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Hiring, firing, education and productivity : a South-African case study
Frijters, Paul - 1997
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000956187
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A structural model of tenure and specific investments
Teulings, Coen N.; Ende, Martin Adriaan van der - 2002
Though a lot of work has been done on the distribution of job tenures, we are still uncertain about its main determinants.In this paper, we stress random shocks to match productivity after the start of an employment relation.The specificity of investment makes hiring and separation decisions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011302603
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Beyond Okun's law : output growth and labor market flows
Lim, Guay C.; Dixon, Robert J.; Ours, Jan C. van - 2018
This paper studies the relationship between the change in the unemployment rate and output growth using an approach based on labor market flows. The framework shows why the Okun coefficient may be constant/time-varying and/or symmetric/asymmetric and that the outcome lies with the behavior of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011940045
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Sequential or non-sequential recruitment?
Ommeren, Jos van; Russo, Giovanni - 2004
This paper examines the recruitment process of firms. We test whether firms search sequentially or non …-sequentially using data compiled from filled vacancies. According to theory, in case of sequential hiring, the number of applicants is …. We distinguish between different types of recruitment methods. We find that the sequential hiring is rejected for a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011337993
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The attractiveness of temporary employment to reduce adjustment costs
Graaf-Zijl, Marloes de - 2005
In this paper I determine the importance of adjustment costs in employers' hiring decisions. Temporary work arrangements offer potential ways to avoid adjustment costs. I estimate employers willingness to pay for the characteristics of these work arrangements. I distinguish regular contracts,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011348353
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Private equity waves
Smit, Han; Berg, Ward van den - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003337675
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The economics of information in transport
Rietveld, Piet - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008746629
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The economics of information in transport
Rietveld, Piet - 2010
Travelers often are incompletely informed about travel alternatives, which has important implications for various domains of travel behavior such as whether or not to make a trip, modal choice, the timing of a trip or route choice. During the last decade large efforts have been made to increase...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011382086
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Information Overload in Monopsony Markets
Ficco, Stefano - 2004
I consider a situation in which heterogenous senders (applicants) compete in order to be selected by one receiver (employer). Productivity is private information to the senders, and the receiver processes imperfect signals (applications) to screen among applicants. The information-processing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011337401
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Information overload monopsony markets
Ficco, Stefano - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002200389