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Recession in the Skilled Sector and Implications for Informal Wage
Marjit, Sugata; Chaudhuri, Sarbajit; Kar, Saibal - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Global recession is likely to hit the skilled sector or the so-called white goods, white collared sector in a typical developing economy. In this paper we try to analyze the impact of such an event on informal wage as the vast majority of the workforce in the developing world is employed in the...
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Market Mechanism and Skill Premiums in the UK 1972-2002
Peng, Fei; Kang, Lili - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This paper examines the effect of shifts in the relative supply and demand of skills on the skill premiums and wage … inequality in the British labour market 1972-2002. We test the Katz and Murphy (1992) hypothesis that the changes of skill …, Machin (2001) hypothesis holds if the changes of skill premiums can be explained by relative demand shifts, given stable or …
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Post-reform Trends in Wage-Differentials: A Decomposition Analysis for India
Mukherjee, Dipa - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
wage differential across some groups are mainly due to the skill factor while for some other groups it is pure …
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A Decade of Economics Reforms: Whither Employment?
Mukherjee, Dipa - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
facilitating capacity building through education and skill formation should be the policy focus. …
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Background Study on Labour Market and Employment in Bulgaria
Beleva, Iskra; Tzanov, Vasil; Noncheva, Teodora; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1999
A factual and descriptive analysis of the employment situation in Bulgaria showed that the transition to a market economy has led to a substantial reduction of employment. The economic restructuring has begun in 1990 has proved very difficult, and the privatization of the large industrial...
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State Intervention and Labour Market in India: Issues and Options
Mukherjee, Dipa - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
State interventions into Labour policies in India are directed towards ensuring both job security and income security. In this paper we look at likely impact of such policies. The laws are found to serve the organised workers primarily while large masses of unorganised workers are without any...
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Wages and Employment in the Liberalised Regime: A Study of Indian Manufacturing Sector
Majumder, Rajarshi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
Expansion of earning opportunities and increment in earning levels are dual objectives of policymakers in developing countries. The structural adjustment programme in India tried to ensure both through higher growth targets, and manufacturing sector has seen the most sweeping changes. It is now...
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Accelerated Technological Progress - An Explanation for Wage Dispersion and a Possible Solution to the Productivity Paradox
Nikutowski, Oliver - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Due to scarcity considerations an increase in the supply of college graduates should reduce the premium for this kind of qualification. Therefore it seems quite contradictory that a tremendous educational expansion in the USA is accompanied by rising wage dispersion (overall and between...
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La mobilità dei lavoratori dell’industria nel Veneto: dinamica di lungo periodo e aspetti differenziali
Tattara, Giuseppe; Valentini, Marco - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
the chapter discusses labour mobility in Veneto from VWH (Veneto Worker Histories) database: 1982-1997. Mobility is related to the business cycle and to workers' careers. The population is split between movers and stayers, and the likelihood of chequered careers and instability is discussed.
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中国对外出口的区域劳动力市场效应
Zhang, Chuanchuan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
One striking phenomena of the macro economy in China during the past decade is the rapid exporting growth. Exporting growth provides strong demand for domestic manufacturing production and is one of the most important engines of economic growth. Using population census data and trade data, this...
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