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Using cross-country data, this paper investigates the relationship between workplace representation and strikes. Works …, and also more strikes than establishments with union workplace representation where union members are in a minority …, union density at the workplace, if not the presence of collective bargaining, is directly associated with strike incidence. …
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We estimate the causal effects of a pandemic-era wage subsidy program in Canada on job losses and business closures …
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This paper presents evidence from a field experiment, which aims to identify the two sources of worker's pro-social motivation that have been considered in the literature: action-oriented altruism and output-oriented altruism. To this end we employ an experimental design that first measures the...
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We use data about job search and work preferences, typically collected in a Labour Force Survey, in order to construct an indicator of .choosiness. of the supply of job-seekers. The method for obtaining the indicator, first at individual level and then at aggregate levels, is based on results...
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Are workplace smoking bans (WSBs) more than a ban on smoking? We study whether WSBs influence smoking cessation and …
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Why is workplace sexual harassment chronically underreported? We hypothesize that employers coerce victims into silence … economic incentives for victims of workplace sexual harassment to remain silent. We find the selectivity of sexual harassment …
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This paper develops a revealed-preference approach that uses budget constrain discontinuities to price workplace safety …
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's assessment of the economic or financial situation of the workplace and its relative labor productivity. Trust is initially … dissonance between the assessments of the two sides as to the quality of industrial relations at the workplace. All trust … two more favored trust measures that any one type of formal workplace representation - either works councils or union …
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Does removing the constraints of time and place of work increase the utility of workers and firms? We design a randomized experiment on a sample of workers in a large Italian company: workers are randomly divided into a treated group that engages in flexible space and time job (which we call...
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