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The Impact of Trade Liberalization on the Return to Education in Vietnam: Wage versus Employment Effect
Oostendorp, Remco H.; Quang, Doan Hong - Tinbergen Institute - 2011
. These studies have typically estimated the return to education in terms of changes in wages rather than employment …, effectively ignoring the fact that trade liberalization affects not only wages but also employment opportunities. In this paper we … trade liberalization on the return to education taking into account both changes in wages and employment. The results show …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008921781
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If you are so smart, why aren't you an Entrepreneur?
Hartog, Joop; Praag, Mirjam van; Sluis, Justin van der - Tinbergen Institute - 2008
questions: (1) To what extent does a composite measure of ability affect an entrepreneur's earnings relative to employees? (2 …) Do different cognitive abilities (e.g. math ability, language ability) and social ability affect earnings of … entrepreneurs and employees differently?, and (3) Does the balance in these measured ability levels affect an individual's earnings …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005137351
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Trade between China and the Netherlands: a Case Study of Globalization
Butter, Frank A.G. den; Hayat, Raphie - Tinbergen Institute
-house offshoring to China is a major determinant of Dutch import growth from China. Dutch firms tend to offshore production in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005137038
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Which Industries are shifting the Beveridge Curve?
Barnichon, Regis; Elsby, Michael; Hobijn, Bart; Sahin, … - Tinbergen Institute - 2011
The negative relationship between the unemployment rate and the job openings rate, known as the Beveridge curve, has been relatively stable in the U.S. over the last decade. Since the summer of 2009, in spite of firms reporting more job openings, the U.S. unemployment rate has not declined in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009367436
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The Attractiveness of Temporary Employment to Reduce Adjustment Costs
Graaf-Zijl, Marloes de - Tinbergen Institute - 2005
1000 Dutch employers is used to determine the relative preference for the constituent characteristics of these employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005137210
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Confidence Management: On Interpersonal Comparisons in Teams
Crutzen, Benoît S.Y.; Swank, Otto H.; Visser, Bauke - Tinbergen Institute - 2007
Organization differ in the degree to which they differentiate employees by ability. We analyse how the effect of differentiation on employee morale may explain this variation. By comparing employees using ordinary talk, a manager boosts the self-image of some, but hurts that of others. Whether...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005144567
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The Impact of Workplace Conditions on Firm Performance
Buhai, Sebastian; Cottini, Elena; Westergård-Nielsen, Niels - Tinbergen Institute - 2008
This paper estimates the impact of work environment health and safety practice on firm performance, and examines which firm-characteristic factors are associated with good work conditions. We use Danish longitudinal register matched employer-employee data, merged with firm business accounts and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005137054
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Friendship Relations in the School Class and Adult Economic Attainment
Galeotti, Andrea; Müller, Gerrit - Tinbergen Institute - 2005
offer empirical evidence that differential social standing in adolescence predicts large and persistent earnings disparities … in class or friends' characteristics. A moderate share of the earnings inequalities is mediated by differential post …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005137336
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Victims of Progress: Economic Integration, Specialization, and Wages for Unskilled Labor
Francois, Joseph; Nelson, Douglas R. - Tinbergen Institute - 2000
In this paper we demonstrate that intra-industry trade (or FDI) between identical countries could produce the observed deterioration in the relative wages of unskilled workers. This involves a model of North-North integration through either increased trade flows or increased MNE- based...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005137238
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Returns to Tenure or Seniority?
Buhai, Sebastian; Portela, Miguel; Teulings, Coen; … - Tinbergen Institute - 2008
consider the effects of Employment Protection Legislation and risk aversion. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005137057