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How Changes in Labor Demand Affects Unemployed Workers
Burdett, Kenneth - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1980
No abstract.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010684530
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Trade, Earnings, and Mobility - Swedish Evidence.
Edin, P.-A.; Fredriksson, P.; Lundborg, P. - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2000
labor market in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Earnings respond significantly to changes in industry sales, whether …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005669598
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Unemployment and Labour Market Transitions in the Czech Republic: Evidence from Micro-Data
Huitfeldt, H. - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 1998
The Czech labour market performance in early 1990s has widely been regarded as a success story. In particular, the Czech unemployment rate has been one of the lowest in Europe. IN this paper, we provide a microperspective on the Czech labour market by using data from the Czech labour force...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005669613
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The Division of Labor and the Market for Organizations.
Lindbeck, A.; Snower, D.J. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2000
The paper examines the determinants of the division of labor within firms. It provides an explanation of the pervasive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005670117
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The Multi-Dimensional Nature of Labor Demand and Skill-Biased Technological Change.
Mellander, E. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1999
features. First, effective labor is modeled as the product of a quantity measure - number of employees with a given level of … education - and a quality index, depending on, i.a., demographic characteristics and fields-of-study. Second, low-skilled labor … for four categories of labor, two types of capital and intermediate goods. The empirical application covers 24 industries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005780378
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Swedish Multinationals and Competition from High- and Low-Wage Locations.
Braconier, H.; Ekholm, K. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1999
This study uses data on Swedish multinationals to estimate cross elasticities of labour demand in different locations. With a vertical decomposition of the firm's activities, whether there is substitution or complementarity between employment in different parts of the firm will depend on whether...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005639324
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Trade, Earnings, and Mobility - Swedish Evidence.
Edin, P.-A.; Fredriksson, P.; Lundborg, P. - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2000
labor market in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Earnings respond significantly to changes in industry sales, whether …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005634561
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Firms' Financial Policy and Labour Demand: Theory and Evidence.
Bergstrom, P.; Lindberg, S. - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 1998
This paper investigates the influence of financial leverage on firms' intertemporal hiring decisions in the context of the hierarchy of finance approach to coporate finance. We derive the Euler equation of employment in the presence of convex adjustment costs, and show the empirical implications...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005634564
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Sick on the Job? : Myths and Realities about Mental Health and Work
2012
The costs of mental ill-health for the individuals concerned, employers and society at large are enormous. Mental illness is responsible for a very significant loss of potential labour supply, high rates of unemployment, and a high incidence of sickness absence and reduced productivity at work....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012443425
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The Effect of Employment Protection on Labor Productivity
Bjuggren, Carl Magnus - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2015
the effect of employment protection rules on labor productivity using micro data on Swedish firms. A reform of the … the seniority rules. I exploit the reform as a natural experiment. My results indicate that increased labor market … exibility increases labor productivity. The increase is not explained by capital intensity or the educational level of workers. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011261209