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Manufacturing Employment and Exchange Rates in the Portuguese Economy : The Role of Openness, Technology and Labour Market Rigidity
Alexandre, Fernando - 2010
In this paper, we explore empirically the role of openness, technology and labour market rigidity in the determination of the effect of the exchange rate on employment in Portugal. We develop an index that allows us to measure labour market flexibility at the sector level. This index shows that...
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Non-Standard Employment Across Occupations in Germany : The Role of Replaceability and Labour Market Flexibility
Eichhorst, Werner - 2013
The share of non-standard jobs in total employment has increased in Germany over recent decades. Research tends to attribute this in particular to labour market re-forms and socio-economic change. However, it becomes clear upon closer inspection that macro trends alone cannot provide...
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Social and Occupational Security and Labour Market Flexibility in Sweden : The Case of Unemployment Compensation
Lindquist, Gabriella Sjögren - 2007
The Swedish labour market and social policy is aimed at facilitating flexibility in the labour market. The active labour market policy and the design of the social security pension system are two frequently mentioned examples of that policy. This does not necessarily mean that all policy...
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Labor Mobility and the Integration of European Labor Markets
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2009
This paper outlines the importance of labor mobility for the improvement in allocating and distributing economic resources. We are faced with an increasing lack of skilled workers and a growing tendency of unemployment amongst the low-skilled. A central political objective for the future will...
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Family Values and the Regulation of Labor
Alesina, Alberto F. - 2010
Flexible labor markets require geographically mobile workers to be efficient. Otherwise, firms can take advantage of the immobility of workers and extract monopsony rents. In cultures with strong family ties, moving away from home is costly. Thus, individuals with strong family ties rationally...
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U.S. Labor Market Dynamics Revisited
Yashiv, Eran - 2021
The picture of U.S. labor market dynamics is opaque. Empirical studies of U.S. gross worker flows have yielded contradictory findings, and it is not easy to get a sense of the key moments of the data. Debates have emerged regarding the implications of these flows for the understanding of the...
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Deregulating Teacher Labor Markets
Burgess, Simon M. - 2019
A common feature of public sector labor markets is the use of pay scales. This paper examines how the removal of pay scales impacts productivity, by exploiting a reform that compelled all schools in England to replace pay scales with school-designed performance related pay schemes. We find that...
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Macroeconomic Volatilities and the Labor Market : First Results from the Euro Experiment
Merkl, Christian - 2010
This paper analyzes the effects of different labor market institutions on inflation and output volatility. The eurozone offers an unprecedented experiment for this exercise: since 1999, no national monetary policies have been implemented that could account for volatility differences across...
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Working Conditions and Job Satisfaction of China's New Generation of Migrant Workers : Evidence from an Inland City
Wang, Huashu - 2013
China is experiencing notable changes in rural-urban migration. Young, more educated migrants with different attitudes … in medium and small size cities, often located in western and central China. Understanding the characteristics and … inland China.The purpose of this paper is to provide insights into the characteristics, working conditions and job attitudes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013081801
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Labor Mobility Across the Formal/Informal Divide in Turkey : Evidence from Individual Level Data
Tansel, Aysit - 2012
Informality has long been a salient phenomenon in developing country labor markets, thus has been addressed in several theoretical and empirical research. Turkey, given its economic and demographic dynamics, provides rich evidence for a growing, heterogeneous and multifaceted informal labor...
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