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Trade, technology and labour markets : empirical controversies in the light of the Jones model
Pflüger, Michael - 2001
The deterioration of the income and employment position of unskilled workers in the OECD area since the 1980s is a well-documented fact. The debate about the causes of this development is dominated by two competing hypotheses, "North-South Trade" or "globalisation" and technological progress....
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Trade, labor market rigidities, and government-financed technological change
Koeniger, Winfried - 2001
commodity prices, openness induces the government to subsidize technological innovation in the developed country because …
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Information technology and the knowledge elites
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2001
occupation it may harm some workers while benefitting others; and it may either reduce or increase the proportion of knowledge … workers in employment. In my model, knowledge (in a broad sense) is an input into the production function of human capital …-quality one. People differ in their exogenous ability and ability is complementary with the quality of the knowledge input in the …
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Returns to education and wage equations
Pereira, Pedro Telhado; Martins, Pedro S. - 2001
education in the wage equation. We use a meta-analysis of results for Portugal to show, empirically, that this is the case. The …
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Employment adjustment in Portugal : evidence from aggregate and firm data
Addison, John T.; Teixeira, Paulino - 2001
This paper examines the pattern of employment adjustment in Portugal. First, the issue is addressed using a long time …
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Careers and wage growth within large firms
Lima, Francisco; Pereira, Pedro Telhado - 2001
The relationship between the worker's career path and wage growth is studied using a longitudinal sample of large firms. The econometric analysis shows that promoted workers receive a positive wage premium even if they stay in the same job level. Demotions are associated with negative wage...
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Unemployment duration : competing and defective risks
Addison, John T.; Portugal, Pedro - 2001
states, namely, inactivity and employment. The major innovation is our recognition of defective risks. We first use a …
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Job search methods and outcomes
Addison, John T.; Portugal, Pedro - 2001
Using Portuguese data, this paper investigates the effects of job search methods on escape rates from unemployment and of job-finding methods on earnings. The effectiveness of the job search process is also evaluated in terms of the periodicity of the resulting job match. Emphasis is accorded...
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Should I stay or should I go? Educational choices and earnings : an empirical study for Portugal
Modesto, Leonor - 2000
In this paper we analyse educational choices and earnings of individuals at two different levels in the Portuguese educational system. At each potential exit level we consider two decisions: the decision to continue studying and the employment decision, whereas normally only the first decision...
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Does education reduce wage inequality? : quantile regressions evidence from fifteen European countries
Pereira, Pedro Telhado; Martins, Pedro S. - 2000
-the case of Portugal; 2) a positive but stable role of education in terms of inequality - Austria, Finland, France …
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