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Minimum Wages and Firm-Level Employment in a Developing Country

Sjöholm, Fredrik - 2020

The effect of minimum wages on employment is a matter of debate, and the existing empirical literature contains mixed … these changes in minimum wages affect employment, considering the effect both on employment within plants and on exit of … plants. Our results show no evidence of an effect of minimum wages on employment in Indonesian plants. One explanation found …

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Minimum wages in New Zealand: policy and practice in the 21st century

Maré, David Christopher; Hyslop, Dean Robert - 2021

to adverse employment effects, we expect there are downside risks for youth and low skilled workers' employment. As …

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Minimum wages and firm-level employment in a developing country

Sjöholm, Fredrik - 2020

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Securing Jobs in Times of Recession. The German Experience during the Financial Crisis 2008/2009/Asegurando los puestos de trabajo en tiempos de recesión. La experiencia alemana du...

DIETZ, MARTIN; STOPS, MICHAEL; WALWEI, ULRICH - In: Estudios de Economía Aplicada 30 (2012) Abril, pp. 59-100

As a consequence of the global financial crisis Germany experienced the deepest slowdown of its economy since World War II. However, given the sharp decrease of GDP the German labour market was quite stable compared to previous recessions when the labour market response was stronger. Therefore,...

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On the Peculiar Relevance of a Fundamental Dilemma of Minimum-Wage Regulation in Post-Socialism - Apropos of an International Investigation

Istvan Gabor R. - Közgazdaság-tudományi Intézet, Közgazdaság- és … - 2010

bottom of earnings distribution, it may have the side-effect of worsening their employment prospects. A demand …-and-supply interpretation of data on the relative employment rate and earnings position of the least educated in the EU27 suggests that the …

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Unemployment Invariance

Karanassou, Marika; Snower, Dennis J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

This paper provides a critique of the "unemployment invariance hypothesis," according to which the behavior of the labor market ensures that the long-run unemployment rate is independent of the size of the capital stock, productivity, and the labor force. Using Solow growth and endogenous growth...

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Unemployment Invariance

Karanassou, Marika; Snower, Dennis J. - School of Economics and Finance, Queen Mary - 2002

This paper provides a critique of the ``unemployment invariance hypothesis,'' according to which the behavior of the labor market ensures that the long-run unemployment rate is independent of the size of the capital stock, productivity, and the labor force. Using Solow growth and endogenous...

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Safeguarding Jobs through Labor Hoarding in Germany

Dietz, Martin; Stops, Michael; Walwei, Ulrich - In: Applied Economics Quarterly (formerly: Konjunkturpolitik) 61 (2010) Supplement, pp. 125-166

the sharp decrease in GDP the levels of employment and unemployment are still quite stable. One possible reason for the …

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Avoiding the Eye of the Storm: How to Deal Effectively with Job Crises

Johansson, Sara; Paci, Pierella; Revenga, Ana; Rijkers, Bob - In: World Bank - Economic Premise (2010) 40, pp. 1-5

economic downturns on employment opportunities without affecting long-term growth prospects. This was painfully highlighted by …

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Confronting Low Pay: Minimum Wage Policy and Employment in the U.S. and France

Howell, David R.; Azizoglu, Bert M.; Okatenko, Anna - Bernard Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis … - 2012

since the mid-1990s, French unemployment and employment rates show stability or improvement as well as strong convergence to … worsening employment opportunities for vulnerable workers. Making work pay for the bottom third of the workforce should be a top …

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