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A test of the "Krugman hypothesis" for the United States, Britain, and Western Germany

Puhani, Patrick A. - 2003

Rising wage inequality in the U.S. and Britain (especially in the 1980s) and rising continental European unemployment … large data sets from the U.S., Britain, and western Germany to test the Krugman hypothesis for the 1990s, when unemployment …

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No role for the Hartz reforms? : demand and supply factors in the German labor market, 1993-2014

Burda, Michael C.; Seele, Stefanie - 2016

The supply and demand framework of Katz and Murphy (1992) provides new evidence on the source of changes in socially insured full-time and part-time employment in years preceding and following the implementation of the landmark Hartz reforms in Germany. Our findings are consistent with a stable...

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Flexibilität der qualifikatorischen Lohnstruktur und Lastverteilung der Arbeitslosigkeit : eine ökonometrische Analyse für Westdeutschland

Fitzenberger, Bernd; Franz, Wolfgang - 1998

Dieser Beitrag nimmt aus theoretischer und ökonometrischer Sicht zu der Kontroverse über die Bedeutung der qualifikatorischen Lohnstruktur zur Erklärung der Beschäftigungsstruktur Stellung. Basierend auf einer Einteilung in drei Qualifikationsgruppen zeigt sich empirisch, dass die Entlohnung...

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Structural estimation of search intensity : do non-employed workers search enough?

Gautier, Pieter; Moraga-González, José Luis; … - 2007

We present a structural framework for the evaluation of public policies intended to increase job search intensity. Most of the literature defines search intensity as a scalar that influences the arrival rate of job offers; here we treat it as the number of job applications that workers send out....

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Turbulence and the employment experience of older workers

Lalé, Etienne - 2016

This paper provides a unified account of the trends in unemployment and labor force participation pertaining to the … institutions in ways that deteriorate employment. The model explains simultaneously: (i) the fall in labor force participation in … the United States, (ii) the similar but more pronounced decline in Europe alongside rising unemployment rates and (iii …

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A test of the "Krugman hypothesis" for the United States, Britain, and western Germany

Puhani, Patrick A. - 2003

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Minimum wages, wage dispersion and unemployment : a review on new search models

Garloff, Alfred - 2008

Die Studie analysiert die theoretischen Auswirkungen von Mindestlöhnen auf Beschäftigung und Lohnspreizung in einem fluktuationsbedingten Szenario. Es wird ein Überblick über neue theoretische Forschungsansätze gegeben und der Einfluss von Mindestlöhnen auf Einkommen und Beschäftigung in...

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Labor supply dynamics, unemployment and human capital investments

Wasmer, Etienne - 2002

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Incomes and employment of Italian women, 1900-1950

Gabbuti, Giacomo; Gómez León, María - 2023 - This draft: October 31, 2023

In this paper, we aim to address a major gap in the economic history of interwar Italy, by discussing the evolution of women's incomes and employment during this crucial period of Italian and European history. After examining the available statistical evidence, we build on recently reconstructed...

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What explains the growing gender education gap? : the effects of parental background, the labor market and the marriage market on college attainment

Eḳshṭain, Tsevi; Keane, Michael P.; Lifshitz, Osnat - 2023

In the 1960 cohort, American men and women graduated from college at the same rate, and this was true for Whites, Blacks and Hispanics. But in more recent cohorts, women graduate at much higher rates than men. To understand the emerging gender education gap, we formulate and estimate a model of...

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