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Employment polarization and the role of the apprenticeship system
Rendall, Michelle; Weiss, Franziska - 2014
This paper studies the effects of the apprenticeship system on innovation and labor market polarization. A stylized model with two key features is developed: (1) apprentices are more productive due to industry-specific training, but (2) from the firm's perspective, when training apprentices,...
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Structural transformation in the OECD : digitalisation, deindustrialisation and the future of work
Berger, Thor; Frey, Carl Benedikt - 2016
In tandem with the diffusion of computer technologies, labour markets across the OECD have undergone rapid structural transformation. In this paper, we examine i) the impact of technological change on labour market outcomes since the computer revolution of the 1980s, and ii) recent developments...
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The Growth of Low Skill Service Jobs and the Polarization of the U.S. Labor Market
Autor, David; Dorn, David - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009
We offer an integrated explanation and empirical analysis of the polarization of U.S. employment and wages between 1980 and 2005, and the concurrent growth of low skill service occupations. We attribute polarization to the interaction between consumer preferences, which favor variety over...
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Wage and occupational assimilation by skill level : migration policy lessons from Spain
Rodríguez-Planas, Núria - In: IZA journal of European Labor Studies 1 (2012), pp. 1-20
tradition of receiving immigrants, in Spain having a high-school degree does not give immigrants an advantage in terms wage or …
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Labor market conditions and self-employment : a Denmark-Spain comparison
Carrasco, Raquel; Ejrnæs, Mette - In: IZA journal of labor policy 1 (2012), pp. 1-16
Among the OECD countries, Spain faces one of the highest rates of self-employment and Denmark one of the lowest, being … men and women separately using a strictly comparable panel data set. The results indicate that in Spain self … employment, while this pattern is not so clear in Denmark. Specifically, in Spain those individuals in the bottom part of the …
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Reducing regional disparities for inclusive growth in Spain
McGowan, Muge Adalet; San Millán, Juan Antona - 2019
Spain is a highly decentralised country, making the effective implementation of national reforms dependent on regional …
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Global Trends in Income Inequality and Income Dynamics : New Insights from GRID
Guvenen, Fatih; Pistaferri, Luigi; Violante, Giovanni L. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
The Global Repository of Income Dynamics (GRID) is a new open-access, cross- country database that contains a wide range of micro statistics on income inequality, dynamics, and mobility. It has four key characteristics: it is built on micro panel data drawn from administrative records; it fully...
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A chronology of turning points in economic activity : Spain, 1850 – 2011
Berge, Travis J.; Jordà, Òscar - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 4 (2013) 1, pp. 1-34
Spain reaching back to 1850 at annual frequency, and 1939 at monthly frequency. Such an exercise would be incomplete without …
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Technological innovation and the demand for labor by firms in expansion and recession
Ortiz, Javier; Salas-Fumás, Vicente - In: Economics of innovation and new technology 29 (2020) 4, pp. 417-440
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Oil prices and economic downturns : the case of Spain
Frías Pinedo, Isidro; Díaz Vázquez, María del Rosario; … - In: Applied economics 49 (2017) 16, pp. 1637-1654
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