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Does loneliness lurk in temp work? Exploring the associations between temporary employment, loneliness at work and job satisfaction

Moens, Eline; Baert, Stijn; Verhofstadt, Elsy; Van … - 2019

This research contributes to the limited literature concerning the determinants of loneliness at work, as well as to the literature on psychological outcomes associated with temporary work. More specifically, we are adding to the literature by exploring whether there is an association between...

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Risk Taking in Selection Contests

Hvide, Hans K.; Kristiansen, Eirik Gaard - 1999

We study selection contests in which the strategic variable is degree of risk rather than amount of effort. The selection efficiency of such contests is examined. We show that the selection efficiency of a contest may be improved by limiting the competition in two ways; a) by having a small...

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Rent sharing in China: Magnitude, heterogeneity and drivers

Duan, Wenjing; Martins, Pedro S. - 2020

Do firms in China share rents with their workers? We address this question by examining firm-level panel data covering virtually all manufacturing firms over the period 2000-2007, representing an average of 52 million workers per year. We find evidence of rent sharing (RS), with wage-profit...

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Equilibrium unemployment under negotiated profit sharing

Koskela, Erkki; Stenbacka, Rune - 2003

We study employment, employee effort, wages and profit sharing when firms face stochastic revenue shocks and when base wages and profit shares are determined through collective bargaining.The negotiated profit share depends positively on the relative bargaining power of the trade union and has...

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Wage determination in China during the reform period

Holz, Carsten A. - 2014

The purpose of this paper is to ascertain how wages are being determined in China during the reform period. The paper focuses on the development of the regulatory framework since 1978 and proceeds by examining official regulations regarding labor market institutions and wage setting, and by...

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Concentration and other wage determinants

Martins, Ana Paula - 2018

levels. The influence of employer association is also considered. We use sector information - two-digit level disaggregation …

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Political economy of labour market institutions in a globalised era

Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar; Frensch, Richard; Huber, Stephan - 2021

The paper extends the literature on the political economy of labour market institutions by developing a framework in which owners of capital can benefit from both greater labour market flexibility and better rule of law. Their choice of location of manufacturing centres can, therefore, by...

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A Real-Business-Cycle model with search-and-matching frictions and efficiency ("fair") wages

Vasilev, Aleksandar - In: Journal of Economics and Econometrics 64 (2021) 2, pp. 1-23

In this paper we combine two important ingredients - search and matching frictions and "fair wages," and investigate …-business-cycle model for Bulgaria after the introduction of the currency board, when featuring both search- and-matching frictions, and … (Vasilev 2016a), and setups with efficiency wages alone (Vasilev 2017a,b). The search and matching mechanism captures the …

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'Your Driver is Didi and Minutes Away from Your Pick-Up Point': Understanding Employee Motivation in the Gig Economy of China

Mukhopadhyay, Boidurjo; Chatwin, Chris - 2021

In recognition of the importance and expansion of the gig economy, largely in developed and BRICs economies, along with the growing literature surrounding it, this research contributes towards an empirical and conceptual understanding of how employee motivation and retention are managed by the...

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Escaping Social Pressure: Fixed-Term Contracts in Multi-Establishment Firms

Bassanini, Andrea; Caroli, Eve; Fontaine, Francois; … - 2021

We develop a simple theoretical model showing that, by adding to the adjustment costs associated with permanent contracts, local social pressure against dismissals creates an incentive for CEOs to rely on fixed-term contracts, in an attempt to escape social pressure. Using linked...

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