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The inter-related dynamics of dual job holding, human capital and occupational choice
Panos, Georgios A.; Pouliakas, Konstantinos; … - 2009
The inter-related dynamics of dual job-holding, human capital and occupational choice between primary and secondary jobs are investigated, using a panel sample (1991-2005) of UK employees from the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS). A sequential profile of the working lives of employees is...
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Changes in Collective Bargaining in the U.K.
Addison, John T.; Siebert, William Stanley - 2002
Perhaps no other country in recent years has witnessed greater change in its collective bargaining framework than the UK. This paper describes the dramatic developments and their consequences. Like Gaul, it is in three parts. The first part charts the six major pieces of legislation –...
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Job separations and informality in the Russian labor market
Lehmann, Hartmut; Razzolini, Tiziano; Zaiceva, Anzelika - 2011
In the years 2003-2008 the Russian economy experienced a period of strong and sustained growth, which was accompanied by large worker turnover and rising informality. We investigate whether the burden of informality falls disproportionately on job separators (displaced workers and quitters) in...
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Labour Mobility - An Adjustment Mechanism in Euroland?
Puhani, Patrick A. - 1999
The purpose of this paper is to evaluate whether labour mobility is likely to act as a sufficient adjustment mechanism in the face of asymmetric shocks in Euroland. To this end, we estimate the elasticity of migration with respect to changes in unemployment and income on the basis of regional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262267
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Are Home Owners Really More Unemployed?
Munch, Jakob Roland; Rosholm, Michael; Svarer, Michael - 2003
This paper investigates the effects of home-ownership on labour mobility and unemployment duration. We distinguish between finding employment locally or by being geographically mobile. We find that home ownership hampers the propensity to move for job reasons but improves the chances of finding...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261596
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European Labour Mobility : Challenges and Potentials
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2004
European Union economies are pressed by (i) a demographic change that induces population ageing and a decline of the workforce, and (ii) a split labour market that is characterized by high levels of unemployment for low-skilled people and a simultaneous shortage of skilled workers. This lack of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262152
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Turbulence and Unemployment in a Job Matching Model
den Haan, Wouter J.; Haefke, Christian; Ramey, Garey - 2004
According to Ljungqvist and Sargent (1998), high European unemployment since the 1980s can be explained by a rise in economic turbulence, leading to greater numbers of unemployed workers with obsolete skills. These workers refuse new jobs due to high unemployment benefits. In this paper we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262145
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A new regional geography of Europe? The labour market impact of the EU enlargements
Caroleo, Floro Ernesto; Pastore, Francesco - 2007
This paper provides a critical overview and a detailed research agenda for scholars interested in regional studies with a special focus on old and new European Union member states. The focus is on the microeconomic foundations of structural change and its spatially asymmetric impact on labour...
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Macroeconomic volatilities and the labor market: First results from the euro experiment
Merkl, Christian; Schmitz, Tom - 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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Moonlighting behavior over the business cycle
Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina; Kimmel, Jean - 2005
Using data from the 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, we examine the cyclicality by sex of moonlighting and … moonlighting hours. We find that, once we account for the sample selection into employment, both men and women exhibit procyclical … moonlighting probabilities. Likewise, moonlighting hours for male multiple job holders are procyclical. These findings contradict …
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