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bargaining, minimum wages, employment protection and unemployment benefits affect the way in which wages respond to labor supply … shocks, and, hence, the labor market effects of immigration. We employ a wage-setting approach which assumes that wages … decline with the unemployment rate, albeit imperfectly. We find that wage flexibility is substantially higher in the UK …
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In this paper we examine nominal earnings flexibility in Ireland during the Great Recession. The Irish case is particularly interesting because it has been one of the countries most affected by the crisis. Using tax return data that are free of reporting error and cover the entire population of...
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Estimates of union wage effects have been challenged due to concerns over unobserved worker heterogeneity and endogenous job changes. Many believe that union wage premiums lead to business failures and other forms of worker displacement. In this paper, displacement rates and union wage gaps are...
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In flow models of the labor market, wages are determined by negotiations between workers and employers on the surplus … flows on wage formation as alternative to the traditional specification of wage equations where unemployment represents the …
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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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significant. Across all education groups, unemployment depresses subsequent wages more strongly at a higher age. However, the … German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) data for the years 2000 to 2016, we analyse unemployment durations and unemployment …-term unemployment. Furthermore, the duration of unemployment prior to finding a new job rises with age. This pattern is particularly …
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unemployment risks on individual wages are analyzed in chapter 2. Building on a portfolio model for the labor market, the effects … ein negativer Interaktionseffekt. Der marginale Effekt des Einkommensrisikos auf den Lohn ist positiv. Der marginale …Wages and statutory pension claims are connected via the German social insurance system. This dissertation analyzes …
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The scarring effect is defined as an increase in the probability of future unemployment spells and the reduction of … subsequent wages as the result of joblessness early in one's working years. Many youths get into a rut at the beginning of their … higher risk of subsequent unemployment and lower trajectory for future earnings after re-entry, it is crucial to gain a …
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urban areas may generate productivity advantages that result in higher wages. City size has an important impact on the … relative bargaining power of workers and firms in the labour market. When analysing the relationship of local wages and the …
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Unemployment immediately upon graduation is associated with substantial and permanent future earnings losses. Even for … very short unemployment spells the estimated earnings losses are statistically significant. These results are stable for … that unemployment upon graduation has the causal effect of reducing future earnings prospects. -- Scarring ; state …
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