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Measuring quality of life under spatial frictions

Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M.; Bald, Fabian; Roth, Duncan; … - 2024

Using a quantitative spatial model as a data-generating process, we explore how spatial frictions affect the measurement of quality of life. We find that under a canonical parameterization, mobility frictions-generated by idiosyncratic tastes and local ties-dominate trade frictions- generated by...

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Labor market regulation in Eastern Russia in 1918-1922 : institutional factors, mechanisms, and outcomes

Rynkov, Vadim Markovič - In: Russian journal of economics 7 (2021) 2, pp. 137-159

This article uses archival documents and periodical publications to analyze the impact of the Civil War on the labor market in the regions of Eastern Russia. It considers key labor market institutions such as legislation, infrastructure (labor exchanges, unemployment funds, and professional and...

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The labor market power of exporting firms : evidence from Latin America

Amodio, Francesco; Brancati, Emanuele; Roux, Nicolás de; … - 2024

Using establishment-level data from the World Bank Enterprise Survey, we assess the market power of exporting firms across 16 countries in Latin America. Leveraging information on export destinations, as well as exchange rate and price data, we construct exchange rate-driven shocks to the...

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Effects of the minimum wage on US county labor markets

Otterby, Dawn; Crawley, Andrew; Gabe, Todd M. - In: Regional science policy and practice : RSPP 16 (2024) 5, pp. 1-10

This study investigates the impacts of the minimum wage on U.S. regional labor markets. Using ten years of county-level data, we examine the relationship between the minimum wage and several key components of the labor market. Following past research, the number of people in the labor force is...

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Bedeutung der Sozialpartnerschaft bei der Bekämpfung des Fachkräftemangels in der Sozialwirtschaft : ein Vergleich zwischen der Kindertagesbetreuung und der Altenpflege

Böhme, René; Bleses, Peter - In: Vierteljahreshefte zur Arbeits- und … 1 (2024) 1, pp. 51-72

Die unattraktiven Arbeitsbedingungen in der Sozialwirtschaft, für die eine geringe Tarifbindung und zum Teil zersplitterte Arbeitsbeziehungen kennzeichnend sind, werden oft als ein Grund für den zunehmenden Fachkräftemangel in der Branche genannt. Obwohl zahlreiche Strategien zur Aufwertung...

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Islamic work ethics as a key engine of endogenous economic growth

Raies, Asma - In: Islamic economic studies 29 (2022) 2, pp. 86-99

paper to model this positive relationship between Islamic work ethics and economic growth and prove theoretically its … existence. Design/methodology/approach We develop an endogenous growth model very close technically to Lucas-Uzawa model (1988 … of endogenous economic growth and that the underdevelopment of Muslim populations is due to their low ethical capital …

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Europe's evolving graduate labour markets : supply, demand, underemployment and pay

Green, Francis; Henseke, Golo - In: Journal for labour market research 55 (2021) 1/2, pp. 1-13

everywhere and converged, and this upward convergence is forecast to persist. In contrast the growth of graduate jobs was slower …

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Gender gap dynamics among refugees and recent immigrants : different start, similar patterns?

Kosyakova, Yuliya; Salikutluk, Zerrin - 2023

In the last years, the labor market integration of immigrant women has received much attention in the migration literature. We examine gender differences in labor market integration among refugees and other new immigrants who came to Germany during a similar period from a dynamic perspective. We...

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Innovation investment and its impact on permanent employment

Velez Osorio, Iris Maria - In: Verslas : teorija ir praktika : Vilniaus Gedimino … 24 (2023) 2, pp. 371-378

Through investment in scientific, technological, and innovation activities and investment in computer equipment and communication, organizations try to create a strategy that helps them establish a better innovation performance. Mainly when these organizations are from the manufacturing...

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Spousal spillovers in the labor market : a structural assessment

Galaasen, Sigurd Mølster; Kruse, Herman - 2024

We explore the importance and nature of elderly couples' labor market interlinkages, and how such linkages shape the response to welfare reforms. To this end, we build a life cycle model with dual-earner households, featuring heterogeneous age gaps, non-separable leisure preferences, and...

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