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The Growth of Low Skill Service Jobs and the Polarization of the U.S. Labor Market

open access: yesSocial Science Research Network, 2009
We offer an integrated explanation and empirical analysis of the polarization of U.S. employment and wages between 1980 and 2005, and the concurrent growth of low skill service occupations.
David Autor, David Dorn
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Do youths graduating in a recession incur permanent losses? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
In flexible labor markets, low-educated entrants are harmed by economic downturns, but the penalties are short-lived. High-educated youth are less adversely affected, but the penalties persist longer. It takes about ten years for young cohorts that enter
Cockx, Bart
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Spatial Differentiation of Labor Markets from the Labor Demand Perspective

open access: yesContemporary Economics, 2010
The labor market is not a homogenous category. Its diversity is a consequence of the specificity of the region, its structure and level of development.
Małgorzata Gawrycka, Anna Szymczak
doaj  

Are European Labor Markets As Awful As All That? [PDF]

open access: yes
"The standard explanation of why advanced Europe has generated less work per adult thanthe US is that something is seriously amiss with EU labor markets. The theme of this piece issimple.
Richard Freeman
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Robots, labor markets, and universal basic income

open access: yesHumanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2020
Automation is a big concern in modern societies in view of its widespread impact on many socioeconomic issues including income, jobs, and productivity. While previous studies have concentrated on determining the effects on jobs and salaries, our aim is ...
Antonio Cabrales   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Rise of the East and the Far East: German Labor Markets and Trade Integration

open access: yesSocial Science Research Network, 2013
We analyze the effects of the unprecedented rise in trade between Germany and “the East” (China and Eastern Europe) in the period 1988–2008 on German local labor markets.
W. Dauth, S. Findeisen, Jens Suedekum
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Adjusting the Labor Supply to Mitigate Violent Shocks: Evidence from Rural Colombia [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper studies the use of labor markets to mitigate the impact of violent shocks on households in rural areas in Colombia. It examines changes in the labor supply from on-farm to off-farm labor as a means of coping with the violent shock and the ...
Ana María Ibáñez L.   +2 more
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Macroeconomic Effects of Regulation and Deregulation in Goods and Labor Markets

open access: yes, 2000
Product and labor market deregulation are fundamentally about reducing and redistributing rents, leading economic players to adjust in turn to this new distribution.
O. Blanchard, F. Giavazzi
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Untangling Trade and Technology: Evidence from Local Labor Markets

open access: yesSocial Science Research Network, 2013
We juxtapose the effects of trade and technology on employment in U.S. local labor markets between 1990 and 2007. Labor markets whose initial industry composition exposes them to rising Chinese import competition experience significant falls in ...
David Autor   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The “task approach” to labor markets: an overview

open access: yesSocial Science Research Network, 2013
An emerging literature argues that changes in the allocation of workplace “tasks” between capital and labor, and between domestic and foreign workers, has altered the structure of labor demand in industrialized countries and fostered employment ...
David Autor
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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