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The Relation between Maternal Work Hours and Cognitive Outcomes of Young School-Aged Children
Nelen, Annemarie - 2013
, greater family income. Our study is highly relevant for public policy as in most countries maternal employment rates rise when …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013083385
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Labour Market Status and Migration Dynamics
Bijwaard, Govert E. - 2009
Netherlands, which implies that all migrants are (self)-employed at the time of arrival. We find that many migrants leave the … country after a period of no-income. Employment characteristics and the country of origin play an important role in explaining …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013154986
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Male and Female Labour Force Participation : The Role of Dynamic Adjustments to Changes in Labour Demand, Government Policies and Autonomous Trends
Vendrik, Maarten - 2009
the Netherlands between 1969 and 2004. The results show significant short and long-run effects of labour demand as well as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013155594
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Early Retirement and Financial Incentives : Differences between High and Low Wage Earners
Euwals, Rob - 2014
This paper investigates the impact of financial incentives on early retirement behaviour for high and low wage earners. Using a stylized life-cycle model, we derive hypotheses on the behaviour of the two types. We use administrative data and employ a linear random effects model to test the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013046644
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Old‐Age Employment and Hours of Work Trends : Empirical Analysis for Four European Countries
Aliaj, Arjeta - 2016
countries Germany, France and the Netherlands using the EU Labour Force Survey. Second, we characterize the different employment …For the last two decades, the increase of employment among cohorts of individuals aged 50+ has been a policy objective … on the European employment agenda. The present paper takes stock of the situation as observed in Belgium over the time …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012996523
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Productivity Gains from R&D Investment : Are High-Tech Sectors Still Ahead?
Ortega-Argilés, Raquel - 2011
The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between a firm's R&D expenditures considered as an investment in knowledge, and its productivity, looking at sectoral peculiarities which may emerge; to this end, we use a large unique longitudinal database consisting of 1,809 US and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013120145
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From the Dual Apprenticeship System to a Dual Labor Market? The German High-Skill Equilibrium and the Service Economy
Eichhorst, Werner - 2009
long-term productive employment relationships become viable. The paper explores the connection between structural change … by standard employment, as a reference point but mainly addresses different segments of the service economy: traditional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013158673
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Supervisors and Performance Management Systems
Frederiksen, Anders - 2017
Supervisors occupy central roles in production and performance monitoring. We study how heterogeneity in performance evaluations across supervisors affects employee and supervisor careers and firm outcomes using data on the performance system of a Scandinavian service sector firm. We show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012957486
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Firm Size and Innovation in the Service Sector
Audretsch, David B. - 2019
A rich literature links knowledge inputs with innovative outputs. However, most of what is known is restricted to manufacturing. This paper analyzes whether the three aspects involving innovative activity - R innovative output; and productivity - hold for knowledge intensive services. Combining...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012894537
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Downward Nominal Wage Rigidity in Services : Direct Evidence from a Firm Survey
Radowski, Daniel - 2009
The paper uses a new German employer survey on wage setting practices to analyze incidence and sources of nominal wage rigidity in services vs. manufacturing. We observe that wage freezes are significantly more frequent and wage cuts less frequent in services. Reasons preventing wage cuts...
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