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Interrupted work careers and the starting salaries of female workers in Britain

Campbell, David (contributor) - 2002 - [Elektronische Ressource]

Evidence from previous studies suggests that part of the observed wage differential between males and females is due to the spells of non-participation experienced by women. During these career breaks, no new investment in human capital occurs and the existing stock of skills depreciates,...

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Job insecurity and wage outcomes in Britain

Campbell, David; Carruth, Alan A.; Dickerson, Andrew P.; … - 2001 - [Elektronische Ressource]

In 1996 and 1997, approximately 1 in 10 British workers thought that it was either likely or very likely that they would lose their job within 12 months. Increased job insecurity has been touted as a possible cause for the decline of equilibrium unemployment in Britain and the United States...

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The UK wage curve : new evidence from the British household panel survey

Collier, Bill (contributor) - 2000 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Training and establishment survival

Collier, William (contributor); Green, Francis (contributor) - 2002 - [Elektronische Ressource]

We investigate the relationship between training and the likelihood of commercial survival over a 7-year period, using a survey of British establishments. We find that in establishments of 200 or more employees, increased training of those in Professional, Sales, and Clerical and Secretarial...

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Why has work effort become more intense?

Green, Francis (contributor) - 2002 - [Elektronische Ressource]

Effort-biased technological change and other explanations for work intensification are investigated. It is hypothesised that technological and organizational changes are one important source of work intensification and supportive evidence is found using establishment data for Britain in the...

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Can the changing nature of jobs account for national trends in job satisfaction?

Green, Francis (contributor); … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

by changes in the quality of jobs. There were falls in job satisfaction in both Britain and Germany. Elsewhere job … satisfaction, in order to attempt to account statistically for trends in job satisfaction in Britain and in Germany. We find that … in job satisfaction in either country. In Germany there was a modest fall in the proportion of people working the number …

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The rise and decline of job insecurity

Green, Francis (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

Job security is an important aspect of work quality. Accumulating evidence shows that insecurity has deleterious impacts on individuals and households, and in the mid-1990s, job insecurity became a public and political issue. This paper critically examines the concept and measurement of job...

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Testing the Balassa-Samuelson effect : implications for growth and PPP

Faria, João Ricardo (contributor); … - 2000 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Assessing the stability of the inter-industry wage structure in the face of radical economic reforms

Arbache, Jorge Saba (contributor); … - 2001 - [Elektronische Ressource]

We assess the stability of the wage structure in an economy experiencing substantial economic changes. We find that the structure of inter-industry wage differentials remained remarkably stable in Brazil in the face of major shocks. -- wage structure ; inter-industry wage differentials ; Brazil

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Child support and partnership dissolution : evidence from the UK

Walker, Ian (contributor); Zhu, Yu (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

This paper studies the determinants of partnership dissolution and focuses on the role of child support. We exploit the variation in child support liabilities driven by an important UK policy reform to separately identify the effects of children from the effect of child support liability. We...

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