Browsing by Subject "employment"
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Cyclical upgrading of labor and employment differences across skill groups
(2011)This paper examines the cyclical properties of employment rates in a search and matching model that features heterogeneous workers and jobs. I capture heterogeneity by postulating two skill levels: high and low. All low-skill ...
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Entrepreneurship, start-up costs and employment
(2001)We study the effects of business start-up costs on employment, in a model with managers, workers and matching. We show that higher start-up costs discourage entrepreneurs and increase the fraction of the population who ...
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Ethnic minority immigrants and their children in Britain
(2010)This paper investigates educational attainment and economic performance of ethnic minority immigrants and their children in Britain, in comparison to white British born. We find that ethnic minority immigrants and their ...
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General equilibrium effects of import constraints under variable labour supply, public goods and income taxation
(1999)We consider a general equilibrium trade model of a small open economy with a representative consumer, where labour supply is variable, where imports are restricted by a small tariff, a quota or a voluntary export restraint ...
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Immigration and international prices
(2012)This paper considers the relation between immigration and prices in a number of countries across the world over the period from 1990 to 2006. Immigration is shown to have a negative impact on international relative prices. ...
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Intertemporal output and employment effects of public infrastructure capital: evidence from 12 OECD economies
(2000)This paper utilises an intertemporal optimisation framework to study the effects of public infrastructure capital on output supply and input demands in 12 OECD countries. We find that in all 12 countries: (i) public capital ...
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Unemployment consequences of an aging population: An application of insider-outsider theory
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Why does intermarriage increase immigrant employment? the role of networks
(2010)Social networks are commonly understood to play a large role in the labor market success of immigrants. Using 2000 U.S. Census data, this paper examines whether access to native networks, as measured by marriage to a native, ...