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Labour Market Regulation in the Eu-15 : Causes and Consequences - a Survey

Siebert, Stanley - 2006

efficiency arguments are questionable, because of the disemployment effects of strict regulation. Regulation is better explained … rationally desires strict regulation to divert rent from other groups such as the skilled workers and the unemployed. Legal … tradition. Given a predisposition to intervene, these countries begin with some degree of labour regulation, which then creates …

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HRM Practices and Performance of Family-Run Workplaces : Evidence from the 2004 WERS

Siebert, Stanley - 2011

This paper analyses HRM practices of family-run workplaces using the 2004 WERS. Family-ownership and management within workplaces in the corporate sector is our focus. This family-run group represents nationally about 26% of workplaces and 14% of employment. We find that employees in this group...

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Female Labour Supply, Human Capital and Welfare Reform

Blundell, Richard W. - 2013

We consider the impact of tax credits and income support programs on female education choice, employment, hours and human capital accumulation over the life-cycle. We analyze both the short run incentive effects and the longer run implications of such programs. By allowing for risk aversion and...

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Maternal Education, Home Environments and the Development of Children and Adolescents

Carneiro, Pedro Manuel - 2007

We study the intergenerational effects of maternal education on children's cognitive achievement, behavioral problems, grade repetition and obesity. We address endogeneity of maternal schooling by instrumenting with variation in schooling costs when the mother grew up. Using matched data from...

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Examining the Determinants of Agency Work : Do Family Friendly Practices Play a Role?

Heywood, John S. - 2006

This paper uses establishment data to estimate the determinants of using agency workers. It contends that those employers with less ability to direct effort of core workers are more likely to use agency workers to meet uncertain labor demand. Family friendly practices are viewed as either...

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Wages, Experience and Training of Women Over the Lifecycle

Blundell, Richard W. - 2019

We investigate the role of training in reducing the gender wage gap using the UK-BHPS which contains detailed records of training. Using policy changes over an 18 year period we identify the impact of training and work experience on wages, earnings and employment. Based on a lifecycle model and...

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Real Wage Cyclicality in Germany and the UK : New Results Using Panel Data

Peng, Fei; Siebert, Stanley - 2021

This paper compares the cyclical behaviour of male real wages in Germany and the UK using the German Socio-Economic Panel 1984-2002 and the British Household Panel Survey 1991-2004. We distinguish between job stayers (remaining in the same job), and within- and between-company job movers....

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Resources and Standards in Urban Schools

Machin, Stephen J.; McNally, Sandra; Meghir, Costas - 2021

Despite being central to government education policy in many countries, there remains considerable debate about whether resources matter for pupil outcomes. In this paper we look at this question by considering an English education policy initiative - Excellence in Cities - which has been a...

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Labour Turnover and Labour Productivity in a Retail Organization

Siebert, Stanley; Zubanov, Nick; Chevalier, Arnaud; … - 2021

We study the impact of labour turnover on labour productivity using a panel dataset of 347 shops belonging to a large UK clothing retailer over 1995-1999. For the within-shop link - holding constant the shop's permanent characteristics - we observe an inverted U-shape effect of labour turnover...

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Management Economics in a Large Retail Organization

Siebert, Stanley; Zubanov, Nikolay - 2021

We study the impact of and reward to middle management ability using data from 245 stores of a nationwide retailer. The company scores six broad areas of management practice, the most important of which turns out to be "commercial awareness", where able managers raise labour productivity by 17%...

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