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From Immigrants to Robots : The Changing Locus of Substitutes for Workers

Borjas, George J. - 2019

Increased use of robots has roused concern about how robots and other new technologies change the world of work. Using …

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The Wage Effects of Immigration and Emigration

Docquier, Frédéric - 2010

In this paper, we simulate the long-run effects of migrant flows on wages of high-skilled and low-skilled non-migrants in a set of countries using an aggregate model of national economies. New in this literature we calculate the wage effect of emigration as well as immigration. We focus on...

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What Does Global Expansion of Higher Education Mean for the US?

Freeman, Richard B. - 2009

This study documents the rapid spread of higher education around the world and the consequent reduced share of the US … in the world's university students and graduates. It shows that the proportion of young persons who go to college has … position in science and technology. International students make up roughly half of university graduate immigrants to the US …

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How Does China's New Labor Contract Law Affect Floating Workers?

Freeman, Richard B. - 2013

China's new Labor Contract Law took effect on January 2008 and required firms to give migrant workers written contracts, strengthened labor protections for workers and contained penalties for firms that did not follow the labor code. This paper uses survey data of migrant workers in the Pearl...

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Immigration and the work force : economic consequences for the United States and source areas

Borjas, George J. (ed.); Freeman, Richard B. (contributor) - 1992

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Occupational Skill Premia around the World

Kunst, David - 2020

changes in the world of work …

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To Join or Not to Join? Factors Influencing Employee Share Plan Membership in a Multinational Corporation

Bryson, Alex - 2010

Many firms encourage employees to own company stock through share plans that subsidize the price at favorable rates, but even so many employees do not buy shares. Using a new survey of employees in a multinational with a share ownership plan, we find considerable variation in joining among...

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Labor Market Institutions Around the World

Freeman, Richard B. - 2007

The paper documents the large cross-country differences in labor institutions that make them a candidate explanatory factor for the divergent economic performance of countries and reviews what economists have learned about the effects of these institutions on economic outcomes. It identifies...

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The Same Yet Different : Worker Reports on Labour Practices and Outcomes in a Single Firm Across Countries

Freeman, Richard B. - 2007

This paper examines cross-country differences in labour policies and practices and employee performance and attitudes toward work from a sample of nearly 30,000 employees in a large multinational manufacturing firm. The analysis shows: 1) large establishment and country differences in work...

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Is A Great Labor Shortage Coming? Replacement Demand in the Global Economy

Freeman, Richard B. - 2006

This paper assesses the claim the the US faces an impending labor shortage due to the impending retirement of baby boomers and slow growth of the US work force, and that the country should orient labor market and educational policies to alleviate this prospective shortage. I find that this...

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