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Public-Private Sector Wage Differentials by Type of Contract: Evidence from Spain
Ramos, Raul; Sanromá, Esteban; Simón, Hipólito - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
The article examines public-private sector wage differentials in Spain using microdata from the Structure of Earnings Survey (Encuesta de Estructura Salarial). When applying various decomposition techniques, we find that it is important to distinguish by gender and type of contract. Our results...
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How Does Temporary Agency Work Impact German Agency Workers?
Spermann, Alexander - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
The enormous speed of change in the working world is associated with greater job insecurity. As a dynamic external flexibilization instrument, temporary agency work is characterized by high labor turnover rates. As a result, agency workers might perceive more job insecurity than permanent staff....
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Sector Surcharges for Temporary Agency Workers in Germany: A Way Out of the Low-Wage Sector?
Spermann, Alexander - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Sector-specific surcharge collective labor agreements between the bargaining partners in the staffing industry allow for a reduction of wage gaps between agency workers and permanent staff in case of long-term job assignments to user companies. Surcharges up to 50% after a surcharge-free period...
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How Could Germany Escape the Demographic Trap?
Kahlenberg, Christoph; Spermann, Alexander - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Demographic change is perceived as a threat for wealth rather than a challenge in Germany. The debate on skilled labor shortage is a proof for this view. The paper surveys the most important German studies on skilled labor shortage. Meanwhile, a consensus on solutions has emerged in academia....
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The Gender-Career Estimation Gap
Kaiser, Lutz C. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
The paper discusses gender differences with regard to the self- and reciprocal estimation of career expectations. Firstly, the theoretical background and the literature are identified. Within this frame, the instance of self-under-estimated career prospects of female workers and statistical...
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Commercial Plasma Donation and Individual Health in Impoverished Rural China
Chen, Xi - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Blood collection following nonstandard operations largely increases the risks of infectious diseases through cross-contamination. Commercial plasma donation and the resulting HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C epidemics in central China in the 1990s killed more than one million people. Many blood banks...
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Labour Demand Research: Towards a Better Match between Better Theory and Better Data
Addison, John T.; Portugal, Pedro; Varejão, José - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
data, in the form of longitudinal matched employer-employee data, and in techniques and algorithms (e.g. for solving … remains the need for a better match between theory and data. This paper provides a critical albeit eclectic assessment of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959736
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New Linked Data on Research Investments: Scientific Workforce, Productivity, and Public Value
Lane, Julia; Owen-Smith, Jason; Rosen, Rebecca; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Longitudinal micro-data derived from transaction level information about wage and vendor payments made by federal …, representatives of federal agencies, and others. This paper describes the UMETRICS data initiative that has been implemented under the … auspices of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation. The resulting data set reflects an emerging conceptual framework for …
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Minimum Wage Increases Under Straightened Circumstances
Addison, John T.; Blackburn, McKinley L.; Cotti, Chad - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
recent increases in the U.S. minimum wage, using three different data sets and the two main estimation strategies for …
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The New Role of Temporary Agency Work in Germany
Spermann, Alexander - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This paper reviews the development of temporary agency work after its deregulation in the context of the so-called Hartz reforms in Germany. The new role of agency work emerges from its enormous growth after deregulation, the intense use of agency work by big stock-listed companies and upcoming...
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