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The Effect of Trade Liberalization on Informality and Wages: Evidence from Mexico

Aleman-Castilla, Benjamin - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2006

This paper studies the impact of NAFTA on informality and real wages in Mexico. Using a dynamic industry model with firm heterogeneity, it is predicted that import tariff elimination could reduce the incidence of informality by making more profitable to some firms to enter the formal sector,...

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The Impact of Chernobyl on Health and Labour Market Performance

Lehmann, Hartmut; Wadsworth, Jonathan - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2011

Using longitudinal data from Ukraine we examine the extent of any long-lasting effects of radiation exposure from the Chernobyl disaster on the health and labour market performance of the adult workforce. The variation in the local area level of radiation fallout from the Chernobyl accident is...

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In brief: Chernobyl: the long-term health and economic consequences

Lehmann, Hartmut; Wadsworth, Jonathan - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2011

Hartmut Lehmann and Jonathan Wadsworth assess the long-lasting effects of radiation exposure from the Chernobyl disaster on the people of Ukraine.

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Musn't Grumble. Immigration, Health and Health Service Use in the UK and Germany

Wadsworth, Jonathan - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2012

A rise in population caused by increased immigration, is sometimes accompanied by concerns that the increase in population puts additional or differential pressure on welfare services which might affect the net fiscal contribution of immigrants. The UK and Germany have experienced significant...

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Industrial Structure and Child Labor: Evidence from the Brazilian Population Census

Rosati, Furio Camillo; Manacorda, Marco - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2010

find that exogenous compositional changes account for around 20% of the observed fall in child employment in rural areas. …

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Lovely and lousy jobs

Manning, Alan - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2013

The phenomenon of 'job polarisation' is increasing inequality as the labour market splits into high- and low-wage work. According to Alan Manning, who coined the term a decade ago, we cannot ignore job polarisation - but with sensible policies, we can manage it. Aiming for greater equality in...

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Has job polarisation squeezed the American middle class?

Boehm, Michael - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2013

Job polarisation has had strong effects on US workers' relative wages, according to research by Michael Boehm. His study examines whether the decline in manufacturing and clerical jobs has been responsible for the lagging wages of middle-skill workers in the United States. Comparing the...

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Explaining Job Polarization in Europe: The Roles of Technology, Globalization and Institutions

Goos, Maarten; Manning, Alan; Salomons, Anna - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2010

This paper shows the employment structure of 16 European countries has been polarizing in recent years with the … employment shares of managers, professionals and low-paid personal services workers increasing at the expense of the employment … the single most important factor behind the observed shifts in employment structure. We find some evidence for offshoring …

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Has Job Polarization Squeezed the Middle Class? Evidence from the Allocation of Talents

Boehm, Michael J. - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2013

of employment in middle-skill production and clerical occupations - so-called job polarization. I study whether job …

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We Can Work It Out: the Impact of Technological Change on the Demand for Low Skill Workers

Manning, Alan - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2004

There is little doubt that technology has had the most profound effect on altering the tasks that wehumans do in our jobs. Economists have long speculated on how technical change affects boththe absolute demand for labour as a whole and the relative demands for different types of labour.In...

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