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Social Interactions in the Labor Market [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2011
We examine theoretically and empirically social interactions in labor markets and how policy prescriptions can change dramatically when there are social interactions present. Spillover effects increase labor supply and conformity effects make labor supply perfectly inelastic at a reference group average. The demand for a good may also
Grodner, Andrew   +2 more
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Identification of Models of the Labor Market [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2010
This chapter discusses identification of common selection models of the labor market. We start with the classic Roy model and show how it can be identified with exclusion restrictions. We then extend the argument to the generalized Roy model, treatment effect models, duration models, search models, and dynamic discrete choice models.
Eric French, Christopher Taber
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Vocational training choice from a regional perspective

open access: yesEmpirical Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2021
Motivated by discussions of skill mismatches on local German vocational educational and training (VET) markets, this paper analyses how occupational segments of VET entry of individuals with lower and intermediate secondary school degree relate to local ...
Katja Schuster, Anne Margarian
doaj   +1 more source

Labor Market Policies in Informal Labor Markets

open access: yes, 2021
This thesis analyzes three different labor market policies implemented in countries characterized by high levels of informal employment. Chapter 1, joint with Hannah Liepmann, estimates the welfare effects of unemployment benefits in Mauritius and assesses the role played by informal jobs.
openaire   +2 more sources

Immigrants in the US Labor Market [PDF]

open access: yesFederal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Working Papers, 2013
The US is the world’s top destination for migrants. It is home to 19 % of the world’s migrants and between 40 and 50 % of the world’s unauthorized migrants. No other nation takes in as many immigrants. Immigration has a number of benefits: It boosts the US economy, enhances productivity, spurs innovation, helps consumers by keeping prices low, and ...
Orrenius, Pia M., Zavodny, Madeline
openaire   +2 more sources

Impact of Venezuelan Migration on the Informal Workforce of Native Workers in Colombia

open access: yesEconomies
Colombia experienced a substantial increase in annual migration flow from Venezuela from 2013 to 2019, accumulating 1.7 million migrants by the end of 2019.
William Prieto Bustos   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Features of the Regional Labor Markets in the Czech Republic [PDF]

open access: yesStatistika: Statistics and Economy Journal, 2017
We use the Labor Office data for the regions of the Czech Republic to investigate some of the structural features of the respective labor markets. We build our approach on the matching function of the search model of the labor market.
Vít Pošta, Tomáš Hudeček
doaj  

International Comparisons on Internal Labor Markets and Corporate Performance

open access: yesEast Asian Economic Review, 2003
This paper presents an analytical framework which demonstrates how the structures of corporate internal labor markets are formed within the broader labor and capital market context in the U.S. and Japan.
Joonmo Cho
doaj   +1 more source

Spatial aspects of Kirovograd regional labor market functioning

open access: yesČasopis Socìalʹno-Ekonomìčnoï Geografìï. Часопис соціально-економічної географії, 2014
The essence and the basic concepts of the formation of regional labor market are considered. Polygonal and point elements of spatial structure of the regional labor market are defined.
Kostyantyn Mezentsev   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The skills required for transition to university and study in biological sciences: A student perspective

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Bioscience students were asked for their opinions on the value and teaching of skills. 204 responded that teamwork, time management and study skills are necessary to reach University, that scientific writing, research, laboratory and presentation skills are taught effectively during their studies, while other skills are gained inherently through study ...
Janella Borrell, Susan Crennell
wiley   +1 more source

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