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Social Networks in Determining Employment and Wages: Patterns, Dynamics, and Inequality

Calvo-Armengol, Antoni; Jackson, Matthew O. - EconWPA - 2002

to an increase in the agent's employment probability and expected wages, in the sense of first order stochastic dominance … show that employment is positively correlated across time and agents, and the same is true for wages. Moreover … status or a smaller network, then that group's drop-out rate will be higher and their employment prospects and wages will be …

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Work arrangements on large capital city building projects

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2002

The study examines the relationship between work arrangements and workplace performance on large capital building sites.

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Self-Employed Contractors in Australia: Incidence and Characteristics

Waite, Matthew; Will, Lou - EconWPA - 2001

This paper presents an analysis of self-employed contracting in Australia. The analysis covers all self-employed contractors, including dependent and independent contractors. The paper finds that self- employed contractors have become more common in Australia over the past 20 years. In August...

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Economic Implications of an Ageing Australia

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2005

The commissioned study into the ageing of Australia’s population was released April 2005. The Commission found that one quarter of Australians will be aged 65 years or more by 2044-45, roughly double the present proportion. This gives rise to significant policy challenges. The Commission...

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Franchise Bidding in the Water Industry – Auction Schemes and Investment Incentives

Meister, Urs - EconWPA - 2004

The periodical re-auction of a water monopoly concession causes the danger of underinvestment. If the life-time of specific assets such as water pipes exceeds the contract length and transferring the ownership of assets is difficult, the incumbent franchisee faces a hold-up problem. Using a...

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A Study of the Interrelated Bilateral Transactions in Credit Card Networks

Chakravorti, Sujit; Shah, Alpa - EconWPA - 2001

acceptance by merchants. In this paper, we study the set of interrelated bilateral transactions in credit card networks. First …

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Parcerias Estratégicas da Banca Portuguesa em Portais Digitais

Leitão, João; Osório, Carlos; Gomes, Daniela - EconWPA - 2002

, Networks, Strategy, Banking. …

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Competition Policy In Network Industries: An Introduction

Economides, Nicholas - EconWPA - 2004

We discuss issues of the application of antitrust law and regulatory rules to network industries. In assessing the application of antitrust in network industries, we analyze a number of relevant features of network industries and the way in which antitrust law and regulatory rules can affect...

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The role of interchange fees in ATM networks

Donze, Jocelyn; Dubec, Isabelle - EconWPA - 2003

We develop a model to study the deployment of shared automated teller machines (ATMs) by banks when an interchange system compensates them for processing foreign withdrawals. The interchange fee is chosen collectively by banks and it is paid by the withdrawer's bank to the ATM-owning bank. We...

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US Telecommunications Today, October 2002

Economides, Nicholas - EconWPA - 2004

This paper examines the current conditions in the US telecommunications sector (October 2002). We examine the impact of technological and regulatory change on market structure and business strategy. Among others, we discuss the emergence and decline of the telecom bubble, the impact on pricing...

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