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The "Employment Intensity" of Growth in Europe
Döpke, Jörg - 2001
The paper elaborates on the employment intensity of growth. Previous evidence regarding this question is surveyed … that the employment intensity of growth is influenced by the country's wage setting process, the share of the service …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260482
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Unemployment in the European Union: Institutions, prices, and growth
Karanassou, Marika; Sala, Héctor; Snower, Dennis J. - 2004
This paper presents a reappraisal of unemployment movements in the European Union. Our analysis is based on the chain reaction theory of unemployment, which focuses on (a) the interaction among labor market adjustment processes, (b) the interplay between these adjustment processes and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276423
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Globalisation and Employment in the EU Electrical Industry: A Case Study with Emphasis on Germany
Diehl, Markus - 2000
The development of production, prices and employment in the EU electrical industry between the mid-1970s and the mid … observed decline of the employment share of low-skilled workers. The direct effect of increased import competition on relative … employment seems to be small, except for the case of consumer electronics. Apparently, adjustment strategies induced by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260441
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EU banks rating assignments: Is there heterogeneity between new and old member countries?
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Matousek, Roman; Stewart, Chris - 2010
We model EU countries' bank ratings using financial variables and allowing for intercept and slope heterogeneity. Our aim is to assess whether 'old' and 'new' EU countries are rated differently and to determine whether 'new' ones are assigned lower ratings, ceteris paribus, than 'old' ones. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270550
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How Much Do Workers Actually Value Working from Home?
Nagler, Markus; Rincke, Johannes; Winkler, Erwin - 2022
Working from home (WFH) has become ubiquitous around the world. We ask how much workers actually value this job attribute. Using a stated-preference experiment, we show that German employees are willing to give up 7.7% of their earnings for WFH, but they value other job attributes more. For...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013470332
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High-Pressure, High-Paying Jobs?
Nagler, Markus; Rincke, Johannes; Winkler, Erwin - 2022
Work-related stress has reportedly increased over time. Using worker-level survey data, we build a measure of work pressure strongly associated with adverse health outcomes. In line with theories of compensating differentials, work pressure comes with a sizable earnings premium, even within...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013470360
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Picture this: Social distance and the mistreatment of migrant workers
Barsbai, Toman; Bartos, Vojtech; Licuanan, Victoria S.; … - 2022
employers. Encouraging DWs to show their employers a family photo while providing a small gift when starting employment reduced …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013482886
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Picture This: Social Distance and the Mistreatment of Migrant Workers
Barsbai, Toman; Bartoš, Vojtĕch; Licuanan, Victoria; … - 2022
employers. Encouraging DWs to show their employers a family photo while providing a small gift when starting employment reduced …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014290087
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How competitive is Europe's labor?
Siebert, Horst - 1999
Europe’s labor is not competitiveness taking unemployment as the relevant indicator. The paper looks at other indicators such as job creation, productivity and unit labor costs and skills. It analyzes the reasons for the lack of competitiveness including a low degree of wage differentiation,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265442
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The vanishing procyclicality of labor productivity
Galí, Jordi; van Rens, Thijs - 2010
vanished, (ii) the relative volatility of employment has risen, and (iii) the relative (and absolute) volatility of the real …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270843