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Labor Market Monopsony Power and the Dynamic Gains to Openness Reforms

open access: yesInternational Economic Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We embed labor market monopsony into a dynamic heterogeneous‐firm general equilibrium model with exporting, horizontal FDI, and rich firm lifecycle dynamics. Rising marginal costs with monopsony slow and limit incumbent firm growth in response to liberalization, shifting adjustment to the extensive margin.
Priyaranjan Jha   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

College Loans and Human Capital Investment

open access: yesInternational Economic Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT College loans facilitate access to education, but the repayment burden may distort posteducation human capital investment. We examine the role of college loans and loan repayment policies through a structural model of individuals' dynamic decisions on borrowing/saving, labor supply, and costly human capital investment. We estimate two versions
Chao Fu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Neoliberal Governmentality and English Private Tutoring Among Rural Secondary School Students in Kazakhstan: A Quantitative Inquiry

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article investigates the nature, effectiveness, and implications of English private tutoring (EPT) among Grade 11 students in rural Kazakhstan. Drawing on survey responses from 160 students within a larger sample of 740, the study examines participation patterns, motivations, perceived benefits, and the financial and social costs ...
Anas Hajar, Mehmet Karakus
wiley   +1 more source

Tasks as a Link Between Technology Introduction and Continuing Training: Evidence of a Mediating Mechanism in Firms

open access: yesInternational Journal of Training and Development, EarlyView.
Abstract New technology is changing the skills that employers demand and the tasks that employees perform. Technological change is therefore increasing the need for continuing vocational training. However, little is known about the association between technology introduction, employees' job tasks and continuing training participation in firms ...
Myriam Baum
wiley   +1 more source

Regional-Local Dimension of Russia's Fiscal Equalization

open access: yes
National equalization policies often are concerned with the quality and accessibility of services delivered at the lowest level (or local) government.
Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, Andrey Timofeev
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The Union Wage Mark‐Up for Immigrants in the United States

open access: yesIndustrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using data from the Current Population Survey (CPS) for 1995–2023, we show that unionized immigrants earn 10.1 log points less than unionized natives, of which 4.8 log points are due to a lower union wage mark‐up. Therefore, unionization is beneficial for immigrants but to a lesser extent than for natives in the United States.
Laszlo Goerke, Cinzia Rienzo
wiley   +1 more source

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