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Gender Wage-Productivity Differentials and Global Integration in China
Dammert, Ana C.; Ural Marchand, Beyza; Wan, Chi - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
to the relative marginal productivity levels of workers. This paper investigates the role of globalization on the … structure and evolution of gender differentials in China by simultaneously estimating demand-side wage and productivity outcomes … labor demand. The results suggest that more exposure to globalization through increased exports is associated with lower …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011265652
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Economic History or History of Economics? A Review Essay on Sylvia Nasar's Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius
Ashenfelter, Orley - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
In this essay I review Sylvia Nasar's long awaited new history of economics, Grand Pursuit. I describe how the book is an economic history of the period from 1850-1950, with distinguished economists' stories inserted in appropriate places. Nasar's goal is to show how economists work, but also to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009404596
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A Call for Comparative Research: Consequences of a Rising Income Inequality for State Activities
Neubäumer, Renate - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
The aim of this discussion paper is not only to activate a debate over the interrelation between rising income inequality and economic policy measures but also to initiate comparative research in several European countries and North America. It discusses the consequences of a rising income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009003477
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Do Workers Really Benefit From Their Social Networks?
Fontaine, François - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
This paper provides a simple matching model in which unemployed workers and employers in large firms can be matched together through social networks or through more "formal" methods of search. We show that networks do not necessarily add new externalities and that some results previously...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566629
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Perspectives from the Happiness Literature and the Role of New Instruments for Policy Analysis
Praag, Bernard M.S. van - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
After having been ignored for a long time by economists, happiness is becoming an object of serious research in 21st century economics. In Section 2 we sketch the present status of happiness economics. In Section 3 we consider the practical applicability of happiness economics, retaining the...
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Reflexionen zur Zukunft der Arbeit
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
angesichts von Demografie, Globalisierung und Technologiefortschritt nicht ihren eigenen wirtschaftlichen Erfolg aufs Spiel …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884061
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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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Structural Change and Innovation as Exit Strategies from the Middle Income Trap
Vivarelli, Marco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper is intended to provide an updated discussion on a series of issues that the relevant literature suggests to be crucial in dealing with the challenges a middle income country may encounter in its attempts to further catch-up a higher income status. In particular, the conventional...
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Do Foreign Owners Favor Short-Term Profit? Evidence from Germany
Dill, Verena; Jirjahn, Uwe; Smith, Stephen C. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
foreign countries; rather, results point in the direction of more general features of corporate globalization. …
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Trade and Labor Reallocation with Heterogeneous Enforcement of Labor Regulations
Almeida, Rita K.; Poole, Jennifer P. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper revisits the question of how trade openness affects labor market outcomes in a developing country setting. We explore the fact that plants face varying degrees of exposure to global markets and to the enforcement of labor market regulations, and rely on Brazil's currency crisis in...
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