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The Labour Market Impact of Covid-19 : Early Evidence for a Sample of Enterprises from Southern Europe

Webster, Allan D.; Khorana, Sangeeta; Pastore, Francesco - 2023

This study uses evidence from World Bank enterprise surveys of a sample of firms from six countries in Southern Europe. It examines the early evidence of the effects of Covid-19 on labour markets. The evidence and the analysis are provided at a time when the pandemic is still in progress. The...

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Sexual Orientation Discrimination in the Cypriot Labour Market : Distastes or Uncertainty?

Drydakis, Nick - 2012

Sexual orientation and employment bias is examined in Cyprus (Republic of Cyprus: Nicosia, Limassol, Larnaca, Paphos …

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Employment Protection Legislation and Wages

Leonardi, Marco; Pica, Giovanni - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

In a perfect labor market severance payments can have no real effects as they can beundone by a properly designed labor contract (Lazear 1990). We give empirical content tothis proposition by estimating the effects of EPL on entry wages and on the tenure-wageprofile in a quasi-experimental...

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Health Impaired Employees' Job Satisfaction : New Evidence from Athens, Greece

Drydakis, Nick - 2011

By utilizing the 2008 Athens Area Study (AAS) data set, this study investigates four aspects of job satisfaction – total pay, promotion prospects, respect received from one's supervisor, and total job satisfaction – between healthy and heath-impaired employees. Health impaired employees are...

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Roma Women in Athenian Firms : Do They Face Wage Bias?

Drydakis, Nick - 2011

In the current study, we analyze the effect of having a Roma background on women's wages. By utilizing the Athens Area Study random sample (2007-08) drawn from 16 multiethnic municipalities in which Roma live, we estimate that 66.1% of the wage differential between Roma and non-Roma female...

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The Impact of Greek Labour Market Regulation on Temporary and Family Employment : Evidence from a New Survey

Anagnostopoulos, Achilleas - 2012

This paper uses an original dataset for 206 workplaces in Thessaly (Greece), to study consequences of Greece …

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Wage Returns to University Disciplines in Greece : Are Greek Higher Education Degrees Trojan Horses?

Livanos, Ilias - 2009

wage responsiveness across various degree subjects in Greece is interesting, as it is characterised by high levels of …

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Effect of Sexual Orientation on Job Satisfaction : Evidence from Greece

Drydakis, Nick - 2014

This study investigates the differences in four aspects of job satisfaction between gay men/lesbians and heterosexuals. The analysis results suggest that gay men and lesbians are less satisfied with their jobs, by all job satisfaction measures, than heterosexual employees, all other factors...

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A Balancing Act at Times of Austerity : Matching the Supply and Demand for Skills in the Greek Labour Market

Pouliakas, Konstantinos - 2014

jobs. The synthesis of available skills intelligence for Greece, the country most severely affected by the global economic … face of economic austerity. The paper engages in a comparative overview of Greece's performance on flagship Europe 2020 … initial educational system and the labour market in Greece. But tackling skill mismatch requires skill development and skill …

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Growing Out of the Crisis : Hidden Assets to Greece's Transition to an Innovation Economy

Herrmann, Benedikt - 2013

Greece's currently planned institutional reforms will help to get the country going with limited economic growth. With … an economy based primarily on tourism, trade, and agriculture, Greece lacks an established competitive industry and an …-membership. Instead, Greece exports only its nation's talent, with low returns. To become prosperous, the country must better capitalize …

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