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Trends in worker displacement penalties in Japan: 1991–2005

Bognanno, Michael; Kambayashi, Ryo - In: Japan and the World Economy 27 (2013) C, pp. 41-57

We examine the period from 1991 to 2005 to document the effects of a changing Japanese labor market on the consequences of job change for workers, focusing on the change in the wages between initial and subsequent employment. During this period, job changes caused by separations from the initial...

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Central school exit exams and labor-market outcomes

Piopiunik, Marc; Schwerdt, Guido; Woessmann, Ludger - In: European Journal of Political Economy 31 (2013) C, pp. 93-108

market and, on rigid labor markets, for unemployment. Exploiting variation in exit-exam systems across German states, we find … labor market, as well as with lower unemployment. …

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The treatment of minimum wage in undergraduate economics textbooks revisited

Dolar, Veronika - In: International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education 4 (2013) 2, pp. 157-182

The discussion about how economics is taught in undergraduate courses is becoming more topical and professors have recently been accused of preaching free-market fundamentalism. In this paper, I review the coverage of the minimum wage in Principles of Economics textbooks to determine whether the...

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LISBON STRATEGY REVIVAL AND EUROPEAN UNION STRATEGY 2020 - SOME REMARKS

BELASCU, Lucian; OLTEAN, Livia; BALTADOR, Lia - In: Revista Economica 50 (2010) 3, pp. 89-92

European Union approaches regarding employment, competitiveness and environmental protection were strongly supported in the latest years; due to the quite significant gaps regarding European and especially the USA economy competitiveness. In this context, the article presents the main moments of...

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The Portability of Flexicurity in Italy

Tubi, Jody - ToKnowPress

A high unemployment rate is a typical European issue. During the ’80s and the ‘90s one tried to so solve such problem …

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Assessing the Decline of Wage Dispersion in Sweden

Björklund, Anders - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1986

No abstract.

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The Economics of Unemployment Insurance: The Case of Sweden

Björklund, Anders; Holmlund, Bertil - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1986

No abstract.

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Policies for Labor Market Adjustment in Sweden

Björklund, Anders - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1986

No abstract.

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Young FSU Migrants in Germany: Educational Attainment and Early Labor Market Outcomes

Flake, Regina - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2013

This study analyzes the educational attainment and early labor market outcomes of young migrants from the Former Soviet Union (FSU) who arrived in Germany between 1989 and 1994. The results reveal that migrants have lower educational attainments than natives, and that within the group of...

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Does the Phillips curve exist in the Philippines?

Furuoka, Fumitaka; Munir, Qaiser; Harvey, Hanafiah - In: Economics Bulletin 33 (2013) 3, pp. 2001-2016

This paper examines an intricate relationship between inflation rate and unemployment rate in the Philippines by … inflation rates and unemployment in the Philippines. In other words, the current study offered an additional empirical support …

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