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Gavosto, Venturini, Villosio (1999) find that the impact of foreign workers on the wage of natives was positive. Such a result was partly to be expected, and therefore the effect of immigrants on native employment is analyzed here. Two aspects of the unemployment experience are taken into...
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competition for principals or agents. While we do observe substantial and significant ratchet effects in the baseline (no … competition) case of our model, we find that ratchet behavior is nearly eliminated by labor-market competition; interestingly this …
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(Smith 1962) and recent theoretical results (Dufwenberg et al. 2008) suggest that competition forces people to behave as if …
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(Smith 1962) and recent theoretical results (Dufwenberg et al. 2008) suggest that competition forces people to behave as if …
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(2000) testing for endogenous competition among job seekers in a matching frame-work, is replicated with a richer and more … accurate data set for Germany. Their results are confirmed and found to be surprisingly robust. Second, the matching framework … is augmented by endogenous strategic hiring behavior on the side of vacancyposting firms. Neglecting job competition, the …
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Im Großen und Ganzen sind die Sozialversicherungen zukunftsfähig aufgestellt; gleichwohl besteht weiterer Handlungsbedarf. Mit der Agenda 2010 und dem Wechsel von einem Defined Benefit- auf ein Defined Contribution-System hat die Regierung Schröder den ersten, mit der Schuldenregel, der Rente...
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der Lohnbildung in Deutschland abzumildern, wäre es wahrscheinlich hilfreicher, die Betriebsebene zu umgehen und die …
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Ähnlich wie in den neuen Ländern insgesamt bewegen sich die Arbeitslosenzahlen in Sachsen auf hohem Niveau, nehmen aber im Gegensatz zu Westdeutschland seit drei Monaten saisonbereinigt ab. Angesichts der schwierigen allgemeinen Konjunkturlage spricht dies für eine gestiegene...
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Wage Dispersion and Efficiency. It is often assumed that markets generate efficient allocations, but these are not necessarily fair. The widening of wage differentials that is currently observed is interpreted in this manner: Skill-biased technological progress increases demand for skilled work...
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