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Causes of changing earnings inequality
Snower, Dennis J. - 1999
This paper surveys major empirical regularities concerning changes in earnings inequality in Europe and the U.S. over …
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Globalization, brain drain and development
Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel - 2011
high-skill) migration is becoming the dominant pattern of international migration and a major aspect of globalization. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278431
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Technological Change, Organizational Change, and Job Turnover
Bauer, Thomas K.; Bender, Stefan - 2002
This paper uses a German employer-employee matched panel data set to investigate the effect of organizational and technological changes on gross job and worker flows. The empirical results indicate that organizational change is skill-biased because it reduces predominantly net employment growth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262680
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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; Marx, Paul - 2009
Different models of protection against labor market risks are associated with diverging models of economic performance. Historically established institutional complementarities between labor market regulation, unemployment protection, and vocational training tend to mirror specific national...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269341
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Immigration Policy in Integrated National Economies
Bauer, Thomas K.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2000
Migration is an unavoidable aspect of globalization. While full flexibility is politically unfeasible, the paper argues … for regulated openness. Migration in the age of globalization should be judged according to the labor market needs of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262379
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Access to banking services and poverty reduction: a state-wise assessment in India
Bhandari, Amit K. - 2009
access to bank accounts. The present study investigates the drive to financial inclusion in the form of the growth in bank … bank accounts is not significantly associated with the reduction in below poverty line population across states. Providing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269187
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Effect of perceptions and behaviour on access to and use of financial service: Evidence from South Africa
Annim, Samuel Kobina; Arun, Thankom; Kostov, Philip - 2012
This study investigates the effect of financial perception and behaviour on; (a) general accounts and services, (b) investment/savings and (c) insurance/assurance Using FinScope dataset from South Africa over the period 2003 to 2009,ordered probit, generalized ordered probit and pseudo panel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291318
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The unequal incidence of non-standard employment across occupational groups: An empirical analysis of post-industrial labour markets in Germany and Europe
Marx, Paul - 2011
The paper addresses an often neglected question in labour market research: to which extent do outcomes aggregated on the national level disguise occupational diversity in employment conditions? In particular, how and why do occupational groups differ with regard to the incidence of non-standard...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278773
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Worker directors: a German product that didn't export?
Addison, John T.; Schnabel, Claus - 2009
globalization and the availability of alternative forms of corporate governance in the EU. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269284
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How do industries and firms respond to changes in local labor supply?
Dustmann, Christian; Glitz, Albrecht - 2011
Germany over a 10 years period. We find that, while factor price adjustments are important in the non-tradable sector, labor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282121