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Should serverance pay be consistent for all workers? : single, open-ended contracts with sesrverance pay smoothly rising with seniority can decrease both unemployment and job losse...
García Peréz, José Ignacio - 2015
The trend towards labor market flexibility in Europe has typically involved introducing legislation that makes it easier for firms to issue temporary contracts with low firing costs, while not changing the level of protection that is in place for permanent jobs. This has created a strong...
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Who benefits from share contracts?
Mortenson, Kristian G.; Pitre, Terence J. - In: Advances in accounting : a research annual 42 (2018), pp. 125-135
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Moving towards a single labour contract : pros, cons and mixed feelings
Lepage-Saucier, Nicolas; Schleich, Juliette; Wasmer, Etienne - 2013
This paper discusses the pros and cons of a single labour contract. After reviewing the current state of dualism in labour markets and the recent labour reforms in Europe, we discuss the various proposals to eliminate dualism. Next, we emphasise the costs of dualism and discuss whether they...
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Anti-competitive and regulatory barriers in the United States labour market
Hermansen, Mikkel Nørlem - 2020
Occupational licensing and non-competition agreements are two important types of labour market regulation in the United … States, both covering around one fifth of all workers. While some regulation is needed to protect safety and ensure quality … these barriers. The States are mainly responsible for labour market regulation and the variation across States is similar to …
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The space for regulation beyond borders? : the role of the EU in regulating zero hours work
Piasna, Agnieszka - In: Zero hours and on-call work in Anglo-Saxon countries, (pp. 179-194). 2019
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China's Labour Market in Transition : Job Creation, Migration and Regulation
Herd, Richard - 2010
Over the past decade, the share of jobs not controlled by the state has increased considerably, whilst employment in agriculture has declined, against the backdrop of ongoing urbanisation. Over 200 million people have been drawn into urban areas through official or unofficial migration, despite...
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Cognitive Ability and Paternalism
Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
sufficient intelligence by people with limited intelligence may dominate government regulation. …
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Policy Complementarities: The Case for Fundamental Labour Market Reform
Coe, David T; Snower, Dennis J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997
The paper analyses complementarities among a variety of labour market policies. It shows: (a) that a wide range of labour market institutions (e.g. unemployment benefits, job security legislation and payroll taxes) have complementary effects on unemployment; and thus (b) that policies aimed at...
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Chapter 18 Job reallocation, employment fluctuations and unemployment
Mortensen, Dale T.; Pissarides, Christopher A. - In: Handbook of macroeconomics : volume 1, part B, (pp. 1171-1228). 1999
The purpose of this chapter is twofold. First, it reviews the model of search and matching equilibrium and derives the properties of employment and unemployment equilibrium. Second, it applies the model to the study of employment fluctuations and to the explanation of differences in unemployment...
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Search and Matching in Macroeconomics
Yashiv, Eran - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
This paper surveys the use of search and matching models in macroeconomics. It outlines the standard model, discusses its extensions, presents alternative formulations, considers the empirical evidence, and studies applications to macroeconomic questions such as business cycles, growth, and...
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