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will be associated with a higher incidence of temporary employment contracts and short-term jobs. …The model developed in this paper examines the relationship between firing costs and unemployment in a simple two …-period model with uncertainty. Where there are long-term employment relationships, and where risk-averse workers and risk …
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-level jobs and submitted a CV showing that the candidate had attended high school in Australia. We find economically and … jobs in order to receive the same number of interviews. These differences vary systematically across groups, with Italians …
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We test for gender discrimination by sending fake CVs to apply for entry-level jobs. Female candidates are more likely …
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The paper uses BHPS waves 1–5 (1991–5) to compare paid work participation rates of men and women. Year-on-year persistence in paid work propensities is high, but greater for men than women. Non-work persistence is higher for women. Using panel data probit regression models, the paper also...
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This paper develops a simple model of employment, non-statutory redundancy pay and wage determination. An interesting … bargaining over redundancy pay has no impact on recent employment variation for plants in the sample; and third, that financial …
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