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Restructuring Production and Work
Lindbeck, Assar; Snower, Dennis J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995
The paper analyses the contemporary organizational restructuring of production and work and derives some salient implications for the labour market. The analysis focuses on the switch from occupational specialization at 'Tayloristic' organizations to multi-tasking at 'holistic' organizations....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005504765
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Central and East European Labour Markets in Transition: Developments, Causes, and Cures
Franz, Wolfgang - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995
dynamics of employment and unemployment in order to identify key issues for the sources of the malfunctioning of these labour … passive labour market policies, and the structure of employment and output. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005067622
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Do inventors talk to strangers? On proximity and collaborative knowledge creation
Crescenzi, Riccardo; Nathan, Max; Rodriguez-Pose, Andres - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
This paper investigates how physical, organisational, institutional, cognitive, social, and ethnic proximities between inventors shape their collaboration decisions. Using a new panel of UK inventors and a novel identification strategy, this paper systematically explores the net effects of all...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084309
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Has ICT Polarized Skill Demand? Evidence from Eleven Countries over 25 years
Michaels, Guy; Natraj, Ashwini; Van Reenen, John - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
OECD labor markets have become more “polarized” with employment in the middle of the skill distribution falling …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008553070
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Changes in the Relative Structure of Wages and Employment: A Comparison of Canada, France and the United States
Card, David; Kramarz, Francis; Lemieux, Thomas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
Standard economic models suggest that adverse demand shocks will lead to bigger employment losses if institutional … employment expanded vigorously, and Europe, where real wages of less-skilled workers were constant and employment was stagnant …. We test this hypothesis by comparing recent changes in wage and employment rates for different age and education groups …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123512
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Changes in the Functional Structure of Firms and the Demand for Skill
Maurin, Eric; Thesmar, David - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
We describe and analyse the changes in the occupational structure of French manufacturing firms between 1984 and 1995. Firms employ a much greater proportions of engineers and researchers working on the design and marketing of new products and a much lower proportion of high-skilled experts...
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The Division of Labour Within Firms
Lindbeck, Assar; Snower, Dennis J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
The paper examines the determinants of the division of labour within firms. It provides an explanation of the pervasive change in work organization away from the traditional functional departments and towards multi-tasking and job rotation. Whereas the existing literature on the division of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005788938
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Reorganization of Firms and Labour Market Inequality
Lindbeck, Assar; Snower, Dennis J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996
This paper explores the implications of the ongoing reorganization of firms for inequality in the labour market. We show how recent technological advances in physical and human capital can lead to the breakdown of occupational barriers, creating demands for new combinations of skills, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789077
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Place-Based Policies
Neumark, David; Simpson, Helen - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
Place-based policies commonly target underperforming areas, such as deteriorating downtown business districts and disadvantaged regions. Principal examples include enterprise zones, European Union Structural Funds, and industrial cluster policies. Place-based policies are rationalized by various...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084586
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Does the welfare state make older workers unemployable?
Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
for employment protection, provided it is uniform across workers and not specifically higher for older workers. It …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008506842