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What Are Over-the-Road Truckers Paid For? Evidence from an Exogenous Regulatory Change on the Role of Social Comparisons and Work Organization in Wage Determination
Burks, Stephen V.; Guy, Frederick - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
economic deregulation. Road driver output is individualized, and pay is on the basis of a piece rate (mileage). However, road … deregulation and union coverage fell slowly, while in TL both the union differential and union coverage fell sharply. We review …
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Employment Outcomes and the Interaction Between Product and Labor Market Deregulation: Are They Substitutes or Complements?
Fiori, Giuseppe; Nicoletti, Giuseppe; Scarpetta, Stefano; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
countries over the period 1980-2002, we present evidence that product market deregulation is more effective at the margin when … labor market regulation is high. Moreover, there is evidence in our sample that product market deregulation promotes labor … market deregulation. We show that these results are mostly consistent with the basic predictions of a standard bargaining …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762118
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Factor Adjustments after Deregulation: Panel Evidence from Colombian Plants
Eslava, Marcela; Haltiwanger, John; Kugler, Adriana; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
In this paper, we analyze employment and capital adjustments using a panel of plants from Colombia. We allow for nonlinear adjustment of employment to reflect not only adjustment costs of labor but also adjustment costs of capital, and vice-versa. Using data from the Annual Manufacturing Survey,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703671
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Do Changes in Regulation Affect Temporary Agency Workers' Job Satisfaction?
Busk, Henna; Jahn, Elke J.; Singer, Christine - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
This paper evaluates the impact on temporary agency workers’ job satisfaction of a reform that considerably changed regulations covering the temporary help service sector in Germany. We isolate the causal effect of this reform by combining a difference-in-difference and matching approach and...
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The Fertility of Recent Immigrants to Canada
Adsera, Alicia; Ferrer, Ana - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
In this paper we examine the fertility experience of immigrants during their first years in Canada. Fertility decisions …
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The Evolution of Hourly Compensation in Canada between 1980 and 2010
Duclos, Jean-Yves; Pellerin, Mathieu - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
We consider changes in the distribution of hourly compensation in Canada using confidential census data and the recent …
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Wage Returns to Mid-Career Investments in Job Training through Employer-Supported Course Enrollment: Evidence for Canada
Ci, Wen; Galdo, Jose C.; Voia, Marcel; Worswick, Christopher - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
Using longitudinal data for Canada, we analyze the incidence and wage returns to employer supported course enrollment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011268878
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Labour Supply and Taxes: New Estimates of the Responses of Wives to Husbands' Wages
Dostie, Benoit; Kromann, Lene - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
In this paper, we estimate income- and substitution- labour supply and participation elasticities for Canadian married women using data from the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics 1996-2005. We use the Canadian Tax and Credit Simulator (CTaCS) and detailed information on the structure of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009653981
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The Recent Evolution of Retirement Patterns in Canada
Lefebvre, Pierre; Merrigan, Philip; Michaud, Pierre-Carl - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
retirement behaviour in Canada. We also investigate trends in work after retirement. Our findings are in line with findings from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323408
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Enhanced Fee-for-Service Model and Access to Physician Services: Evidence from Family Health Groups in Ontario
Kantarevic, Jasmin; Kralj, Boris; Weinkauf, Darrel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
, Canada. In contrast to the traditional fee-for-service (FFS) model, the FHG model includes targeted fee increases, extended …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008457140