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Unions, Worker Participation and Worker Well-Being

Artz, Benjamin; Heywood, John S. - 2020

This chapter focuses on the lessons learned from four decades of studying the relationship between unions and job …

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Robots, Digitalization, and Worker Voice

Belloc, Filippo; Burdin, Gabriel; Landini, Fabio - 2022

The interplay between labor institutions and the firm-level adoption of new technologies such as robotics and other advanced digital tools remains poorly understood. Using a cross-sectional sample of more than 20000 European establishments, this paper documents a positive association between...

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Organized Labour and R&D: Evidence from Italy

Cetrulo, Armanda; Cirillo, Valeria; Landini, Fabio - 2022

allow workers to make their voice heard and induce management to invest in assets that drive competition away from wages …

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On the Emergence of Cooperative Industrial and Labor Relations

Cardullo, Gabriele; Conti, Maurizio; Ricci, Andrea; … - 2023

We explore the long run determinants of current differences in the degree of cooperative labor relations at local level. We do this by estimating the causal effect of the medieval communes -that were established in certain cities in Centre-Northern Italy towards the end of the 11th century- and...

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Short-Run Health Consequences of Retirement and Pension Benefits: Evidence from China

Nikolov, Plamen; Adelman, Alan - 2019

introduction of pension benefits on the health status, health behaviors, and healthcare utilization of rural Chinese adults age 60 …This paper examines the impact of the New Rural Pension Scheme (NRPS) in China. Exploiting the staggered implementation … adults with access to the pension program experienced significant improvements in several important measures of health …

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Do Private Household Transfers to the Elderly Respond to Public Pension Benefits? Evidence from Rural China

Nikolov, Plamen; Adelman, Alan - 2019

-in-difference-in-differences (DDD) approach how a new pension program impacts inter vivos transfers. We show that pension benefits lower the propensity …Aging populations in developing countries have spurred the introduction of public pension programs to preserve the …

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Unintended Consequences of China’s New Labor Contract Law on Unemployment and Welfare Loss of the Workers

Akee, Randall; Zhao, Liqiu; Zhao, Zhong - 2018

China's new Labor Contract Law, which intended to strengthen the labor protection for workers, went into effect on January 1, 2008. The law stipulated that the maximum cumulative duration of successive fixed-term (temporary) labor contracts is 10 years, and employees working for the same...

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'Your Driver is Didi and Minutes Away from Your Pick-Up Point': Understanding Employee Motivation in the Gig Economy of China

Mukhopadhyay, Boidurjo; Chatwin, Chris - 2021

In recognition of the importance and expansion of the gig economy, largely in developed and BRICs economies, along with the growing literature surrounding it, this research contributes towards an empirical and conceptual understanding of how employee motivation and retention are managed by the...

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The Significance of Herzberg and Taylor for the Gig Economy of China: Evaluating Gigger Incentives for Meituan and Ele.me

Mukhopadhyay, Boidurjo Rick; Chatwin, Chris R. - 2021

This article investigates the motivation of contingent workers in the gig economy of China, particularly focusing on the two Mobile Food Delivery Aggregators (MFDA) - Meituan and Ele.me that controls over 80% of the food delivery market in China. The convenience of one 'super-app' on phone,...

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Collateral Damage? Labour Market Effects of Competing with China – at Home and Abroad

Cabral, Sónia; Martins, Pedro S.; Pereira dos Santos, João - 2020

The increasing range and quality of China’s exports is a major development internationally with potentially far-reaching effects. In this paper, on top of the direct labour market effects of imports from China studied in previous research, we also measure the indirect effects stemming from...

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