How Comparable are Labor Demand Elasticities across Countries?

How Comparable are Labor Demand Elasticities across Countries?

The authors present the first comparable dynamic panel estimates of labor demand elasticity, using data from Chile, Colombia, and Mexico. They examine the benefits, and limits of the Arellano, and Bond GMM in differences estimator, and the Blundell...

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Main Authors: Fajnzylber, Pablo, Maloney, William F.
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
ACCOUNTING
ADJUSTMENT PROCESS
AGGREGATE DEMAND
BASE YEAR
COMPETITIVENESS
DATA SET
DATA SETS
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DOWNWARD BIAS
DYNAMIC PANEL
ECONOMETRICS
ECONOMIC STUDIES
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
ELASTICITIES
ELASTICITY
ELASTICITY OF DEMAND
EMPIRICAL STUDIES
EMPLOYMENT
ENDOGENOUS VARIABLES
EXPLANATORY VARIABLES
HETEROSKEDASTICITY
HUMAN CAPITAL
JOB SECURITY
LABOR DEMAND
LABOR DEMAND FUNCTIONS
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKETS
LAGGED CHANGES
LAGGED DEPENDENT
LDCS
LEGISLATION
LONG-RUN WAGE
MEASUREMENT ERROR
NEGATIVE CORRELATION
POLICY RESEARCH
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRODUCT MARKETS
PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY
PRODUCTIVITY
RANDOM WALK
RELATIVE LABOR
RELATIVE PRICES
RETURNS TO SCALE
SERIAL CORRELATION
SERIES DATA
SIGNIFICANT CORRELATION
SKILLED WORKERS
THEORETICAL MODELS
TIME SERIES
TOTAL OUTPUT
VALUE ADDED
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/08/1570688/comparable-labor-demand-elasticities-across-countries
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19565

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/08/1570688/comparable-labor-demand-elasticities-across-countries
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19565

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