The Mexican Wage Curve 2000-2003: A Quantile Analysis

This paper exploits the Mexican Encuesta Nacional de Empleo Urbano (ENEU) to determine the existence of the wage curve—an empirical phenomena first suggested by Blanchflower and Oswald (1990)—during the period 2000–2003. We propose an innovative approach to the wage curve by estimating the elasticity across the wage distribution. This is applied to the Mexican experience during the early 2000s recession. The evidence indicates that for Mexico during this period there is no wage curve, and that wages are positively affected by local levels of unemployment. This lends credibility to the Harris and Todaro (1970) view which suggests that there is segmentation in the labour market with residual unemployment. We argue that perhaps the power of unions may account for our findings

Jobs Lost, Jobs Gained: The Latino Experience in the Recession and Recovery

Documents trends in the labor market experience of Hispanic workers during the 2000-2003 recession and extended period of slow recovery. Compares the experience of Hispanic workers with that of non-Hispanic workers

2000-2003 Supplementary Materials

Contains supplementary materials from Board of Regents meetings from 2000 to 2003 that were scanned and saved by the President\u27s Office on a computer compact disc. The records include resolutions, reports, budgets, statistics, policy and procedure changes and other documents presented to the Board

Italian Open End Mutual Fund Costs

We investigate the costs investors incur when they hold shares of Italian open end mutual funds. The overall explicit cost can range from less than 50 to well over 250 basis points in terms of assets under management. Nevertheless, mutual funds investors seem to be almost unaware of the importance of costs and tend to focus mainly on the net return when making their investment decisions. We measure the overall costs of a large sample of mutual funds managed by Italian intermediaries in the period 2000-2003 and also evaluate the determinants of cost efficiencies for the period 2000-2003.mutual fund expenses, total expense ratio, mutual fund transaction costs, economies of scale

2000-2003 Real Estate Bubble in the UK but not in the USA

In the aftermath of the burst of the ``new economy'' bubble in 2000, the Federal Reserve aggressively reduced short-term rates yields in less than two years from 6.5% to 1.25% in an attempt to coax forth a stronger recovery of the US economy. But, there is growing apprehension that this is creating a new bubble in real estate, as strong housing demand is fuelled by historically low mortgage rates. Are we going from Charybdis to Scylla? This question is all the more excruciating at a time when many other indicators suggest a significant deflationary risk. Using economic data, Federal Reserve Chairman A. Greenspan and Governor D.L. Kohn dismissed recently this possibility. Using the theory of critical phenomena resulting from positive feedbacks in markets, we confirm this view point for the US but find that mayhem may be in store for the UK: we unearth the unmistakable signatures (log-periodicity and power law super-exponential acceleration) of a strong unsustainable bubble there, which could burst before the end of the year 2003.Comment: Latex, 22 pages including 8 eps figures; A revised version accepted for publication in Physica

System Level Economic Analysis of Swine Diet Modifications

Experimental data from low nitrogen and phosphorus diets (Carter et al, 1999, 2000, 2003) are being used to validate and/or modify the NRC swine growth model. A profit maximizing daily growth model that considers feed costs, excretion, waste management costs, and length of feeding period is being developed.Livestock Production/Industries,

Programs; 2000-2003; 2005-2007; 2009

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Déjà vu? Short-term training in Germany 1980-1992 and 2000-2003

"Short-term training has recently become the largest active labor market program in Germany regarding the number of participants. Little is known on the effectiveness of different types of short-term training and on their long-run effects. This paper estimates the effects of short-term training programs in West Germany starting in the time period 1980 to 1992 and 2000 to 2003 regarding the two outcomes employment and participation in longer training programs. We find that short-term training shows mostly persistently positive and often significant employment effects. Short-term training focusing on testing and monitoring search effort shows slightly smaller effects compared to the pure training variant. The lock-in periods lasted longer in the 1980s and 1990s compared to the early 2000s. Short-term training results in higher future participation in longer training programs and this effect was much stronger for the earlier time period." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))Trainingsmaßnahme - Auswirkungen, Beschäftigungseffekte, Qualifizierungsmaßnahme, Bildungsbeteiligung, Teilnehmer, Arbeitslose, berufliche Reintegration, Integrierte Erwerbsbiografien, Altersstruktur, Migranten, Geschlechterverteilung, Familienstand, Westdeutschland, Bundesrepublik Deutschland