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degree of frictions and other determinants. We correct for worker self-selection into high-wage jobs. Using within …
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This paper investigates the role that idiosyncratic uncertainty plays in shaping social preferences over the degree of labor market flexibility, in a general equilibrium model of dynamic labor demand where the productivity of firms evolves over time as a Geometric Brownian motion...
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variable. Wage level, monitoring intensity and consequently the desired enforceable effort level are jointly determined by the …
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firm with stochastic product demand and hiring cost (= irreversible specific investments). There is wage bargaining between …
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In this paper we investigate trade union formation. To this end we apply a model with two types of labour where both groups decide on whether they prefer to be represented by either two independent craft-specific (professional) labour unions or by a joint (encompassing) labour union. Applying...
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public competitions brings with it a substantial wage premium (ranging from 7 to 32%). Informal networks bring with them a … wage penalty (-6.5%) in the state sector, where formal hiring methods are common, and a wage premium (6.3%) in social … in job search methods between state and private organisations explain from 50% to 100% of the conditional wage …
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Using the 1996-2001 Chilean CASEN Panel Survey, this paper analyzes the impact onincome of the switch from salaried employment to entrepreneurship (self-employment andleadership of micro-enterprises). By means of a difference-in-differences non-parametricmatching estimator the paper alleviates...
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as the number of job applications that workers send out. The wage distribution and job search intensities are … simultaneously opening more vacancies and increasing participation. A modest binding minimum wage or conditioning UI benefits on …
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We evaluate the effects of international outsourcing and labor taxation on wage formation and equilibrium unemployment … in dual labor markets. Outsourcing promotes wage dispersion between the high-skilled and low-skilled workers. Higher … domestic low-skilled wage tax, higher payroll tax and lower wage tax exemption increase optimal outsourcing... …
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the number of job applications that workerssend out. The wage distribution and job search intensities are simultaneously …
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