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computing technologies. This paper surveys the evidence on the effects of technical change on skills, wages and employment by … level product innovations appear to raise employment growth, but there is no clear evidence of a robust effect (either …
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employment, wages, and hours of work. In order to assess whether the changes experienced by workers in the sectors analysed were …
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in monthly earnings among those employed. However, there are no overall impacts on employment rates. Regarding non … employability and quality of employment, the practical significance of the impacts is unclear, as there is only weak evidence that …
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analyze the link between formal sector subcontracting and informal sector employment. A novelty in our analysis is that this … subcontracting is positively related to employment growth only in the most modern segments of the informal sector. Increased … subcontracting cannot explain the persistently high employment in traditional informal manufacturing activities in India. Instead …
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We study the effects of a rural electrification program on employment in Peru. Taking advantage of the program's roll … and diminishes the likelihood of having a second occupation. Among females, the treatment raises employment and earnings …
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This paper investigates the impact of minimum wages on employment and wages in Indonesian manufacturing firms between … 1993 and 2006. It shows that within firms, the employment effects of minimum wage hikes is negative. It finds significant …, negative employment effects of minimum wages among small firms and for non-production, less-educated and female workers. The …
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This paper examines the impact of minimum wage policies on employment, income, and working time of Chinese workers … economic factors, and fixed effects of province and year. We find some evidence of minimum wage impacts on wages and employment … negative employment effect only for workers in private and individual enterprises. While minimum wage shortens the average …
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In 2019, the employment rate among 25- to 64-year-olds in the UK reached 80% - the highest on record, and considerably … certain policies and compositional changes on the employment rate. We also investigate how job 'quality' - in both financial … and non-financial terms - has changed. We find that almost all demographic groups and regions saw a rise in employment …
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model is used to consistently recover the full distribution of wages accounting for systematic differences in employment …
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