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The Institutional and Economic Limits to Bargaining Decentralization in Italy

D'Amuri, Francesco; Giorgiantonio, Cristina - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

Italy is not immune from the long term trend towards greater bargaining decentralization under way in Western Europe. The article surveys the main actions undertaken in recent years, either by social partners or by government intervention, in order to reduce the obstacles to this process,...

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Reformüberlegungen und Marktasymmetrie: Die Potenziale einer Abfindungslösung

Eichhorst, Werner - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

Die Beschäftigung in Deutschland ist in den letzten Jahren stark angestiegen, zu einem Teil auch in neuartigen und flexiblen Arbeitsverhältnissen, zu denen etwa die Zeitarbeit und die befristete Beschäftigung zählen. Damit hat sich eine Zweiteilung des Arbeitsmarktes in Arbeitsverhältnisse...

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Bestimmungsgründe von Fehlzeiten: Welche Rolle spielt die Arbeitslosigkeit?

Thalmaier, Anja - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1999

Das Ziel der vorliegenden Untersuchung besteht darin, die wesentlichen Determinanten für das Auftreten von Fehlzeiten zu analysieren. In einem ersten Schritt werden die institutionellen Rahmenbedingungen der Entgeltfortzahlung und ihre historische Entwicklung aufgezeigt. Die Analyse...

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Social Change

Greenwood, Jeremy; Guner, Nezih - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

A society is characterized by the common attitudes and behavior of its members. Such behavior reflects purposive decision making by individuals, given the environment they live in. Thus, as technology changes, so might social norms. There were big changes in social norms during the 20th century,...

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Immigrants and Religion

Chiswick, Carmel U. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Religious considerations affect the decision to immigrate as well as the choice of destination country, and religious behaviors change as immigrants adjust to the economic context of their new country. This paper considers the interaction between the Economics of Religion and the Economics of...

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Defining and Measuring Informality in the Turkish Labor Market

Acar, Elif Öznur; Tansel, Aysit - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

This paper investigates how informality can be defined and measured in the Turkish labor market. Two alternative definitions of informality are used to explore their relevance and implications for the Turkish labor market using descriptive statistics. They are the enterprise definition and the...

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Inequality of Opportunities of Educational Achievement in Turkey over Time

Tansel, Aysit - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

This study investigates inequality of opportunity in educational achievements in Turkey over time. For this purpose we … achievement in Turkey. Second, the inequality of opportunity in educational achievement shows a slightly decreasing trend over … time in Turkey. Third, the inequality of opportunity figures based on the mathematics, science and reading achievements …

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Gender Effects of Education on Economic Development in Turkey

Tansel, Aysit; Güngör, Nil Demet - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

level data for Turkey. The main findings indicate that female education positively and significantly affects the steady …

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Comparative Essay on Returns to Education in Palestine and Turkey

Tansel, Aysit; Daoud, Yousef - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

This study exposes a comparative treatment of the private returns to education in Palestine and Turkey over the period … different sectors of employment. The results suggest that returns to schooling are higher for Turkey at the various levels of … than 2004 levels for all levels of education; the pattern is less obvious for Turkey across the various levels. However …

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The Effects of Social Security Taxes and Minimum Wages on Employment: Evidence from Turkey

Papps, Kerry L. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

paid by employers and increases in the minimum wage in Turkey between 2002 and 2005. Variation over time and among low …

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