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Ihsaan
@ihsaanbassier.bsky.social
Lecturer (assistant prof) at Surrey University, also associate at CEP LSE and SALDRU UCT.
Economist working on firm wage setting power, inequality and development. South African.
Our paper is now out at the Review of Economics and Statistics, "Vacancy Durations and Wages"

A simple paper using annual firm & union pay increases to get ~recruitment elasticities. Unsurprisingly, when firms raise wages they get workers more quickly!

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March 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM