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From Labour History to the History of Industrial Relations

Zeitlin, Jonathan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1986

the changing relationships between workers, trade unions, employers and the state. The first half of the paper examines … that relationships between workers and employers were shaped less by informal groups or spontaneous social and economical …, employers' associations and the state; and by the rules and procedures governing their interaction such as collective agreements …

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The Dynamics of Technological Adoption in Hardware/Software Systems: The Case of Compact Disc Players

Gandal, Neil; Kirkwood MP, Archy; Rob, Rafael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999

In this paper we examine the diffusion of a hardware/software system. For such systems there is interdependence between the hardware adoption decisions of consumers and the supply decisions of software manufacturers. Hence there can be bottlenecks to the diffusion of the system which stem not...

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The Determinants of Output Per Contributor in Open Source Projects: An Empirical Examination

Fershtman, Chaim; Gandal, Neil - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

Using a unique dataset we examine empirically which factors explain output per contributor in open source projects. We find that the output per contributor of open source programmes is much higher when licenses are less restrictive. Further examination suggests that the difference in output per...

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Scale Effects in Markets with Search

Petrongolo, Barbara; Pissarides, Christopher - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

Reduced-form tests of scale effects in markets with search, run when aggregate matching functions are estimated, may miss important scale effects at the micro level, because of the reactions of job searchers. A semi-structural model is developed and estimated on a British sample, testing for...

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Car Ownership and the Labour Market of Ethnic Minorities

Gautier, Pieter A; Zenou, Yves - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

We show how small initial wealth differences between low skilled black and white workers can generate large differences in their labour-market outcomes. This even occurs in the absence of a taste for discrimination against blacks or exogenous differences in the distance to jobs. Because of the...

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Estimating equilibrium effects of job search assistance

Gautier, Pieter A; Muller, Paul; Rosholm, Michael; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

Randomized experiments provide policy relevant treatment effects if there are no spillovers between participants and nonparticipants. We show that this assumption is violated for a Danish activation program for unemployed workers. Using a difference-in-difference model we show that the...

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Labor Market Effects of Unemployment Insurance Design

Tatsiramos, Konstantinos; Ours, Jan C van - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

With the emergence of the Great Recession unemployment insurance (UI) is once again at the heart of the policy debate. In this paper, we review the recent theoretical and empirical evidence on the labor market effects of UI design. We also discuss policy issues related to UI design, including...

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Job Search and Hyperbolic Discounting: Structural Estimation and Policy Evaluation

Paserman, M. Daniele - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

This Paper estimates the structural parameters of a job search model with hyperbolic discounting and endogenous search effort. It estimates quantitatively the degree of hyperbolic discounting, and assesses its implications for the impact of various policy interventions aimed at reducing...

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Evaluating the Employment Impact of a Mandatory Job Search Programme

Blundell, Richard William; Costa Dias, Monica; Meghir, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

equilibrium wage effects. The programme includes extensive job assistance and wage subsidies to employers. We find that the …

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On-The-Job Search, Productivity Shocks and the Individual Earnings Process

Postel-Vinay, Fabien; Turon, Hélène - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

Individual labour earnings observed in worker panel data have complex, highly persistent dynamics. We investigate the capacity of a structural job search model with i.i.d. productivity shocks to replicate salient properties of these dynamics, such as the covariance structure of earnings, the...

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