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High-School Dropouts and Transitory Labor Market Shocks : The Case of the Spanish Housing Boom
Aparicio Fenoll, Ainhoa - 2010
This paper addresses the implications of transitory changes in labor market conditions for low versus high educated workers on the decision to acquire education. To identify this effect, I use the improvement in the labor market prospects of low educated workers motivated by the increases in...
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Lost in Transition? Minimum Wage Effects on German Construction Workers
Bachmann, Ronald - 2012
Using a linked employer-employee data set on the German construction industry, we analyse the effects of the introduction of minimum wages in this sector on labour market dynamics. In doing so, we focus on accessions and separations, as well as the underlying labour market flows, at the...
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Negative Externalities and Equilibrium Existence in Competitive Markets with Adverse Selection
von Siemens, Ferdinand - 2009
on existing theories of competition in markets with adverse selection …
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The Economics of Credence Goods : On the Role of Liability, Verifiability, Reputation and Competition
Dulleck, Uwe - 2009
has little influence, as predicted. Seller competition drives down prices and yields maximal trade, but does not lead to …
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Choosing to Compete : How Different are Girls and Boys?
Booth, Alison L. - 2009
competition. Our subjects (students just under 15 years of age) attend publicly-funded single-sex and coeducational schools. We …
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Productivity Dynamics : The Role of Competition in a Service Industry
Breda, Thomas - 2019
changes in competition in the United States. The sector offers workplace employee representation through trade union branches … Productivity (TFP) than incumbents. Increased competition from new entrants leads incumbents to reduce the price of union …. Those with higher TFP have higher survival probabilities. However, increased competition does not induce incumbents to raise …
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Selecting Talent : Gender Differences in Participation and Success in Competitive Selection Processes
Farre, Lidia - 2019
We investigate whether competitive selection processes generate gender inequality in the context of a prestigious graduate fellowship program. All applications are scored remotely by expert reviewers and the highest ranked are invited to an in-person interview. The data show a very large gender...
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Why Does Emissions Trading Under the EU Ets Not Affect Firms' Competitiveness? Empirical Findings from the Literature
Joltreau, Eugénie - 2018
Environmental policies may have important consequences for firms' competitiveness or profit-ability. However, the empirical literature shows that hardly any statistically significant effects on firms can be detected for the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). We explain why there...
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Refugees and the Educational Attainment of Natives
Green, Colin P. - 2020
There has been a recent rapid increase in immigration into Europe, specifically in the form of refugees and asylum seekers. This raises a range of social challenges and a particular focus is education and school systems. A growing body of research investigates the impact of immigrants on native...
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Gender Gaps in Competition : New Experimental Evidence from UK Professionals
Clot, Sophie - 2020
towards competition in a sample of UK professionals working in two different companies. We find no gender differences in … attitudes towards competition nor in performance under a competitive reward scheme. This results qualifies the findings of a … large number of experimental studies that show that women are more likely than men to shy away from competition. We also …
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