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Labor exports from Palestine to Israel : a boon or bane for the West Bank economy?
Agbahey, Johanes; Siddig, Khalid Hassan Ali; Grethe, Harald - In: IZA journal of labor policy 10 (2020) 1/8, pp. 1-25
This article analyzes the effects on the West Bank economy of temporary Palestinian employment in Israel, using a new database and a computable general equilibrium model. The results show that Palestinian employment in Israel increases household incomes but distorts the operation of the West...
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Implications of labor supply specifications in CGE models : a demonstration for employment of Palestinian labor in Israel and its impact on the West Bank economy
Agbahey, Johanes; Siddig, Khalid Hassan Ali; Grethe, Harald - 2020
Results of general equilibrium models are sensitive to model parameterization and specification. The role of macroeconomic closures and the effect of trade elasticities are documented in the literature, but there is no systematic analysis of the implications of different labor supply...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012232857
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Implications of labor supply specifications in CGE models: A demonstration for employment of Palestinian labor in Israel and its impact on the West Bank economy
Agbahey, Johanes; Siddig, Khalid; Grethe, Harald - 2020
Results of general equilibrium models are sensitive to model parameterization and specification. The role of macroeconomic closures and the effect of trade elasticities are documented in the literature, but there is no systematic analysis of the implications of different labor supply...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012387261
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The Palestinian Labor Market over the Last Three Decades
Hallaq, Sameh - 2020
and human capital. Earnings and unemployment are the main labor market indicators, while the human capital impact was …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014090859
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The performance of immigrants in the German labor market
Beyer, Robert - 2017
This paper uses a large survey (SOEP) to update and deepen our knowledge about the labor market performance of immigrants in Germany. It documents that immigrant workers initially earn on average 20 percent less than native workers with otherwise identical characteristics. The gap is smaller for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011598931
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Homeownership and labour market outcomes : micro versus macro performances
Beugnot, Julie; Lacroix, Guy; Charlot, Olivier - 2014
unemployment rates. To this end, we develop a matching model à la Pissarides (2000) in which homeowners are assumed to be less …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010423759
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Labour market dynamics in Spanish regions : evaluating asymmetries in troublesome times
Sala, Hector; Trivín, Pedro - 2013
' relative position persists: those with the highest unemployment rates in 1996 were also in the worse position in 2012. To … reacts to regional employment shocks in a variety of cases. Shock responses are channelled via changes in unemployment …, unemployment and spatial mobility become the central ones in recession. We also provide evidence of real wage rigidities in both …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010221827
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Fighting Informality in Segmented Labor Markets. A General Equilibrium Analysis Applied to Uruguay
Estrades, Carmen; Terra, María Inés - In: Latin American Journal of Economics-formerly Cuadernos … 48 (2011) 1, pp. 1-37
As in other Latin American countries, labor informality in Uruguay mainly affects less educated workers, who are also more vulnerable to poverty. We analyze the impact of some policies against informality in Uruguay, applying a general equilibrium model with a segmented labor market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009024531
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The performance of immigrants in the German labor market
Beyer, Robert - 2016
This paper uses a large survey (SOEP) to update and deepen our knowledge about the labor market performance of immigrants in Germany. It documents that immigrant workers initially earn on average 20 percent less than native workers with otherwise identical characteristics. The gap is smaller for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011613463
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Labour market dynamics in Spanish regions : evaluating asymmetries in troublesome times
Sala, Hector; Trivín, Pedro - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 5 (2014) 2/3, pp. 197-221
' relative position persists: those with the highest unemployment rates in 1996 were also in the worse position in 2012. To … via changes in unemployment, labour market participation, and spatial mobility. Our results provide evidence of asymmetric … adjustment mechanism in expansion, unemployment and spatial mobility become the central ones in recession. We also provide …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010422338