag on labor force participation that began to reverse in the first...

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