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Strikes, Employee Workplace Representation, Unionism, and Industrial Relations Quality in European Establishments
Addison, John T. - 2019
Using cross-country data, this paper investigates the relationship between workplace representation and strikes. Works councils are associated with reduced strike activity. However, where union members make up a majority of works councillors, such union-dominated councils experience greater...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012892227
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Work Environment and "Opt-Out" Rates at Motherhood Across High-Education Career Paths
Herr, Jane Leber - 2009
Using data from the 2003 National Survey of College Graduates and a sample of Harvard alumnae, we study the relationship between work environment and the labor force participation of mothers. We first document a large variation in labor force participation rates across high-education fields....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012463930
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EU enlargement and (temporary) migration : effects on labour market outcomes in Germany
Hammer, Luisa; Hertweck, Matthias S. - 2022
distribution; and a permanent positive effect on full-time employment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012821802
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Cyclical innovations in wages, prices and employment : theory and U. K. evidence
Alogoskoufis, George S. - 1982
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003468948
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Productivity growth and employment : theory and panel estimates
Pissaridēs, Christophoros A. (contributor);  … - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002527941
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Do EU Structural Funds Promote Regional Employment? Evidence from Dynamic Panel Data
Mohl, Philipp - 2011
is directly aimed at reducing disparities in the employment sector. Against this background, the paper analyses the … impact of EU structural funds on employment drawing on a panel dataset of 130 European NUTS regions over the time period 1999 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013118136
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Labour Force Participation in the Euro Area - A Cohort Based Analysis
Balleer, Almut - 2009
We use a cohort based model to analyze determinants of labour force participation for disaggregated groups of workers in the euro area and the five largest euro area countries. The model captures age and cohort effects as indicators of (unobserved) determinants of participation behaviour. We use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013160420
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Asymmetric Wage Adjustment and Employment in European Firms
Marotzke, Petra - 2017
We explore the impact of wage adjustment on employment with a focus on the role of downward nominal wage rigidities. We … results point to a negative effect of downward wage rigidities on employment at the firm level …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012945757
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Are Foreign-Owned Firms Different? Comparison of Employment Volatility and Elasticity of Labour Demand
Meriküll, Jaanika - 2014
This paper analyses differences in employment volatility in foreign-owned and domestic companies using firm-level data … from 24 European countries. The presence of foreign-owned companies may lead to higher employment volatility because … more exposed to external shocks. We assess the conditional employment volatility of firms with foreign and domestic owners …
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Incentive Effects of Social Security on Labor Force Participation : Evidence in Germany and Across Europe
Borsch-Supan, Axel - 1998
All across Europe, old age labor force participation has declined dramatically during the last decades. This secular trend coincides with population aging. The European social security systems therefore face a double threat: retirees receive pensions for a longer time while there are less...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012472033