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Real Wage Cyclicality in Germany and the UK: New Results Using Panel Data

Peng, Fei; Siebert, W. Stanley - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

This paper compares the cyclical behaviour of male real wages in Germany and the UK using the German Socio … unemployment rate as the cyclical measure, we find real wages of stayers in the private sector in West Germany - but not East … Germany - to be procyclical, and quite sensitive to unemployment, comparable to the US and the UK. We find cyclicality in the …

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Work Hours Constraints and Health

Bell, David N.F.; Otterbach, Steffen; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

Germany and the United Kingdom. Based on nationally representative longitudinal data, our results show that work …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009371916

Made in China, Sold in Norway: Local Labor Market Effects of an Import Shock

Balsvik, Ragnhild; Jensen, Sissel; Salvanes, Kjell G. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

We analyze whether regional labor markets are affected by expo- sure to import competition from China. We find negative employment effects for low-skilled workers, and observe that low-skilled workers tend to be pushed into unemployment or leave the labor force altogether. We find no evidence of...

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Immigrant Child Poverty in Scandinavia: A Panel Data Study

Galloway, Taryn Ann; Gustafsson, Björn; Pedersen, Peder J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

Immigrant and native child poverty in Denmark, Norway and Sweden 1993 to 2001 is investigated using large sets of panel … Norway have an immigrant origin, and that corresponding proportion is as high as about a half in Denmark as well as in Sweden …

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How Destructive Is Creative Destruction? The Costs of Worker Displacement

Huttunen, Kristiina; Møen, Jarle; Salvanes, Kjell G. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

We analyze short and long-term effects of worker displacement. Our focus is on prime-age male workers displaced from Norwegian manufacturing plants. We find that displacement increases the probability of exiting the labor force by about 5 percentage points. This indicates that studies using data...

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The Agricultural Origins of Time Preference

Galor, Oded; Özak, Ömer - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

This research explores the origins of the distribution of time preference across regions. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically, that geographical variations in natural land productivity and their impact on the return to agricultural investment have had a persistent effect on...

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Commodity Markets Outlook, April 2015

Economics Research, World Bank Group; World Bank Group

The decline in commodity prices that began with metals and agriculture four years ago—joined by crude oil in mid-2014 …, agriculture, precious metals, and fertilizers. Price forecasts to 2025 for 46 commodities are also presented, together with …

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Developing Mongolia.

Yusuf, S.; Burki, S.J. - World Bank Group - 1992

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Pakistan's Public Agricultural Enterprises: Inefficiencies, Market Distorsions, and Proposals for Reform.

Faruqee, R.; Ali, R.; Choudhry, Y. - World Bank Group - 1995

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Cultural Diversity, Geographical Isolation, and the Origin of the Wealth of Nations

Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

This research argues that variations in the interplay between cultural assimilation and cultural diffusion have played a significant role in giving rise to differential patterns of economic development across the globe. Societies that were geographically less vulnerable to cultural diffusion...

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