The advent of cloud computing promises to improve the way firms utilize IT solutions. Firms are expected to replace … large and inflexible fixed-cost investments in IT with more targeted variable spending in cloud solutions. In addition …, cloud usage is expected to increase the productivity of firms, as it allows them to quickly customize the IT they require to …

We analyze the impact of the UK national minimum wage (NMW) on the employment of young workers. The previous literature …, we find a significant and negative employment effect for male workers at 21, which we believe to be an anticipation … effect on employment of young workers, with this effect possibly occurring already well in advance of reaching the threshold …

generalized anxiety disorder detract from the employment and labor force participation of males and females; however, we do not … addressing the potential endogeneity of mental illness, we continue to find that mental illness adversely affects employment and … gains in employment for 3.2 million individuals and reduction in workplace cost of absenteeism of $18.9 billion due to …

Western Europe, but by lower employment rates in Eastern and Southern Europe. …

It has been argued that vocational education facilitates the school-to-work transition but reduces later adaptability … difference-in-differences model that compares employment rates across education type and age. An initial employment advantage of …

. The current structure of the labor market is a lot healthier than it was in the early 1980s. Therefore, the upward …

by behavioral adjustments yet which are of considerable importance to one’s quality of life: employment, earnings and …

We examine the impact of uncertainty on employment dynamics. Alternative measures of uncertainty are constructed based … employment, and the effects are primarily felt by the relatively smaller businesses; the impact on large businesses are generally … non-existent or weaker. Our results suggest that to truly understand the effects of uncertainty on employment dynamics, we …

, generating spurious evidence that higher minimum wages reduce employment. Using minimum wage variation within contiguous county … pairs that share a state border, they find no relationship between minimum wages and employment in the U.S. restaurant …−but within cross-border commuting zones−we find a robust negative relationship between minimum wages and employment. …