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inequality by providing privileged individuals with access to more attractive labor market opportunities. We assess this …
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positive shocks towards connected firms by increasing these firms' available supply of connected labor. We ascertain that our … separations essentially unaffected. Increases in the supply of connected labor, therefore, cause the creation of additional jobs …
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In this article, we study the impact of changes of total labor costs on employment of low-wage workers in France in a … period, 1990 to 1998, that saw sudden and large changes in these costs. We use longitudinal data from the French Labor Force … survey (? enqu?te emploi ?) in order to understand the consequences of real decreases and real increases of the labor cost …
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We use longitudinal individual wage and employment data in France and the United States to investigate the effect of changes in the real minimum wage rate on an individual?s employment status. We focus on workers employed at wages close enough to the minimum in a reference year as to be illegal...
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This empirical paper analyzes labor market sorting across establishments using Swedish register data on cognitive and … through the emergence of markets where each specific skill can be traded s eparately. Our empirical results show that labor is …
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In this article, we study the impact of changes of total labor costs on employment of low-wage workers in France in a … period, 1990 to 1998, that saw sudden and large changes in these costs. We use longitudinal data from the French Labor Force … survey ("enquête emploi") in order to understand the consequences of real decreases and real increases of the labor cost. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011339081
We use longitudinal individual wage and employment data in France and the United States to investigate the effect of changes in the real minimum wage rate on an individual's employment status. We focus on workers employed at wages close enough to the minimum in a reference year as to be illegal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011339095
Are product market and entry regulation key sources of low employment growth in many European countries? We investigate this question in the context of the French retail trade industry. Since 1974, approval by regional zoning boards has been required for the creation or extension of any large...
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We use longitudinal individual wage, hours, and employment data to investigate the effect of the February 1, 1982 mandatory reduction of weekly working hours in France. Just after François Mitterrand's election in May 1981, the government decided to increase the minimum wage by 5%. Then, as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011405795
We use longitudinal individual wage, hours, and employment data to investigate the effect of the February 1, 1982 mandatory reduction of weekly working hours in France. Just after François Mitterrand?s election in May 1981, the government decided to increase the minimum wage by 5%. Then, as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261525