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A Test of the ‘Krugman Hypothesis’ for the United States, Britain, and Western Germany

Puhani, Patrick A. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

Rising wage inequality in the U.S. and Britain (especially in the 1980s) and rising continental European unemployment … large data sets from the U.S., Britain, and western Germany to test the Krugman hypothesis for the 1990s, when unemployment …

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The Rise and Fall of Swiss Unemployment: Relative Demand Shocks, Wage Rigidities, and Temporary Immigrants

Puhani, Patrick A. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

Switzerland, traditionally a ‘zero unemployment’ economy, has seen an unprecedented rise in joblessness in the 1990s … although unemployment fell again to a rather low level after 1997. This paper tests whether Switzerland experienced a negative … shock and find that they were rigid, which can explain the relative unemployment increase for this group. Finally, I test …

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In-Work Benefits and the Nordic Model

Kolm, Ann-Sofie; Tonin, Mirco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Welfare benefits in the Nordic countries are often tied to employment. We argue that this is one of the factors behind the success of the Nordic model, where a comprehensive welfare state is associated with high employment. In a general equilibrium setting, the underlining mechanism works...

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The Labor Market Costs of Conflict: Closures, Foreign Workers, and Palestinian Employment and Earnings

Miaari, Sami H.; Sauer, Robert M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

In this paper, we measure the implications of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for Palestinian employment and earnings. We quantify the conflict by the frequency of temporary closures of the West Bank and Gaza Strip and the number of overseas foreign workers in the Israeli labor market. Data on...

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Self-Selection and Earnings During Volatile Transition

Dimova, Ralitza; Gang, Ira N. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

Using Bulgarian Integrated Household Surveys for 1995, 1997 and 2001 this paper explores determinants of labor force status – not working, public sector employment, private sector employment and self-employment – and earnings for each of the three employment sectors. We find that while...

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Work Out or Out of Work: The Labor Market Return to Physical Fitness and Leisure Sport Activities

Rooth, Dan-Olof - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

This study is the first to present evidence of the return to leisure sports in the job hiring process by sending fictitious applications to real job openings in the Swedish labor market. In the field experiment job applicants were randomly given different information about their type and level...

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Income and Employment Effects of Health Shocks - A Test Case for the German Welfare State

Riphahn, Regina T. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1998

leaving the labor force and almost doubles the unemployment risk. The financial effects of health shocks are small on average …

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Differences in Early Occupational Earnings of UK Male Graduates by Degree Subject: Evidence from the 1980-1993 USR

Bratti, Massimiliano; Mancini, Luca - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

This paper investigates the differences in early occupational earnings of UK male graduates by degree subject during the period 1980-1993. We match administrative student-level data from the Universities' Statistical Record (USR) and occupational earnings information from the New Earnings Survey...

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Labor Markets, Inequality and Poverty in Georgia

Yemtsov, Ruslan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001

The labor market is the main channel through which economic growth affects poverty. This paper is the first empirical account of main channels through which the growth in transition period has affected labor market and living standards in Georgia. It is based on both the official aggregate...

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Negative and Positive Assimilation By Prices and By Quantities

Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

probability, unemployment probability, and hours worked per week). Using the 2006 Australian Census of Population and Housing the …

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