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Industrial change, stability of relative earnings, and substitution of unskilled labor in West-Germany
Steiner, Viktor; Mohr, Robert D. - 1998
We analyze the dramatic decline of the employment share of unskilled labor in the West German economy, in particular its relation to the relatively rigid earnings structure. We find that the substitution elasticity between unskilled and skilled labor is rather low in most sectors of the economy....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011441629
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Unemployment in the European Union : institutions, prices, and growth : presented at CESifo Area Conference on Employment and Social Protection, June 2004
Karanassou, Marika; Sala, Hector; Snower, Dennis J. - 2004
This paper presents a reappraisal of unemployment movements in the European Union. Our analysis is based on the chain … reaction theory of unemployment, which focuses on (a) the interaction among labor market adjustment processes, (b) the … growth drivers. Estimating a system of labor market equations for a panel of EU countries, we derive the dynamic unemployment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011450238
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Unemployment in the European Union : institutions, prices, and growth
Karanassou, Marika (contributor); Sala, Hector (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001868121
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Unemployment in the European Union : institutions, prices, and growth
Karanassou, Marika (contributor); Sala, Hector (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001800159
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Unemployment in the European Union : institutions, prices, and growth
Karanassou, Marika; Sala, Hector; Snower, Dennis J. - 2004
This paper presents a reappraisal of unemployment movements in the European Union. Our analysis is based on the chain … reaction theory of unemployment, which focuses on (a) the interaction among labor market adjustment processes, (b) the … growth drivers. Estimating a system of labor market equations for a panel of EU countries, we derive the dynamic unemployment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002166465
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Unemployment in the EU : institutions, prices and growth
Karanassou, Marika; Sala, Hector; Snower, Dennis J. - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002006487
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Industrial change, stability of relative earnings, and substitution of unskilled labor in West-Germany
Steiner, Viktor - 1998
We analyze the dramatic decline of the employment share of unskilled labor in the West German economy, in particular its relation to the relatively rigid earnings structure. We find that the substitution elasticity between unskilled and skilled labor is rather low in most sectors of the economy....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013428158