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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 … in medium and small size cities, often located in western and central China. Understanding the characteristics and … inland China. The purpose of this paper is to provide insights into the characteristics, working conditions and job attitudes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010659257
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Using Employer Hiring Behavior to Test the Educational Signaling Hypothesis
Albrecht, James W.; Ours, Jan C. van - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001
more likely to lower educational standards when an informal, more informative recruitment channel is used, so we conclude …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703796
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Firm Recruitment Behaviour: Sequential or Non-Sequential Search?
van Ommeren, Jos; Russo, Giovanni - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
In the extensive job search literature, studies assume either sequential or non-sequential search. Which assumption is more reasonable? This paper introduces a novel method to test the hypothesis that firms search sequentially based on the relationship between the number of (rejected) job...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005070427
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Employers' Search and the Efficiency of Matching
Pellizzari, Michele - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
' recruitment practices, shows that more intensive recruitment leads to matches of better quality that pay higher wages, last longer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703007
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Applications and Interviews: A Structural Analysis of Two-Sided Simultaneous Search
Wolthoff, Ronald - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
A large part of the literature on frictional matching in the labor market assumes bilateral meetings between workers and firms. This ignores the frictions that arise when workers and firms meet in a multilateral way and cannot coordinate their application and hiring decisions. I analyze the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008805621
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Employee Trust and Workplace Performance
Brown, Sarah; Gray, Daniel; McHardy, Jolian; Taylor, Karl - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We explore the relationship between employee trust of managers and workplace performance. We present a theoretical framework which serves to establish a link between employee trust and firm performance as well as to identify possible mechanisms through which the relationship may operate. We then...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959547
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Are Occupations Paid What They Are Worth? An Econometric Study of Occupational Wage Inequality and Productivity
Kampelmann, Stephan; Rycx, Francois - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Labour economists typically assume that pay differences between occupations can be explained with variations in productivity. The empirical evidence on the validity of this assumption is surprisingly thin and subject to various potential biases. The authors use matched employer-employee panel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009293741
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Employment Concentration and Resource Allocation: One-Company Towns in Russia
Commander, Simon; Nikoloski, Zlatko; Plekhanov, Alexander - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
The paper looks at the effects of employment concentration on resource allocation with a particular focus on one-company towns in Russia defined as towns where a single company accounts for a significant share of total employment of the locality. Empirical analysis of firms' production functions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009325440
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Foreign Direct Investment, Black Economic Empowerment and Labour Productivity in South Africa
Mebratie, Anagaw Derseh; Bedi, Arjun S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
The impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on domestically owned firms in developing countries has been widely debated in the literature. It has been argued that FDI provides access to advanced technologies and other intangible assets which may spill over to the host country and allow...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009353425
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How to Avoid a Pension Crisis: A Question of Intelligent System Design
Cigno, Alessandro - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Conventional pension systems suffer from a design defect which makes them financially unsustainable, and a source of inefficiency for the economy as a whole. The paper outlines a second-best policy which includes a public pension system made up of two parallel schemes, a Bismarckian one allowing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008632739