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Multi-Task Learning and the Reorganization of Work. From Tayloristic to Holistic Organization

Lindbeck, Assar; Snower, Dennis J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1999

The paper analyzes the contemporary organizational restructuring of production and work within firms. We emphasize the shift from a Tayloristic organization of work (characterized by significant specialization by tasks) to a holistic organization (featuring job rotation, integration of tasks and...

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Labor Market Adjustments after a Large Import Shock: Evidence from the German Clothing Industry and the Multi-Fibre Arrangement

Braakmann, Nils; Wagner, Joachim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

This paper considers labor market adjustments following a large import shock in the German clothing industry caused by the phasing out of the Multi-Fibre Arrangement. Using the German shoe industry as a control group and administrative data, we study adjustments on the individual and firm level...

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Intra-Industry Adjustment to Import Competition: Theory and Application to the German Clothing Industry

Raff, Horst; Wagner, Joachim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

This paper uses an oligopoly model with heterogeneous firms to examine how an industry adjusts to rising import competition. The model predicts that in the short run the least efficient firms in the industry become inactive, surviving firms face a fall in output, mark-ups and profits, and the...

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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

Using evidence from recent work on truckers and disaggregated older data prior researchers did not have, we revisit a classic topic and find some new answers. We focus on differentials in average annual earnings at the firm level among mileage-paid over-the-road tractor-trailer drivers ("road...

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Does Development Reduce Migration?

Clemens, Michael A. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

The most basic economic theory suggests that rising incomes in developing countries will deter emigration from those countries, an idea that captivates policymakers in international aid and trade diplomacy. A lengthy literature and recent data suggest something quite different: that over the...

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When Supply Meets Demand: Wage Inequality in Portugal

Centeno, Mario; Novo, Alvaro A. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

. Polarization of employment demand is the more credible explanation for the more recent evolution. As in other developed economies …

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Child Welfare and Old-Age Security in Female Headed Households in Tanzania

Seebens, Holger - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

This paper is concerned with patterns of expenditure and child welfare among female headed (FHH) and male headed households (MHH) in Tanzania as well as with the underlying cause of potentially different patterns. I estimate semiparametric Engel curves to investigate household expenditure...

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Measuring Immigration's Effects on Labor Demand: A Reexamination of the Mariel Boatlift

Bodvarsson, Örn B.; Lewer, Joshua J.; Berg, Hendrik F. … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

scant attention is that immigrants, as consumers of the goods they help produce, contribute to their own demand. We examine … the effects of an immigration shock on labor demand by testing a general equilibrium model in which imperfectly … substitution of immigrants for natives; (ii) out-migration; and (iii) stimulation of labor demand. According to (iii), native wages …

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The Division of Labour, Worker Organisation, and Technological Change

Borghans, Lex; Weel, Bas ter - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

The model developed in this paper explains differences in the division of labour across firms as a result of computer technology adoption. We find that changes in the division of labour can result both from reduced production time and from improved communication possibilities. The first shifts...

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Unemployment Invariance

Karanassou, Marika; Snower, Dennis J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

This paper provides a critique of the "unemployment invariance hypothesis," according to which the behavior of the labor market ensures that the long-run unemployment rate is independent of the size of the capital stock, productivity, and the labor force. Using Solow growth and endogenous growth...

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