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Labour market effects of Eastern European migration in Wales
Lemos, Sara - 2010
The enlargement of the European Union in May 2004 triggered a relatively large and rapid migration inflow into Wales … effect of migration inflows on the labour market. We found little evidence that the inflow of accession migrants contributed … to a fall in wages or a rise in claimant unemployment in Wales between 2004 and 2006. In particular, we found no evidence …
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Wage differences between polish and romanian intra-EU migrants in a flexi-secure labour market : an over-time perspective
Felbo-Kolding, Jonas; Leschke, Janine - In: Work, employment and society : a journal of the British … 37 (2023) 4, pp. 877-896
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Income Taxation : Is Progressivity Fostered by the Left and Hampered by the Right?
Puy, M. Socorro - 2016
This study examines the strategic use of progressive income tax reforms in retaining political incumbents. We propose an incumbent -- challenger model in which parties care about winning the elections and implementing their ideal level of public good. The incumbent first selects a certain income...
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Government Employment and Wages and Labor Market Performance
Demekas, Dimitri G.; Kontolemis, Zenon G. - 2021
Government wage, benefit, and employment decisions are not taken on a profit-maximizing basis and have a substantial impact on aggregate labor market performance and unemployment. In a two-sector labor market model with free mobility of labor, an increase in government wages or benefits reduces...
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Testing the immigrant assimilation hypothesis with longitudinal data
Beenstock, Michael; Chiswick, Barry R.; Paltiel, Ari - In: Review of Economics of the Household 8 (2010) 1, pp. 7-27
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Migrants' missing votes
Giesing, Yvonne; Schikora, Felicitas - 2020
Emigrants are less likely to participate in elections in their home country. They are also self-selected in terms of education, gender, age, and political preferences, changing the structure of the origin population. High emigration rates can therefore have a systematic influence on election...
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The Effect of Homeownership on Geographic Mobility and Labor Market Outcomes
Winkler, Hernan - 2011
This paper examines the effect of homeownership on mobility and labor income and provides new evidence that owning a home makes workers less likely to move in response to labor market shocks. To identify this effect, I develop and estimate a structural dynamic model of housing choices, migration...
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How does technological innovation and diffusion affect inter-industry workers' mobility?
Magnani, Elisabetta - In: Structural change and economic dynamics : SC+ED 20 (2009) 1, pp. 16-37
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Wage structures, employment adjustments and globalization : evidence from linked and firm-level panel data
Marsden, David (ed.); Rycx, François (contributor) - 2010
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Occupational change and mobility among employed and unemployed job seekers
Longhi, Simonetta; Taylor, Mark P. - 2011
We use data from the Labour Force Survey to show that employed and unemployed job seekers in Great Britain originate from different occupations and find jobs in different occupations. We find substantial differences in occupational mobility between job seekers: employed job seekers are most...
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