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Upon arrival in a host country, immigrants often have lower obesity rates (as measured for instance by BMI-body mass index) than their native counterparts do, but these rates converge over time. In light of the worldwide obesity epidemic and the flow of immigrants into host countries with higher...
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people, particularly women, are less likely to be employed and, when employed, are likely to earn lower wages. There is some …
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In light of the remarkable number of young people who pass through a period of temp work at the beginning of their career the question arises whether labor market entry via temporary work agency (TWA) employment has any (persistent) effects on labor market outcomes. We investigate this issue...
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market consequences. We use the Synthetic Control Group Method (SCGM) and the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW …) to estimate the causal effect of mandated sick leave on employment and wages. Our findings do not provide much evidence … that employment or wages were significantly affected by the mandates which typically allow employees to earn one hour of …
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people, particularly women, are less likely to be employed and, when employed, are likely to earn lower wages. There is some …
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This study examines the impacts of imports from China and from the Rest of the World (ROW) on the wages of Brazilian … imports from China and from the ROW had different effects on manufacturing skilled and unskilled workers’ wages. Both the … other industries, while the Chinese import penetration had a positive effect on skilled workers’ wages. For the unskilled …
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This article examines the overall effect of global value chains (GVCs) on labour market outcomes, namely wages and …-least-squares method. The results indicate that GVC position is negatively correlated both with wages and with employment, while the effect …
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