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The paper examines the determinants of the division of labor within firms. It provides an explanation of the pervasive … rotation. Whereas the existing literature on the division of labor within firms emphasizes the returns from specialization and … of the versatility of human capital. The paper also explores how the move towards multi-tasking can affect the labor …
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The achievements of social-welfare arrangements in Western Europe are well known: considerable income security, relatively little poverty and, in some countries, ample supply of social services. But there are also well-known weaknesses and hence considerable scope for improvement. Three types of...
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How do we explain the poor employment performance in Western Europe since about the-1970s? This question is in fact twofold : What initiated the dramatic rise in employment, and waht mechanisms have made it continue for so long? My attemps to answer these questions from the basis for a...
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occupational barriers, the transformation of job opportunities, and the implications for inequality in the labor market. …
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What were the asserted complementarities between the welfare state and full-employment policies, and why do these complementarities look less convincing today?
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