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Automation and flexible labor contracts : firm-level evidence from Italy
Traverso, Silvio; Vatiero, Massimiliano; Zaninotto, Enrico - 2024
This study examines the association between investments in automation technologies and employment outcomes at the firm level, utilizing a panel dataset of about 10,450 Italian firms. Focusing on the proliferation of non-standard, flexible labor contracts introduced by labor market reforms in the...
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Labour market institutions in small Pacific island countries : main guidelines for labour market reforms
Malo Ocaña, Miguel Angel - 2017
This report consists of a comprehensive overview of labour market institutions in the small Pacific island countries in order to propose recommendations to improve the performance of their labour markets. We pay particular attention to three countries: Fiji, Palau and Papua New Guinea. We focus...
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30,000 minimum wages : the eonomic effects of collective bargaining extensions
Martins, Pedro S. - 2019
their bargaining. These extensions may address coordination issues but may also distort competition by imposing sector … wage bills of independent contractors, who are not subject to labour law or collective bargaining, increases by over 1 …
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Assessing the legal value added of collective bargaining agreements
Martins, Pedro S.; Saraiva, Joana - 2019
How much value does collective bargaining add to the working conditions already established in general labour law? In … as 62% of those collective bargaining norms are exactly or virtually equal to the Labour Code; only 25% (an average of 16 … collective bargaining in Portugal has a relatively small role as a source of effective labour law. We also present several …
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Non-standard employment and wage differences across gender : a quantile regression approach
Duman, Anil - 2020
The paper aims to identify the effect of non-standard employment on wages in the Turkish labour market across gender and decompose the gap to understand the role of endowments and returns in generating the earning differences. Our findings show that non-standard employment reduces wages for...
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A tale of two tracks
Asali, Muhammad - 2018
Given asymmetric information, this paper explores the need for non-tenure-track jobs in academia alongside the usual tenure-track positions. It also explains the coexistence of these two types of jobs in research universities as an equilibrium phenomenon. The increased e¤ort needed to produce...
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Overeducation, overskilling and job satisfaction in Europe : the moderating role of employment contracts
Giuliano, Romina; Mahy, Benoît; Rycx, François; … - 2024
This paper is the first to examine whether and how overeducation and overskilling, considered separately and in interaction, influence workers' job satisfaction at European level. It also investigates the moderating role of employment contracts. Our results, based on a unique pan-European...
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Rent sharing in China : magnitude, heterogeneity and drivers
Duan, Wenjing; Martins, Pedro S. - 2020
and more symmetric than in developed economies, which re ects the weaker bargaining power of its workers and the different …
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Industrial relations reform, firm-level bargaining and nominal wage floors
Giannakopoulos, Nicholas; Laliotis, Ioannis - 2018
Decentralised bargaining is an important wage setting mechanism that promotes wage flexibility which in turn determines … reform in Greece that allowed firms with less than 50 employees to participate in firm-level bargaining. Matching …-level bargaining and a 12 percent drop in wage floors relative to non-treated firms. We also document a positive employment impact. …
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Delayed graduation and university dropout : a review of theoretical approaches
Aina, Carmen; Baici, Eliana; Casalone, Giorgia; … - 2019
bargaining approach, the decision to delay graduation or dropout from university is related to bargaining within the family …
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