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The labor market impacts of employer consolidation: evidence from Germany
Todd, Kevin; Heining, Jörg - 2020
of a rise in wages for workers initially employed at targets and at the acquiring (or 'buyer') firm who remain with the …
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The (heterogenous) economic effects of private equity buyouts
Davis, Steven J.; Haltiwanger, John C.; Handley, Kyle; … - 2022
The effects of private equity buyouts on employment, productivity, and job reallocation vary tremendously with macroeconomic and credit conditions, across private equity groups, and by type of buyout. We reach this conclusion by examining the most extensive database of U.S. buyouts ever...
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Unemployment benefits and unemployment in the great recession : the role of macro effects
Hagedorn, Marcus; Karahan, Fatih; Manovskii, Iourii; … - 2013
We exploit a policy discontinuity at U.S. state borders to identify the effects of unemployment insurance policies on unemployment. Our estimates imply that most of the persistent increase in unemployment during the Great Recession can be accounted for by the unprecedented extensions of...
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Employment cyclicality and firm quality
Kahn, Lisa B.; McEntarfer, Erika - 2014
Who fares worse in an economic downturn, low- or high-paying firms? Different answers to this question imply very different consequences for the costs of recessions. Using U.S. employer-employee data, we find that employment growth at low-paying firms is less cyclically sensitive. High-paying...
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Should employment authorities worry about mergers and acquisitions?
Margolis, David N. (contributor) - 2006
. Second, it examines which individuals from which firms remain with the newly created entity after the takeover. Using a … active in the post-takeover period, with employees of the acquired firm being less likely to remain with the new entity in … the short term after takeover than those of the acquiring firm and with the differences between the two types of firms …
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Private Equity, Jobs and Productivity : Reply to Davis, Haltiwanger, Handley, Jarmin, Lerner, and Miranda (2018) (A Comment deux)
Ayash, Brian - 2018
Davis, Haltiwanger, Handley, Jarmin, Lerner, and Miranda (2014) provide evidence that the impact of controversial leveraged buyouts on employment is modest. Our paper challenges this view. We argue that the sample tested in Davis et al. (2014) is not specific to controversial leveraged buyouts...
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Worker-level consequences of import shocks
Nilsson-Hakkala, Katariina; Huttunen, Kristiina - 2016
We analyse the effects of imports on employment and earnings by distinguishing between import competition in final products and firms' use of imports in production (offshoring). We use Finnish worker-firm data merged with product-level trade data. We focus on Chinese imports and instrument them...
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The unequal cost of job loss across countries
Bertheau, Antoine; Acabbi, Edoardo; Barceló, Cristina; … - 2022
We document the consequences of losing a job across countries using a harmonized research design. Workers in Denmark and Sweden experience the lowest earnings declines following job displacement, while workers in Italy, Spain, and Portugal experience losses three times as high. French and...
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The unequal consequences of job loss across countries
Bertheau, Antoine; Acabbi, Edoardo; Barceló, Cristina; … - 2022
We document the consequences of losing a job across countries using a harmonized research design applied to seven matched employer-employee datasets. Workers in Denmark and Sweden experience the lowest earnings declines following job displacement, while workers in Italy, Spain, and Portugal...
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The Effect of the Hartz Labor Market Reforms on Post-Unemployment Wages, Sorting, and Matching
Woodcock, Simon D. - 2020
wages of displaced German workers after they returned to work. We also present a simple new method to decompose the wage … wages of displaced workers after their return to work. Women experienced smaller wage losses than men.For both sexes, over …-displacement wages …
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