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Labour Market and Fiscal Policy Adjustments to Shocks : The Role and Implications for Price and Financial Stability in South Africa
Gumata, Nombulelo; Ndou, Eliphas - 2017
This book focuses on the implications of the South African labour market dynamics including labour market reforms and fiscal policy for monetary policy and financial stability. Evidence suggests there are benefits in adopting an approach that coordinates labour market policies and reforms,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012398087
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Minimum Wages, Low Pay and Unemployment
Meulders, Danièle (ed.); Plasman, Robert (ed.);  … - 2004
Low-paid employment is a key issue for labour market policy. The essays in this book, focusing on European countries, provide new empirical evidence regarding the impact of minimum wages on employment, earnings mobility among low-paid workers, job satisfaction across the earnings distribution,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012054136
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The Political Economy of a Living Wage : Progressives, the New Deal, and Social Justice
Stabile, Donald - 2016
1 Introduction: The Economics of a Living Wage -- 2 The Living Wage from World War I through the Great Depression -- 3 Planning a Living Wage: The NIRA -- 4 A Useful and Remunerative Job: The National Labor Relations Act -- 5 Social Security: Protection from Old Age and Unemployment -- 6 The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014020778
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The Employment Effects of Technological Change : Heterogenous Labor, Wage Inequality and Unemployment
Rubart, Jens (contributor) - 2007
This book provides an empirical and theoretical examination of the short- and medium run impacts of technological advances on the employment and wages of workers which differ in their earned educational degree. Furthermore, by introducing labor market frictions and wage setting institutions the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013520753
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Economics of the Labour Market : Unemployment and the Costs of Unemployment
Junankar, P. N. Raja - 2016
The global crisis has led to dramatic increases in unemployment rates over most of the countries of the OECD. This book provides alternative explanations of this phenomenon. Junankar begins with surveys of the labour market: labour demand, labour supply, and labour force participation. He argues...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014021119
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The Impact of Minimum Wage Regulations on Educational Incentives for the Youth : An Empirical Analysis for Germany
Kellermann, Kim Leonie - 2017
Kim Leonie Kellermann analyzes the impact of sectoral minimum wages in Germany on the willingness of youths to undergo apprenticeship training. Using data from the German Socio-economic Panel, the author shows that higher wage floors set small, positive incentives for vocational training in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397336
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Arbeitswelten der Zukunft : wie die Digitalisierung unsere Arbeitsplätze und Arbeitsweisen verändert
Hermeier, Burghard (ed.); Heupel, Thomas (ed.);  … - 2019
Dieses Buch beschäftigt sich damit, wie sich die Arbeitswelt in Zukunft verändern wird, wie diese Veränderungen gestaltet werden können und welche Auswirkungen auf Wirtschaft, Verwaltung und Gesellschaft zu erwarten sind. Die Digitale Transformation führt durch technologische Entwicklungen...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012401740
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Zuwanderung und Arbeitsmarkt : Deutschland und Dänemark im Vergleich
Zimmermann, Klaus F. (contributor);  … - 2005
Deutschland und Dänemark -- Bildung und Ausbildung — Erfolge von Zuwanderern beim Humankapitalerwerb? -- Beschäftigung und … Deutschland? -- Sozio-ökonomische Bilanz der Zuwanderung -- Das deutsche Zuwanderungsgesetz — Aufbruch zu neuen Ufern … das vorliegende Buch in Form eines Vergleichs der ökonomischen Integration von Migranten in Dänemark und Deutschland. Auf …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014014007
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Kreative Industrien : Eine Analyse von Schlüsselindustrien am Beispiel Berlins
Puchta, Dieter - 2009
Erster Teil -- Zum Begriff der Kreativen Industrien -- Zur Theorie der Kreativen Industrien -- Kreative Industrien im Internationalen Überblick -- Zweiter Teil -- Von der Theorie zur Empirie -- Kreative Industrien Berlins im Überblick -- Kreative Industrien Berlins im Detail -- Exkurs:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014015681
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Operating Hours and Working Times : A Survey of Capacity Utilisation and Employment in the European Union
Delsen, Lei; Bosworth, Derek; Gross, Hermann; Muñoz de … - 2007
This book presents findings and results from the recent European Union Company survey of Operating hours, Working times and Employment (EUCOWE) in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom. The EUCOWE-project is the first standardised company survey covering all...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013520663