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R&D and Employment: Some Evidence from European Microdata
Bogliacino, Francesco; Piva, Mariacristina; Vivarelli, Marco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
. However, the positive and significant impact of R&D expenditures on employment is detectable in services and high …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009246701
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Sectoral Explanations of Employment in Europe: The Role of Services
Antonello D’Agostino; Serafini, Roberta; Ward, Melanie - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
This paper investigates the determinants of the service sector employment share in the EU- 15, for the aggregate service sector, four sub-sectors and twelve service sector branches. Recently, both Europe and the US have experienced an increase in the share of servicerelated jobs in total...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763842
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Greasing the Wheels of International Commerce: How Services Facilitate Firms' International Sourcing
Debaere, Peter; Görg, Holger; Raff, Horst - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
We use unique plant-level data to study the link between the local availability of services and the decision of … international sourcing of materials depends on a firm’s productivity and the availability of local services. These predictions are … materials to sales. In addition, we find evidence that services grease the wheels of international commerce: A greater …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008480922
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Outsourcing, Occupational Restructuring, and Employee Well-Being: Is There a Silver Lining?
Böckerman, Petri; Maliranta, Mika - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper examines the relationship between outsourcing and various aspects of employee well-being by devoting special attention to the role of occupational restructuring as a conveying mechanism. Using linked employer-employee data, we find that offshoring involves job destruction, especially...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884090
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Do Immigrants Work in Worse Jobs than U.S. Natives? Evidence from California
Zavodny, Madeline - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
In the debate over immigration reform, it is frequently asserted that immigrants take jobs that U.S. natives do not want. Using data from the 2000 Census merged with O*NET data on occupation characteristics, I show that the jobs held by immigrants are more physically arduous than the jobs held...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884129
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A Web Survey Analysis of the Subjective Well-being of Spanish Workers
Guzi, Martin; de Pedraza, Pablo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper makes use of a large sample of individual data obtained from web surveys in the WageIndicator project. Data includes extensive information on the quality of working conditions together with different well-being indicators. The paper emphasizes the role of work-related characteristics...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212760
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Work, Risk and Health: Differences between Immigrants and Natives in Spain
Solé, Meritxell; Diaz-Serrano, Luis; Rodriguez … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
We analyze the impact of working and contractual conditions, particularly exposure to job risks, on the probability of acquiring a disability. We postulate a model in which this impact is mediated by the choice of occupation, with a level of risk associated to it. We assume this choice is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008742955
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Do Occupational Demands Explain the Educational Gradient in Health?
Meyer, Sophie-Charlotte; Künn-Nelen, Annemarie - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
The aim of this paper is to investigate to what extent occupation-specific demands explain the relationship between education and health. We concentrate on ergonomic, environmental, psychical, social and time demands. Merging the German Microcensus 2009 data with a dataset including detailed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010751647
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Getting It Right: Employment Subsidy or Minimum Wage?
Strobl, Eric; Walsh, Frank - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
In monopsony models of the labour market either a minimum wage or an employment subsidy financed by a lump sum tax on profits can achieve the efficient level of employment and output. Incorporating working conditions into a monopsony model where higher wages raise firm labour supply, but less...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822602
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Mental Health and Working Conditions in European Countries
Cottini, Elena; Lucifora, Claudio - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
Increased pressure for labour market flexibility and increasing demand over workers' performance have fostered the idea that working conditions, in most European countries, have progressively deteriorated with adverse effects on psychological well being and mental health. This paper investigates...
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