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Institutional Arrangements, Employment Performance and the Quality of Work
Eichhorst, Werner - 2009
variables). Besides institutional variables influencing external numerical flexibility (employment protection, unemployment …
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Robots, Occupations, and Worker Age : A Production-Unit Analysis of Employment
Deng, Liuchun; Müller, Steffen; Plümpe, Verena; … - 2023
We analyze the impact of robot adoption on employment composition using novel micro data on robot use of German … employment effects for the least routine-task intensive occupations and for young workers, the latter being better at adapting to … change. An event-study analysis for robot adoption confirms both predictions. We do not find decreasing employment for any …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014356758
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Working Conditions on Digital Labour Platforms : Evidence from a Leading Labour Supply Economy
Aleksynska, Mariya - 2019
sizeable proportion faces risk of being in disguised or dependent employment relationship, works informally, and has a poor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012870248
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Temporary Agency Work and the Great Recession
Baumgarten, Daniel - 2016
We investigate with German data how the use of temporary agency work has helped establishments to manage the economic and financial crisis in 2008/09. We examine the (regular) workforce development, use of short-time work, and business performance of establishments that made differential use of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012992738
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What Do Workers Want? The Shortfall in Employee Participation at the European Workplace
Addison, John T. - 2018
A shortfall in employee voice attendant upon union decline has long been forewarned. Data from the third European Company Survey is used to establish perceived shortfalls in employee involvement based on the responses of employee representatives in establishments where formal workplace employee...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012919503
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Mental Health and Working Conditions in European Countries
Cottini, Elena - 2010
Increased pressure for labour market flexibility and increasing demand over workers' performance have fostered the idea that working conditions, in most European countries, have progressively deteriorated with adverse effects on psychological well being and mental health. This paper investigates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013148334
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Does Robotization Affect Job Quality? Evidence from European Regional Labour Markets
Antón, José-Ignacio; Fernández-Macías, Enrique; … - 2021
Whereas there are recent papers on the effect of robot adoption on employment and wages, there is no evidence on how …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013314731
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The Impact of the Crisis on Employment and the Role of Labour Market Institutions
Eichhorst, Werner - 2010
economic crisis that began in 2008. It starts from the observation that the decline in employment and rise in unemployment in … further dualization of labour markets given that risks are allocated unequally across types of employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013135827
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Non-Standard Employment and Labour Force Participation : A Comparative View of the Recent Development in Europe
Schmid, Günther - 2010
This paper presents – in a new way of examination and portrayal – the extent and changes of nonstandard employment … relationships (part-time work, fixed-term contracts, and self-employment) in 24 EU member states at two points of time, in 1998 and … central outcome is neither the complaint of the eroding 'standard employment relationship' nor of its potential …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013139652
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Job Mismatches and Labour Market Outcomes : Panel Evidence on Australian University Graduates
Mavromaras, Kostas G. - 2010
The interpretation of graduate mismatch manifested either as overeducation or as overskilling remains problematical. This paper uses annual panel information on both educational and skills mismatches uniquely found in the HILDA survey to analyse the relationship of both mismatches with pay, job...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013139717