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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...
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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...
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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...
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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
.3%; temporary employment also influences health. Migrant status – with differences among regions of origin – significantly affects …
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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
Microcensus 2009 data with a dataset including detailed occupational demands (German Employment Survey 2006), we have a unique …
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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 … implications. Specifically, a minimum wage policy could, in contrast to an employment subsidy, cause working conditions to …
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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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Do Legal Immigrants and Natives Compete in the Labour Market? Evidence from Catalonia
Diaz-Serrano, Luis - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
The precondition for labour-market competition between immigrants and natives is that both are willing to accept jobs that do not differ in quality. To test this hypothesis, in this paper we compare the working conditions between immigrants and natives in Catalonia. Comparing immigrants' working...
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Innovative Work Practices, Information Technologies and Working Conditions: Evidence for France
Askenazy, Philippe; Caroli, Eve - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
We investigate the impact of new work practices and information and communication technologies (ICT) on working conditions in France. We use a unique French dataset providing information on individual workers for the year 1998. New work practices include the use of quality norms, job rotation,...
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Working Conditions and Job Satisfaction of China's New Generation of Migrant Workers: Evidence from an Inland City
Wang, Huashu; Pan, Lei; Heerink, Nico - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
China is experiencing notable changes in rural-urban migration. Young, more educated migrants with different attitudes towards living and working form an increasing share of the migrant labour force. At the same time, the destinations of migrants are changing as a result of government policies...
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