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unemployment. Underemployment constitutes another important adjustment channel, while the evidence for informal employment is more …
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unemployment. Underemployment constitutes another important adjustment channel, while the evidence for informal employment is more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011674485
unemployment. Underemployment constitutes another important adjustment channel, while the evidence for informal employment is more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012961853
It is often argued that a mandatory minimum wage is binding only if the wage density displays a spike at it. In this paper we analyze a model with search frictions and heterogeneous production technologies, in which imposition of a minimum wage affects wages even though, after imposition, the...
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This paper surveys the existing empirical research that uses search theory to empirically analyze labor supply questions in a structural framework, using data on individual labor market transitions and durations, wages, and individual characteristics. The starting points of the literature are...
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margin since it is driven by flows from permanent wage employment to unemployment. We also show that older, non-Latvian and …
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margin since it is driven by flows from permanent wage employment to unemployment. We also show that older, non-Latvian and …
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margin since it is driven by flows from permanent wage employment to unemployment. We also show that older, non-Latvian and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011427677
-off policy of firms can explain the relatively high level of unemployment amongst lower educated workers and the relatively … strong sensitivity of their unemployment rate to the business cycle. We find that lay-off rates decrease with education but … with a higher level of education can not explain the stronger cyclicality of the unemployment rate for lower educated …
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We examine the pattern and costs of worker displacement in Estonia as the transition process develops. Using retrospective Labour Force Survey data covering the period 1992-1999, we show that the displacement rate in Estonia has fallen as the economy picks up and that the incidence of...
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