Similar Search Results

Efficiency in Employee-Owned Enterprises : An Econometric Case Study of Mondragon

Arando, Saioa - 2011

We provide the first econometric study of efficiency for a member of the Mondragon group of worker cooperatives. Eroski is a retail distribution chain and, most unusually, there are two distinct types of hypermarkets: (i) cooperatives with significant employee ownership and voice; and (ii) GESPAs...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013124780

The Part-Time Pay Penalty in a Segmented Labor Market

Fernández-Kranz, Daniel - 2009

While much of the literature that investigates the part-time (PT) / full-time (FT) hourly wage differential and its causes focuses on average effects, very few studies analyze the heterogeneous effects of PT work across different subgroups, despite the policy relevance of understanding channels...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013157044

Unemployment Accounts and Employment Incentives

Brown, Alessio J.G; Orszag, J. Michael; Snower, Dennis J. - 2008

We explore the far-reaching implications of replacing current unemployment benefit (UB) systems by an unemployment accounts (UA) system. Under the UA system, employed people are required to make ongoing contributions to their UAs and the balances in these accounts are available to them during...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014058461

Income Inequality, Equality of Opportunity, and Intergenerational Mobility

Corak, Miles - 2013

Families, labor markets, and public policies all structure a child's opportunities and determine the extent to which adult earnings are related to family background. Cross-country comparisons and the underlying trends suggest that these drivers will most likely lower the degree of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013077326

Occupational Mobility of Immigrants in a Low Skilled Economy : The Spanish Case

Simon, Hipolito - 2011

We analyze the occupational mobility of immigrants between their origin countries and Spain and its determinants. We …, immigrants experience a strong occupational downgrading in Spain when compared to their origin countries. This fact is due to the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013127919

Is There Discriminatory Mortgage Pricing Against Immigrants in the Spanish Lending Market?

Diaz-Serrano, Luis - 2011

In this paper, we investigate whether evidence of discriminatory treatment against immigrants in the Spanish mortgage market exists. More specifically, we test whether, ceteris paribus, immigrant borrowers tend to be charged with higher interest rates on their mortgages than their Spanish born...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013128211

Wage Differentials between Native and Immigrant Women in Spain : Accounting for Differences in the Supports

Nicodemo, Catia - 2011

The objective of the study is to quantify the wage gap between native and immigrant women in Spain taking into account …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013128217

Commuting Time and Labour Supply : A Causal Effect?

Giménez, José Ignacio - 2011

We analyze the causal effect of the length of the worker's commute on worker's productivity, by examining whether commuting time has any effect on worker's labour market supply. Using the Spanish Time Use Survey 2002-03, our GMM/IV estimation yields a positive causal impact of commuting time on...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013129091

Work, Risk and Health : Differences between Immigrants and Natives in Spain

Solé, Meritxell - 2010

We analyze the impact of working and contractual conditions, particularly exposure to job risks, on the probability of acquiring a disability. We postulate a model in which this impact is mediated by the choice of occupation, with a level of risk associated to it. We assume this choice is...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013135627

Two-Tier Labor Markets in the Great Recession : France vs. Spain

Bentolila, Samuel - 2010

This paper analyzes the strikingly different response of unemployment to the Great Recession in France and Spain. Their … France, unemployment rate has increased by 2 percentage points, whereas in Spain it has shot up to 19% by the end of 2009. We … contracts and the less restrictive rules regarding the use of the latter contracts in Spain. Using a calibrated search and …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013135650

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Next
Last