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2. Spatial mobility and overeducation of young workers: New evidence from France.
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Fouquet, Florian and Sari, Florent
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YOUNG workers , *ROBUST control , *LABOR market , *EMPLOYEE education - Abstract
This paper explores the influence of spatial mobility on the risk of overeducation of French young workers. Mobilizing a survey following a cohort of young graduates entering the labour market from 2010 until 2013, our results reveal that interregional migration decreases the risk of (statistical and subjective) overeducation. We also evidence that migration to an economic centre (the Paris region) has an even stronger negative effect and that more educated workers benefit more from spatial mobility. These results are robust to controlling for self‐selection and the endogeneity of migration, as well as to various specifications of the model. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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3. Standard modularity is unsuitable for functional regionalization of spatial interaction data.
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Martínez‐Bernabéu, Lucas and Casado‐Díaz, José Manuel
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SOCIOECONOMIC factors ,LABOR market ,POLICY sciences ,STANDARDS - Abstract
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- 2021
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4. Regional labour markets in Spain: Can flexibility and local democracy reduce inefficiencies?
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Poggi, Ambra
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LABOR market ,JOB creation ,DEMOCRACY ,REGIONAL differences - Abstract
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- 2019
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5. The role of regional context on innovation persistency of firms.
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Tavassoli, Sam and Karlsson, Charlie
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TECHNOLOGICAL innovations ,COMMUNITY development ,PERSISTENCE (Economics) ,LABOR market ,EXTERNALITIES - Abstract
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- 2018
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6. Do agglomeration economies affect firms' returns to training? Evidence based on French industrial firms.
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Morin, Yoann and Védrine, Lionel
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ECONOMIES of agglomeration , *LABOR market , *BUSINESS enterprises , *EDUCATIONAL literature , *POACHING , *BUSINESS size - Abstract
This paper examines empirically the economic relationship between local labour market size and firm returns to training. Anchoring in the literature of micro‐foundation of agglomeration economies, we suspect that this relation is driven by two mechanisms: (i) labour pooling which should positively influence the returns to training through matching and learning effects and (ii) the risk of labour poaching, which tends to reduce the returns to training in larger labour markets. Our estimates, based on a large sample of French industrial firms, reveal that returns to training are increasing with the labour market size, suggesting that labour pooling dominates labour poaching effects. On average, returns to training lie between 6.7 and 7.7%, more in line with the microeconomic literature on education than previous studies focusing on training. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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7. Formal and statistical aspects of estimating Okun's law at a regional level.
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Boďa, Martin and Považanová, Mariana
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STATISTICAL models , *LABOR market , *MATHEMATICAL models - Abstract
The paper challenges the common practice of estimating Okun's law at a regional level and investigates the mathematical and statistical model valid for regional applications. Confining to the difference version of Okun's law, the paper demonstrates that if a trade‐off between output fluctuations and fluctuations in the labour market is to hold on an economy‐wide level, a completely different specification of Okunian equations ensues for regions than is currently considered in research studies on the topic. An econometric approach is proposed to provide estimates of Okunian equations compliant with the disaggregation model, and the issue is demonstrated for Italian regions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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8. Occupational concentration and outcomes for displaced workers.
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Kosteas, Vasilios D.
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LABOR market ,JOB hunting ,EMPLOYEES - Abstract
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- 2020
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9. Learning mobility grants and skill (mis)matching in the labour market: The case of the ' Master and Back' Programme.
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Crescenzi, Riccardo, Gagliardi, Luisa, and Orru', Enrico
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LABOR market ,ECONOMETRIC models ,GRADUATE students ,HUMAN capital ,LABOR economics ,EMPLOYMENT - Abstract
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- 2016
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10. How different are the wage curves for formal and informal workers? Evidence from Turkey How different are the wage curves for formal and informal workers? Evidence from Turkey.
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Baltagi, Badi H., Baskaya, Yusuf Soner, and Hulagu, Timur
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WAGES ,EMPLOYMENT statistics ,INFORMAL sector ,LABOR market ,REGIONAL economics ,DATA analysis - Abstract
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- 2013
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11. The accessibility to employment offices in the Spanish labour market* The accessibility to employment offices in the Spanish labour market.
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Suárez, Patricia, Mayor, Matías, and Cueto, Begoña
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EMPLOYMENT agencies ,LABOR market ,MUNICIPAL government ,ASSISTANCE in emergencies ,POLICY sciences - Abstract
This paper focuses on the differences in the levels of accessibility to public employment offices in the Spanish municipalities. Hence the main purpose is to evaluate the role of the public employment services in local labour markets by considering the physical distance to employment offices and the spatial structure of their catchment areas. First, we propose an accessibility measure and, second, we estimate a spatial model and test whether a higher accessibility to employment offices could contribute to reduce local unemployment rates. The results suggest that policy-makers should strive to improve the accessibility to employment offices so that adequate assistance to find suitable employment may be ensured to every jobseeker. Resumen Este artículo se centra en las diferencias en los niveles de accesibilidad a las oficinas públicas de empleo en los municipios españoles. El objetivo principal es por tanto evaluar el papel de los servicios públicos de empleo en los mercados laborales locales, en función de la distancia física a las oficinas de empleo y la estructura espacial de sus zonas de influencia. Primero, se propone una medida de accesibilidad y, a continuación, se estima un modelo espacial y se comprueba si una mayor accesibilidad a las oficinas de empleo podría contribuir a reducir las tasas de desempleo local. Los resultados sugieren que los responsables de formular políticas deberían esforzarse por mejorar la accesibilidad a las oficinas de empleo, a fin de poder asegurar a cada demandante de empleo la ayuda apropiada para que logre encontrar un empleo adecuado. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
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12. On labour market discrimination against Roma in South East Europe.
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Milcher, Susanne and Fischer, Manfred M.
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LABOR market ,REGRESSION analysis ,EMPLOYMENT discrimination ,BAYESIAN analysis ,MARKOV processes - Abstract
This paper directs interest on country-specific labour market discrimination Roma may suffer in South East Europe. The study lies in the tradition of statistical Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition analysis. We use microdata from UNDP's 2004 survey of Roma minorities, and apply a Bayesian approach, proposed by Keith and LeSage for the decomposition analysis of wage differentials. This approach is based on a robust Bayesian heteroscedastic linear regression model in conjunction with Markov Chain Monte Carlo estimation. The results obtained indicate the presence of labour market discrimination in Albania and Kosovo, but point to its absence in Bulgaria, Croatia and Serbia. Resumen Este artículo se preocupa por la discriminación en el mercado laboral que podría estar sufriendo la minoría romaní en el sureste de Europa. El estudio está basado en un análisis estadístico de la tradicional descomposición de Blinder-Oaxaca. Utilizamos microdatos de la encuesta del PNUD acerca de la minoría romaní y aplicamos un enfoque bayesiano, propuesto por Keith y LeSage, para el análisis de la descomposición de diferencias salariales. Este enfoque tiene como base un modelo de regresión lineal heterocedástico bayesiano robusto en conjunto con una estimación Monte Carlo basada en cadenas de Markov. Los resultados obtenidos indican la existencia de una discriminación en el mercado laboral de Albania y Kosovo, que sin embargo parece estar ausente en Bulgaria, Croacia y Serbia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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13. Variations in employment transportation outcomes: Role of site-level factors.
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Thakuriah (Vonu), Piyushimita
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EMPLOYMENT ,LABOR market ,UNEMPLOYMENT ,PUBLIC welfare policy - Abstract
The paper examines two labour market outcomes experienced by users of federally-funded transportation services for low-wage workers in the United States, using primary data from 23 locations. The propensity of users to be unemployed prior to using the service is found to be related to the type of service (fixed-route/demand-response) and location type (urban/rural) but not to aggregate local unemployment, variability in local unemployment rates or local welfare policies. The propensity to earn higher wages is related to the type of employment transportation service and location, and local unemployment levels. Results imply a need for locally-derived, coordinated employment transportation plans. Resumen Este artículo examina dos consecuencias del mercado laboral sufridas por los usuarios de servicios de transporte subvencionados por el gobierno federal para trabajadores de bajos ingresos en los Estados Unidos, haciendo uso de datos primarios de 23 localizaciones. Se ha encontrado que la propensión de los usuarios a estar desempleados antes de utilizar el servicio está relacionada con el tipo de servicio (ruta fija/demanda-respuesta) y el tipo de localización (urbana/rural), pero no con el desempleo local agregado, la variabilidad de las tasas de desempleo local o las políticas locales de asistencia social. La propensión a ganar salarios más altos está relacionada con el tipo de servicio de transporte del empleo y la localización, y las tasas de desempleo locales. Los resultados implican la necesidad de planes coordinados de transporte del empleo basados en las condiciones locales. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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14. Collected worker experiences, knowledge management practices and service innovation in urban Norway.
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Herstad, Sverre J., Solheim, Marte C. W., and Engen, Marit
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KNOWLEDGE management , *STATISTICAL association , *WORK experience (Employment) , *ACCESS to information , *LABOR market - Abstract
Knowledge‐intensive services firms prefer to locate in cities that provide access to rich information flows and abundant opportunities for learning‐by‐recruiting. Focusing specifically on such locations, this paper explores how innovation is associated with work experiences "collected" by employees through their recent career paths and the implementation by current employer firms of practices to manage knowledge. Strong complementarities are found using a unique Norwegian dataset: The statistical association between practices and innovation outcomes depends strongly on variety of experience‐knowledge among employees. Conversely, while said variety does not affect innovation in the absence of dedicated practices, it strongly does in their presence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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15. Testing for labour pooling as a source of agglomeration economies: Evidence for labour markets in England and Wales.
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Melo, Patricia C. and Graham, Daniel J.
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LABOR supply ,LABOR market ,INDUSTRIAL productivity ,INDUSTRIAL relations - Abstract
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- 2014
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16. Footloose: An analysis of the drivers of firm relocations over different distances.
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Weterings, Anet and Knoben, Joris
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BUSINESS relocation ,BUSINESS enterprises ,LABOR market ,BUSINESS development ,URBANIZATION ,RESEARCH & development ,INNOVATIONS in business - Abstract
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- 2013
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17. Labor supply and the business cycle: The "bandwagon worker effect".
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Martín‐Román, Ángel L., Cuéllar‐Martín, Jaime, and Moral, Alfonso
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BUSINESS cycles , *LABOR supply , *LABOR market , *SOCIAL influence , *ECONOMETRICS - Abstract
The relationship between labour force participation and the business cycle is a common topic in economic literature. However, few studies have examined if the cyclical sensitivity of labour force participation is influenced by social effects. In this paper, we construct a theoretical model defining a relatively new hypothesis, the bandwagon worker effect (BWE). We use spatial econometrics techniques to test the existence of the BWE in the local labour markets in Spain. Our results reveal a positive spatial dependence in the cyclical sensitivity of labour force participation that decreases as we fix a laxer neighbourhood criterion, which verifies the existence of the BWE. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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18. Job accessibility and job-education mismatch in the metropolitan area of Barcelona.
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Di Paolo, Antonio, Matas, Anna, and Raymond, Josep Lluís
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EMPLOYMENT & education ,LOCAL transit access ,PUBLIC transit ,URBAN transportation ,LABOR market - Abstract
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- 2017
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19. Overeducation in the Finnish regional labour markets.
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Jauhiainen, Signe
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LABOR market ,GENDER ,LABOR mobility ,PROBABILITY theory - Abstract
A spatially limited job search area is considered to be one of the explanations for overeducation. Previous studies have observed that living in a small labour market increases and spatial mobility reduces the probability of overeducation. This paper examines the influence of region and mobility on the risk of overeducation for men and women. Overeducated individuals are identified with a statistical measurement method. In total, 9.6 percent of all workers are overeducated. A probit model that controls for sample selection bias is used in the empirical analysis. The probability of overeducation seems to depend on the region. In other words, living in a large regional labour market decreases the probability of being overeducated. Resumen Se considera que un área de búsqueda de empleo limitada espacialmente es una de las razones de la sobreeducación. Estudios previos han observado que vivir en un mercado laboral pequeño aumenta la probabilidad de sobreeducación y que la movilidad espacial la reduce. Este artículo examina la influencia de la región y la movilidad en el riesgo de sobreeducación en hombres y mujeres. Se identifica a las personas sobreeducadas usando un método de medida estadística. En total, el 9.6 por ciento de personas trabajadoras están sobreeducadas. En al análisis empírico se utiliza un modelo probit para el control del sesgo en la selección de la muestra. La probabilidad de sobreeducación parece depender de la región. En otras palabras, vivir en un mercado laboral regional grande disminuye la probabilidad de ser una persona sobreeducada. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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20. Unrewarded careers in the creative class: The strange case of bohemian graduates.
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Comunian, Roberta, Faggian, Alessandra, and Qian Cher Li
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HUMAN capital ,CREATIVE ability ,PROFESSIONS ,HIGHER education ,LABOR market - Abstract
In recent years, the role of human capital in economic development has been integrated with the concept of ‘creative class’. To investigate the impact of creative occupations, the paper focuses on the jobs and career opportunities of individuals with high human capital in the creative disciplines (bohemian graduates). Using micro-individual student data by the Higher Education Statistical Agency, we highlight the mismatch between bohemian graduates and creative occupations and their low economic reward. The data question the role of bohemian graduates as agents of knowledge spillovers and highlight the need to differentiate between different type of human capital and job markets to better understand their influence on local growth. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
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21. The regional anatomy of youths' educational attainment in Spain: The role of the employment structure in local labour markets.
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Diaz‐Serrano, Luis and Nilsson, William
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SURGICAL & topographical anatomy , *LABOR market , *EDUCATIONAL attainment , *EMPLOYMENT , *SCHOOL choice - Abstract
This paper studies the link between the employment structure of local labour markets and the schooling choices of the youth in Spain. We construct a panel of Spanish provinces, and the effect of local labour markets was identified by using the variation in the share of employment by industry and gender across provinces and over time. A model with province fixed‐effects and specific‐slopes is used, which makes it possible to control for both time constant and time‐varying unobserved heterogeneity across provinces. A sizable impact is found for both boys and girls of the industry structure of employment on educational attainment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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22. Essential ingredients for radical innovations? The role of (un‐)related variety and external linkages in Germany.
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Hesse, Kolja and Fornahl, Dirk
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LABOR market , *TECHNOLOGICAL innovations - Abstract
The role of radical innovations for the economy has received increasing attention by German policy‐makers. This paper investigates how (un‐)related variety and external linkages influence these innovations in German labour market regions. Evidence is found that related and unrelated knowledge capabilities both support the emergence of radical innovations, although strong related capabilities are especially important. External linkages have an inverted u‐shape relation to radically new ideas and can act as substitute for missing unrelated competences in a region. The results shed new light on the emergence of radical innovations and thus have interesting scientific and practical implications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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23. Overeducation and overskilling in the early careers of PhD graduates: Does international migration reduce labour market mismatch?
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Ghosh, Sucharita and Grassi, Emanuele
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EMIGRATION & immigration , *LABOR market , *GRADUATES , *DOCTOR of philosophy degree , *OCCUPATIONS - Abstract
This paper examines the effect of international mobility on the education‐job mismatch and skill‐mismatch of PhD graduates after controlling for self‐selection into cross‐border mobility. Using individual‐level data from two waves of surveys of PhD recipients in Italy conducted by the Italian National Institute of Statistics, we find that migration to foreign countries reduces significantly the risk of overeducation and overskilling. These results remain robust to different empirical methodologies and subsamples. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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24. Self-employment transitions and alternation in Finnish rural and urban labour markets.
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Tervo, Hannu
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SELF-employment ,LABOR market ,LABOR supply ,EMPLOYMENT ,MARKOV processes - Abstract
This paper deals with the transitions and alternation between self-employment, paid-employment and non-employment in Finland in 1987–1999, paying special attention to differences in self-employment dynamics between areas characterized by different labour market conditions, viz. rural and urban locations. Markovian analysis reveals significant differences by the type of area in the processes of transition between the three labour market states. Alternation between self-employment and other labour markets states turns out to be greater in rural than urban areas. Five major types of alternating working careers are identified. The type of area is importantly related to alternating working careers even when all the important variables describing personal and family characteristics are included in the models. Este artículo trata con las transiciones y alternancia entre el trabajo por cuenta propia, trabajo por cuenta ajena y desempleo en Finlandia de 1987–1999, poniendo especial atención a las diferencias en dinámicas de trabajo autónomo entre áreas caracterizadas por condiciones del mercado laboral diferentes, a saber, ubicaciones rurales y urbanas. Un análisis Markoviano revela diferencias significativas por tipo de área en los procesos de transición entre los tres estados de mercado laboral. La alternancia entre el trabajo por cuenta propia y otros mercados laborales resulta ser mayor en áreas rurales que en urbanas. Se identifican cinco tipos principales de alternancia en el historial laboral. El tipo de área está relacionada de manera importante con historiales laborales alternantes incluso cuando todas las variables importantes que describen características personales y familiares están incluidas en los modelos. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008
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25. The determinants of new-firm survival across regional economies: The role of human capital stock and knowledge spillover.
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Acs, Zoltan J., Armington, Catherine, and Zhang, Ting
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HUMAN capital ,SERVICE industries ,RECESSIONS ,ECONOMIC indicators ,NEW business enterprises ,LABOR market ,LABOR - Abstract
Motivated by differences in new-firm survival across regions, this paper explores the impact of regional human capital on new-firm survival rates. New-firm survival is interpreted through formation rates of surviving versus closed firms in the service sector. By incorporating knowledge spillovers through a geographical variation model for Labour Market Areas, we empirically test the relationship between regional human capital stocks and new-firm survival. The expected positive relationship between regional human capital and new-firm survival is supported for the period 1993–1995, but is not as strong for the recession period 1990–1992. Controlling for human capital, the new-firm survival rate is negatively related to service sector specialisation and positively related to all-industry intensity, suggesting that city size and diversity may be an important determinant of new-firm survival in both periods. Motivado por las diferencias entre economías regionales en la supervivencia de nuevas empresas, este artículo explora el impacto del capital humano regional en las tasas de supervivencia de nuevas empresas. La supervivencia de nuevas empresas se interpreta a través de las tasas de formación de empresas supervivientes respecto de empresas que han cerrado en el sector servicios. Mediante la incorporación de spillovers (efectos derrame) de conocimiento en un modelo de variación geográfica para Áreas de Mercado Laboral, analizamos empíricamente la relación entre reservas de capital humano y la supervivencia de nuevas empresas. La esperada relación positiva entre el capital humano regional y la supervivencia de nuevas empresas es válida para el periodo 1993-1995, pero no lo es tanto para el periodo de recesión 1990-1992. Controlando la variable capital humano, la tasa de supervivencia de nuevas empresas esta relacionada negativamente con la especialización del sector servicios y positivamente relacionada a la intensidad del total de industrias, sugiriendo que el tamaño de la ciudad y la diversidad podría ser un factor determinante de la supervivencia de nuevas empresas en ambos periodos. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2007
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26. Thresholds for employment and unemployment: A spatial analysis of German regional labour markets, 1992–2000.
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Kosfeld, Reinhold and Dreger, Christian
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EMPLOYMENT ,UNEMPLOYMENT ,LABOR market ,EIGENFUNCTIONS - Abstract
This paper applies Verdoorn's and Okun's law to derive efficient estimates of the employment and unemployment threshold in the Unified Germany. The analysis is built on a disaggregated dataset of regional labour markets, where spatial dependencies are taken into account. Especially, a spatial SUR model is proposed utilising the eigenfunction decomposition approach suggested by Griffith (1996, 2000 ). The thresholds turn out to be unstable over time. However, minimum output growth sufficient for a rise in employment is below the level needed for a drop in the unemployment rate. If spatial effects are ignored, the thresholds seem to be markedly overrated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2006
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27. What city amenities matter in attracting smart people?
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Zheng, Liang
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SKILLED labor ,INTERNAL migration ,URBAN research ,SKILLED labor recruitment ,LABOR mobility ,LABOR market - Abstract
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- 2016
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28. Human capital and market size.
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Vives, Cecilia
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HUMAN capital , *LABOR market , *UNEMPLOYMENT - Abstract
This paper studies how the size of the labour market affects workers' decisions to invest in human capital. We consider a model of mismatch where firms rank workers according to their level of skills. The matching process operating in the market has the property that the job finding probability of workers depends on market size, market tightness and their ranking. The model is consistent with several facts highlighted in empirical studies: in bigger markets the distribution of human capital is more unequal and the returns to skill are higher. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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29. The effect of ICT adoption on labour demand: A cross‐region comparison.
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Goaied, Mohamed and Sassi, Seifallah
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INFORMATION & communication technologies , *MACROECONOMICS , *GENERALIZED method of moments , *UNEMPLOYMENT , *LABOR market - Abstract
This paper assesses the information and communications technologies (ICT)‐labour relationship from a macroeconomic perspective to clarify some ambiguity regarding the overall employment effect of ICT adoption in the short and long term. For that, we use two panel data techniques, generalized method of moments (GMM) and the pooled mean group model (PMG), on a large sample of developing and developed countries, covering five regions, during the period from 1990–2015. Our findings provide evidence that the overall impact of ICT adoption is labour saving in the short term, and this adverse effect still carries on in the long run, inducing higher structural unemployment. The displacement of the labour market induced by ICT adoption is real, persistent, and universal. Policy‐makers should facilitate the transition of labour from old to new jobs and reduce the period of adaptability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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30. The great urban techno shift: Are central neighbourhoods the next silicon valleys? Evidence from three Canadian metropolitan areas.
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Duvivier, Chloé and Polèse, Mario
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NEIGHBORHOODS ,EMPLOYMENT in high technology industries ,ECONOMETRICS ,GEOGRAPHIC information systems ,LABOR market ,CITIES & towns - Abstract
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- 2018
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31. Modelling regional labour market dynamics in space and time.
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Vega, Solmaria Halleck and Elhorst, J. Paul
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INDIGENOUS labor ,LABOR market ,SPACE in economics ,ECONOMICS ,ECONOMIC shock - Abstract
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- 2014
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32. Innovation and the local workforce.
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Maré, David C., Fabling, Richard, and Stillman, Steven
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ORGANIZATIONAL change ,LABOR supply ,IMMIGRANTS ,LABOR market ,BUSINESS size ,RESEARCH & development - Abstract
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- 2014
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33. Volatility in European regions.
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Brunetti, Irene, Fiaschi, Davide, Gianmoena, Lisa, and Parenti, Angela
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PER capita , *GROSS domestic product , *MARKET volatility , *MARKOV processes , *LABOR market - Abstract
This paper examines the growth rate volatility of European regions' per capita GDP from 1992 to 2008. We measure the regional volatility using a new methodology based on Markov matrices, and investigate its main determinants. Volatility displays a geographical pattern and a significant spatial dependence. Output composition appears one of the main drivers of volatility; among the other determinants we find a negative impact of the size of regional economies and of labour market flexibility, and a positive impact of sectoral concentration, financialization of the economy, and, occasionally, of participation in EMU. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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34. Matching and settlement patterns: The case of Norway.
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Moilanen, Mikko
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JOB vacancies , *JOB applications , *LABOR market , *LAND settlement patterns , *INTERNAL migration , *POPULATION density - Abstract
This paper estimates the matching of job seekers and vacant jobs in Norwegian regional labour markets. The main goal of the study is to analyse whether differing settlement patterns across regions can explain the ability of regional labour markets to form new matches. The basic matching function is extended to account for spatial spillovers between regions. The paper finds that matching efficiency in regions with low average population density, but with few dense, urban settlements, is as high as in urbanized high-density areas. It is therefore important to take into account both population density and dispersion of population within a region when analysing matching in regional labour markets. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
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35. Immigration and location choices of native-born workers in Canada.
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Aydede, Yigit
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LABOR , *LABOR market , *CROWDING out (Economics) , *CLUSTER analysis (Statistics) , *EMIGRATION & immigration - Abstract
This paper investigates a possible crowding-out effect of immigration in Canadian labour markets and explores how location choices of native-born workers can be influenced by industry and occupation specific immigration clustering in both the potential destinations and the departure regions. We apply choice-specific, clustered fixed-effect response models. The results show that industry-specific immigration clustering indices have strong and negative effects on the location choices of the native born. When the scaled immigration measures are used, the results confirm the 'substitution' hypothesis: native-born workers who choose lower immigration in their destinations also move from the origins with higher immigration in their industry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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36. EU regional unemployment as a transnational matter: An analysis via the Gompertz diffusion processs.
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Iacus, Stefano M. and Porro, Giuseppe
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UNEMPLOYMENT , *REGIONAL economics , *LABOR market , *ECONOMIC convergence , *GOMPERTZ functions (Mathematics) - Abstract
At the end of 1990s, Danny Quah devoted several papers to the analysis of polarization and stratification in the convergence processes of economies, creating the image of the 'convergence clubs' and suggesting the importance of studying the distribution dynamics of the macroeconomic variables. As for the labour markets, Overman and Puga (2002) showed that a progressive polarization of unemployment was in fact occurring among the European regions in 1986-1996, causing a phenomenon of cross-border clusterization. Here we propose to analyse the evolution of the unemployment rates of the EU 27 regions in the last two decades assuming that the unemployment rates evolve according to a Gompertz stochastic process. The estimated parameters of the process - intrinsic growth rate, deceleration factor, volatility - represent the evolutionary path of the unemployment rate and allow for estimating the steady state of the process. A cluster analysis is performed on the steady state values of the unemployment rates. The analysis confirms the emergence of several 'convergence clubs' among the European regional labour markets, which are compared to the clusters resulting from the more traditional clusterization on the current unemployment rates. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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37. Labour market effects of urban riots: An experimental assessment.
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Duguet, Emmanuel, Gray, David, L'Horty, Yannick, Parquet, Loïc, and Petit, Pascale
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LABOR market ,RIOTS ,JOB postings - Abstract
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- 2020
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38. The bright side of MAUP: Defining new measures of industrial agglomeration*.
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Menon, Carlo
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ECONOMIES of agglomeration ,LABOR market ,JOB skills ,ECONOMIC structure ,URBAN economics ,LABOR supply - Abstract
We present two new methodologies which exploit the 'bright side' of the modifiable areal unit problem. The first one produces an estimate of industrial agglomeration which significantly improves on existing indices; the second one provides a ranking of industries according to their responsiveness to labour market determinants of agglomeration. An empirical application based on US data shows that those industries which are highly dependent on the labour market in choosing their location are a mix of low and high skill sectors. Furthermore, we find that labour market determinants explain around one quarter of the variation of spatial agglomeration across industries. Resumen. Presentamos dos metodologías nuevas que hacen uso del 'lado bueno' del problema de la unidad espacial modificable. La primera produce una estimación de la aglomeración industrial que mejora de manera significativa los índices existentes y la segunda proporciona una clasificación de las industrias en función de su capacidad de respuesta a determinantes de aglomeración para el mercado laboral. La aplicación empírica de estas metodologías con datos de los EE.UU. muestra que las industrias que dependen fuertemente del mercado laboral a la hora de elegir su ubicación forman una mezcla de sectores tanto de alta como de baja cualificación. Asimismo, observamos que los determinantes del mercado laboral explican aproximadamente una cuarta parte de la variación de la aglomeración espacial entre industrias. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
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39. Real wages, amenities and the adjustment of working hours across local labour markets.
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Schlüter, Teresa
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REAL wages ,LABOR market ,WORKING hours ,LABOR supply ,PANEL analysis - Abstract
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- 2019
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40. Overlapping labour market areas based on link communities.
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Han, Yicheol and Goetz, Stephan J.
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LABOR market ,CITIES & towns ,TRANSPORTATION ,TELECOMMUNICATION systems ,POPULATION - Abstract
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- 2019
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41. Returns to migration, education and externalities in the European Union.
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Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés and Tselios, Vassilis
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MICROECONOMICS , *EDUCATION & economics , *EXTERNALITIES , *LABOR market - Abstract
This paper uses microeconomic data for more than 100,000 European individuals in order to analyse whether the individual economic returns to education vary between migrants and non-migrants and whether any differences in earnings between these two groups are affected by household and/or geographical (regional and interregional) externalities. The results point out that while education is a fundamental determinant of earnings, European labour markets do not discriminate in the returns to education between migrants and non-migrants. Household, regional and supra-regional externalities influence the economic returns to education in a similar way for local, intranational and supra-national migrants. The results are robust to the introduction of a large number of individual, household and regional controls. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
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42. Compensation for commuting in imperfect urban markets.
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Van Ommeren, Jos and Rietveld, Piet
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LABOR market ,LABOR supply ,COMMUTING ,AUTOMOTIVE transportation ,RESIDENTIAL mobility - Abstract
We develop an urban equilibrium job search model with employed and unemployed individuals where residential mobility of the unemployed is restricted. We assume a standard mono-centric model (firms are located in one location), but allow for imperfect labour markets. In contrast to models with perfect labour markets, the model predicts that the employed are only partially compensated for commuting costs in the form of wages. As a result, rent gradients are less steep than predicted by standard urban theories that assume perfectly competitive labour markets. Desarrollamos un modelo urbano de equilibrio de búsqueda de empleo con individuos empleados y desempleados donde se restringe la movilidad residencial de los desempleados. Asumimos un modelo monocéntrico estándar (las empresas se sitúan en una única ubicación), pero se permiten mercados de mano de obra imperfectos. En contraste con modelos con mercados de mano de obra perfectos, el modelo predice que los empleados reciben en forma de salario solamente una compensación parcial de los costes de trasladarse al puesto de trabajo. Como resultado, los gradientes en el alquiler son menos pronunciados de lo que predicen las teorías urbanas estándar que asumen mercados de mano de obra perfectamente competitivos. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2007
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43. Agglomeration effects and unemployment to work: Evidence from French data.
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Duguet, Emmanuel, L'horty, Yannick, and Sari, Florent
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ECONOMIES of agglomeration , *UNEMPLOYMENT , *LABOR market , *POPULATION density , *JOB descriptions , *ECONOMETRICS - Abstract
In this work, we explore the role of agglomeration economies on unemployment‐to‐work transition rates in French employment areas. Mobilizing administrative exhaustive data files from individuals registered at the employment agency, we estimate local transition rates that are independent of differences in local characteristics of job seekers. Then, observed disparities between areas are explained by population density, our measure for agglomeration effects, and some demographic and labor market characteristics. We retain econometrics models considering spatial dependency for our dependent variable but also endogeneity of our main variable of interest. We find a negative relationship between population density and unemployment to work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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44. Can regional policies shape migration flows?
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Cerqua, Augusto, Pellegrini, Guido, and Tarola, Ornella
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HUMAN migration patterns , *REGRESSION discontinuity design , *LABOR mobility , *PUBLIC goods , *LABOR market - Abstract
Our empirical analysis focuses on the effect of regional policies on migration attraction factors in Europe. We employ a regression discontinuity design to assess the causal relationship between the reception of large amounts of public funds and migration flows in the EU‐15 regions. In highly‐subsidised regions, we find a large increase in the share of foreign citizens from less‐developed countries when compared to low‐subsidised regions with similar pre‐treatment characteristics. The analysis shows that such an increase is due to the positive impact of the European regional policy on job market opportunities as well as the improvement of public goods supply. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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45. Geographical labor market imbalances. Recent explanations and cures. Chiara Mussida and Francesco Pastore (eds.) Berlin-Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 2015. Series: AIEL Series in Labour Economics. 370 pp., 107.09 EUR. ISBN 978-3-642-55202-1.
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Accetturo, Antonio
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LABOR market ,NONFICTION - Published
- 2016
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46. Unemployment by gender and gender catching-up: Empirical evidence from the Italian regions*.
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Belloc, Marianna and Tilli, Riccardo
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UNEMPLOYMENT ,GENDER identity ,GENDER inequality ,REGIONAL disparities ,LABOR market ,REFORMS ,STRUCTURAL break (Economics) - Abstract
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- 2013
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47. Age cohort effects on unemployment in the USA: Evidence from the regional level.
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LABOR supply , *UNEMPLOYMENT , *UNEMPLOYMENT statistics , *LABOR market , *AGE differences - Abstract
Since the early 1970s, it was argued that shifts from relatively smaller to larger youth cohorts in the labor force raise the unemployment rate. In contrast, using US state‐level data, two studies come to a contrary conclusion. I provide a theoretical framework for local labor markets that considers age cohort differences in labor market characteristics. Using a spatial panel data model and US county‐level data (2000–2014), the estimates provide strong evidence that aging of the working‐age population reduces overall unemployment by almost 1 percentage point. Long‐run effects that consider local feedbacks are even larger. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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48. Immigration and Native Employment. Evidence from Italian Provinces in the Aftermath of the Great Recession.
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Fusaro, Stefano and López‐Bazo, Enrique
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GREAT Recession, 2008-2013 , *GENDER , *EMIGRATION & immigration , *EMPLOYMENT , *LABOR market , *PUBLIC debts - Abstract
This study exploits the variability in the incidence of recent immigration inflows and the change in native employment in the Italian provinces to shed light on the impact of immigration on employment in rigid local labour markets. The study focuses on the period that followed the financial and sovereign debt crises, which strongly hit the labour markets of the Italian provinces. The results reveal a negligible overall impact of immigration on provincial employment which, however, hides differentiated impacts for different groups of natives. Employment responses to immigration shocks vary greatly depending on the skills and gender of the natives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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49. Ethnic regional networks and immigrants' earnings: A spatial autoregressive network approach.
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Wang, Xingang and Maani, Sholeh A.
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GENERALIZED method of moments , *CORPORATE profits , *IMMIGRANTS , *ETHNIC groups , *LABOR market - Abstract
The conventional model of immigrant earnings does not account for the correlation of outcomes across immigrant ethnic networks. We apply a spatial autoregressive network approach to account for the spill‐over effects of migrant ethnic group economic resources and labour market outcomes. We employ unit‐record data across 10 years for New Zealand, a major immigrant‐receiving country. By applying the generalized method of moment (GMM) estimation, we address endogeneity of the spatial network variable. Results confirm strong positive associations of earnings with both ethnic concentration and networks of resources. The analytically enhanced approach provides opportunities for new research on the determinants of immigrant earnings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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50. Evaluation of self‐employment support policies using survival analysis. The discounted flat rate in Andalusia (Spain).
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Sánchez‐Cañizares, Sandra M., Cabeza‐Ramírez, L. Javier, and Guerrero‐Baena, M. Dolores
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SURVIVAL analysis (Biometry) , *LABOR market , *UNEMPLOYMENT statistics , *RECESSIONS , *SOCIAL security - Abstract
The rise in unemployment during the economic recession led to widespread support for active labour market policies (ALMP) from public and private institutions. Among these measures, Spain has developed the so‐called discounted flat rate for self‐employed workers, which consists of a series of reductions and subsidies applied to their social security contributions when they start their activity. The aim of this study is to evaluate this policy in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia (Spain), a region with an unemployment rate of over 20%, comparing the survival of a group of self‐employed workers who benefited from this subsidy with that of another group without the discounted flat rate. The results suggest the survival of the group with the subsidy surpasses that of the group without, although the positive effects of the measure disappear over the long term. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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