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Der vormoderne Allokationsprozess von Arbeit in Deutschland
Pierenkemper, Toni; Kendzia, Michael J. - 2010
took place and trace back the development of wage labor within agriculture, industry and service sector. In particular, the …-industrial time the social organization of work occurred in various forms and that wage labor was rather a rare phenomenon in the … beginning of the 19th century. Hence, a widespread and functioning labor market cannot be identified at that time. Rudimentary …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003968435
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Immigrant-native differences in welfare participation : the role of entry and exit rates
Hansen, Jörgen (contributor); Lofstrom, Magnus (contributor) - 2006
; labor market behavior ; transition ; state dependence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003359294
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The new economic case for migration restrictions : an assessment
Clemens, Michael A.; Pritchett, Lant - 2016
Total Factor Productivity) to rich countries – offsetting efficiency gains from the spatial reallocation of labor from low …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011452382
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The economic and fiscal effects on the United States from reduced numbers of refugees and asylum seekers
Clemens, Michael A. - 2022
International migrants who seek protection also participate in the economy. Thus the policy of the United States to drastically reduce refugee and asylum-seeker arrivals from 2017 to 2020 might have substantial and ongoing economic consequences. This paper places conservative bounds on those...
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The labor market effects of refugee waves : reconciling conflicting results
Clemens, Michael A.; Hunt, Jennifer - 2017
the labor-market effects of other important refugee waves can be produced by spurious correlation between the instrument …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011664509
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The effect of low-skill immigration restrictions on US firms and workers : evidence from a randomized lottery
Clemens, Michael A.; Lewis, Ethan - 2022
pre-registered subsamples. The results imply very low substitutability of native for foreign labor in the policy …-relevant occupations. Forensic analysis suggests similarly low substitutability of black-market labor. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013429412
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Lessons from the Ottoman Harem (on ethnicity, religion and war)
Iyigun, Murat (contributor) - 2008
The Ottoman Empire had a profound impact in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa at the apogee of its power, covering the era between 1453 C. E. and 1699 C. E. In this paper, I exploit the empire's unique culture and institutions to examine the roles of ethnicity and religion in conflict and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003726794
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The rise and fall of the "Normalarbeitsverhältnis" in Germany
Pierenkemper, Toni - 2009
anachronistic and obsolete. -- Economic history ; standard employment ; Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003825120
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From Angela's Ashes to the Celtic Tiger : early life conditions and adult health in Ireland
Delaney, Liam; McGovern, Mark E.; Smith, James P. - 2009
We use data from the Irish census and exploit regional and temporal variation in infant mortality rates over the 20th century to examine effects of early life conditions on later life health. Our main identification is public health interventions which eliminated the Irish urban infant mortality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003910207