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Impact of privatization on employment and earnings
Earle, John S. - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
Conventional wisdom and prevailing economic theory hold that the new owners of a privatized firm will cut jobs and wages. But this ignores the possibility that new owners will expand the firm's scale, with potentially positive effects on employment, wages, and productivity. Evidence generally...
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Impact of privatization on employment and earnings
Earle, John S.; Shpak, Solomiya - In: IZA World of Labor (2019)
Conventional wisdom and prevailing economic theory hold that the new owners of a privatized firm will cut jobs and wages. But this ignores the possibility that new owners will expand the firm's scale, with potentially positive effects on employment, wages, and productivity. Evidence generally...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012120550
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Impact of privatization on employment and earnings
Earle, John S. - In: IZA World of Labor (2014) October, pp. 1-10
Conventional wisdom and prevailing economic theory hold that the new owners of a privatized firm will cut jobs and wages. But this ignores the possibility that new owners will expand the firm's scale, with potentially positive effects on employment, wages, and productivity. Evidence generally...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959862
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How do social networks affect labor markets?
Schmutte, Ian - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)
Social networks, or “job-referral” networks, can help make labor markets become more efficient. Outside the firm, they help workers obtain employment after displacement and secure higher-paying jobs. They can also match highly-skilled workers to more productive employment. Inside the firm,...
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The performance of immigrants in the German labor market
Beyer, Robert - 2016
This paper uses a large survey (SOEP) to update and deepen our knowledge about the labor market performance of immigrants in Germany. It documents that immigrant workers initially earn on average 20 percent less than native workers with otherwise identical characteristics. The gap is smaller for...
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The labor market in Poland, 2000-2021
Lewandowski, Piotr; Magda, Iga - In: IZA World of Labor (2023)
In the early 2000s, Poland's unemployment rate reached 20%. That is now a distant memory, as employment has increased … noticeably and the unemployment rate had dropped to 3.4% in 2021. The labor force participation of older workers increased … underemployed. During the Covid-19 pandemic the slowdown in economic growth and increase in unemployment were small. …
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Migration in OECD countries: Labour Market Impact and Integration Issues
Jean, Sébastien; Causa, Orsetta; Jimenez, Miguel; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2007
, and a temporary impact on unemployment. However, labour market integration of immigrants (as well as integration of second …
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Low-wage employment
Schnabel, Claus - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)
higher-paid employment, whether they become persistent, or whether they result in repeated unemployment. The empirical …
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The labor market in Israel, 2000-2016
Larom, Tali; Lifshitz, Osnat - In: IZA World of Labor (2018)
trends during the last 15 years. This was accompanied by a substantial decrease in unemployment. New labor force participants …
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Low-wage employment
Schnabel, Claus - In: IZA World of Labor (2021)
-paid employment, whether they become persistent, or whether they result in repeated unemployment. The empirical evidence is mixed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013266239