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Construction contracts (or : "how to get the right building at the right price?")

Chakravarty, Surajeet (contributor); … - 2006

Most contracts that individuals enter into are not written from scratch; rather, they depend upon forms and terms that have been successful in the past. In this paper, we study the structure of form construction contracts published by the American Institute of Architects (AIA). We show that...

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An analysis of the impact of affirmative action programs on self-employment in the construction industry

Blanchflower, David G. (contributor); … - 2005

The main findings of this paper are that despite the existence of various affirmative action programs designed to improve the position of women and minorities in public construction, little has changed in the last twenty five years. We present evidence showing that where race conscious...

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High-school dropouts and transitory labor market shocks : the case of the spanish housing boom

Aparicio, Ainhoa - 2010

This paper addresses the implications of transitory changes in labor market conditions for low versus high educated workers on the decision to acquire education. To identify this effect, I use the improvement in the labor market prospects of low educated workers motivated by the increases in...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008810536

House prices and employment reallocation : international evidence

Bover, Olympia (contributor); Jimeno, Juan F. (contributor) - 2007

Over the last decade house prices increased remarkably in many countries. However, while in several countries there was an employment boom in the construction sector, in others the share of employment in this sector did not significantly change. In this paper we estimate a model of labor demand...

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Lost in transition? : minimum wage effects on German construction workers

Bachmann, Ronald; König, Marion; Schaffner, Sandra - 2012

Using a linked employer-employee data set on the German construction industry, we analyse the effects of the introduction of minimum wages in this sector on labour market dynamics. In doing so, we focus on accessions and separations, as well as the underlying labour market flows, at the...

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High-impact minimum wages and heterogeneous regions

Vom Berge, Philipp; Frings, Hanna - 2017

We estimate the effects of the introduction and subsequent increases of a substantial minimum wage in Germany's main construction industry on wage and employment growth rates. Using a regional dataset constructed from individual employment histories, we exploit the spatial dimension and border...

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The re-building effect of hurricanes : evidence from employment in the US construction industry

Strobl, Eric (contributor); Walsh, Frank A. (contributor) - 2008

We examine the impact of hurricane strikes on the construction industry in US counties. To this end we use a measure of hurricane destruction derived from a wind field model and historical hurricane track data and employ this within a dynamic labour demand framework. Our results show that...

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Das Entsendegesetz : Sündenfall oder Lösung des Arbeitslosigkeitsproblems?

Rotte, Ralph; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 1998

Mit dem Arbeitnehmer-Entsendegesetz (AEntG) vom 29. Februar 1996 hat der deutsche Gesetzgeber eine Mindestlohnregelung eingeführt, die den Arbeitsmarkt in der Baubranche entlasten soll, der sich nach dem ersten Bauboom der deutschen Vereinigung seit wenigen Jahren in einer konjunkturellen und...

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Happiness and the human development index : Australia is not a paradox

Leigh, Andrew (contributor); Wolfers, Justin (contributor) - 2006

In "Happiness and the Human Development Index: The Paradox of Australia," Blanchflower and Oswald (2005) observe an … apparent puzzle: they claim that Australia ranks highly in the Human Development Index (HDI), but relatively poorly in … happiness. However, when we compare their happiness data with the HDI, Australia appears happier, not sadder, than its HDI score …

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Gender, time use and public policy over the life cycle

Apps, Patricia (contributor); Rees, Ray (contributor) - 2005

countries: Australia, the UK and Germany. We discuss the extent to which gender differences and life cycle variation in time use …

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