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Tenures that Shook the World : Worker Turnover in Russia, Poland and Britain

Lehmann, Hartmut; Wadsworth, Jonathan - 2021

We study worker turnover in a transition economy to investigate to what extent the length of time a worker has been employed by a firm shapes the turnover process. Using data from the Polish Labor Force Survey and The Russian Longitudinal Monitor Survey, we compare the pattern of turnover with a...

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Transition from Plan to Market, Height and Well-Being

Adserà, Alícia - 2019

Using newly available data, we re-evaluate the impact of transition from plan to market in former communist countries on objective and subjective well-being. We find clear evidence of the high social cost of early transition reforms: cohorts born around the start of transition are shorter than...

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Elder Parent Health and the Migration Decision of Adult Children : Evidence from Rural China

Giles, John - 2006

families in rural China. This paper asks how participation is affected by elder parent health. We find that younger adults are …

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Six-Country Survey on Covid-19

Belot, Michele - 2020

This paper presents a new data set collected on representative samples across 6 countries: China, South Korea, Japan …

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Childhood Circumstances and Health Inequality in Old Age : Comparative Evidence from China and the United States

Chen, Xi - 2020

evaluates the importance of major domains of childhood circumstances to health inequalities in the USA and China. We link two … waves of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) in 2013 and 2015 with the newly released 2014 Life …-16 percent and 14-30 percent of health inequality in old age in China and the USA, respectively. Specifically, the contribution …

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Not for the Profit, But for the Training? Gender Differences in Training in the For-Profit and Non-Profit Sectors

Dostie, Benoit - 2017

We use Canadian linked employer-employee data to examine gender differences in probability, duration, and intensity of firm-sponsored training. We find that women in the for-profit sector are less likely to receive classroom training, and receive shorter classroom training courses. However, we...

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Dependent Forms of Self-Employment in the UK : Identifying Workers on the Border between Employment and Self-Employment

Böheim, René; Muehlberger, Ulrike - 2021

We analyse the characteristics of workers who provide work on the basis of a civil or commercial contract, but who are dependent on or integrated into the firm for which they work. We argue that these dependent self-employed lose their rights under labour law, receive less favourable benefits...

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Incentives in the Public Sector : Evidence from a Government Agency

Burgess, Simon M. - 2012

This paper addresses a lack of evidence on the impact of performance pay in the public sector by evaluating a pilot scheme of incentives in a major government agency. The incentive scheme was based on teams and covered quantity and quality targets, measured with varying degrees of precision. We...

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Heterogeneous Class Size Effects : New Evidence from a Panel of University Students

Bandiera, Oriana - 2009

Over the last decade, many countries have experienced dramatic increases in university enrolment, which, when not matched by compensating increases in other inputs, have resulted in larger class sizes. Using administrative records from a leading UK university, we present evidence on the effects...

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Employee Representation and Flexible Working Time

Burdín, Gabriel - 2016

This paper provides evidence on the effect of employee representation on working time flexibility in private-sector European establishments. A 2002 European Union directive granted information, consultation and representation rights to employees on a range of key business, employment and work...

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