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Centralized wage determination and regional unemployment differences: the case of Italy
Caponi, Vincenzo - 2008
This paper addresses the problem of the dualism of the Italian economy, particularly of its labor market. Although the Italian labor market is considered to be the most highly regulated among OECD countries, the unemployment rate in the North, which represents two thirds of the whole economy, is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268742
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Do foreigners replace native immigrants? Evidence from a panel cointegration analysis
Brücker, Herbert; Fachin, Stefano; Venturini, Alessandra - 2009
the immigration of foreigners replaces domestic mobility from poor to rich regions. We focus on Italy, which is … characterized by market differences in earnings between the North and the South. Based on a panel cointegration approach we exploit …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271297
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Tourism and Economic Growth in Latin American Countries: A Panel Data Approach
Eugenio-Martín, Juan Luis; Morales, Noelia Martín; … - 2004
We consider the relationship between tourism and economic growth for Latin American countries since 1985 until 1998 …. The analysis proposed is based on a panel data approach and the Arellano-Bond estimator for dynamic panels. We obtain … variables. We show that the tourism sector is adequate for the economic growth of medium or low-income countries, though not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011324906
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Deconstructing the climate migration myth: Assessing the impact of the 2022 floods on the movement of local populations in rural Punjab
Chaudhry, Rabia; Youkhana, Eva - 2024
The link between climate change and migration has gained considerable recognition in recent years. Yet, it remains a complex and highly divisive issue in policy and academic circles alike. Fanned by populist politics and partisan media, misleading claims of large-scale migration of climate...
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Internal Migration, Regional Labour Market Dynamics and Implications for German East-West Disparities – Results from a Panel VAR
Alecke, Björn; Mitze, Timo; Untiedt, Gerhard - 2009
German states between 1991-2006. We adopt a Panel VAR approach to identify the feedback effects among the variables and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265805
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Dialects, cultural Identity, and economic exchange
Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan; Lameli, Alfred; … - 2010
We investigate whether time-persistent cultural borders impede economic exchange across regions of the same country. To measure cultural differences we evaluate, for the first time in economics, linguistic micro-data about phonological and grammatical features of German dialects. These data are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266077
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Are immigrants more mobile than natives? Evidence from Germany
Schündeln, Matthias - 2007
Low rates of internal migration in many European countries contribute to the persistence of significant regional labor market differences. To further our understanding of the underlying reasons I study internal migration in Germany, using the Mikrozensus, a very large sample of households living...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268515
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The impact of college graduation on geographic mobility: identifying education using multiple components of Vietnam draft risk
Malamud, Ofer; Wozniak, Abigail - 2008
College-educated workers are twice as likely as high school graduates to make lasting long-distance moves, but little is known about the role of college itself in determining geographic mobility. Unobservable characteristics related to selection into college might also drive the relationship...
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The effect of migration on income growth and convergence: meta-analytic evidence
Ozgen, Ceren; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - 2009
migration variable in a growth regression increases the estimate of beta convergence slightly. Studies that use panel models or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269575
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Dialects, cultural identity, and economic exchange
Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan; Lameli, Alfred; … - 2010
We investigate whether time-persistent cultural borders impede economic exchange across regions of the same country. To measure cultural differences we evaluate, for the first time in economics, linguistic micro-data about phonological and grammatical features of German dialects. These data are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269659