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Measuring employment and unemployment
Viviano, Eliana; Brandolini, Andrea - In: IZA World of Labor (2018)
Measuring employment and unemployment is essential for economic policy. Internationally agreed measures (e.g. headcount … employment and unemployment rates based on standard definitions) enhance comparability across time and space, but changes in real …
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The decline in job-to-job flows
Hyatt, Henry R. - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)
As part of a more general process of employment reallocation from less to more productive employers, job-to-job flows …
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Employment effects of green energy policies
Pestel, Nico - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
might affect employment in different ways. A policy shift toward a low-carbon green economy may create new and additional … crowding out of employment in other sectors. In addition, energy prices may increase owing to feed-in tariffs subsidizing …
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Employment effects of green energy policies
Pestel, Nico - In: IZA World of Labor (2019)
conventional fossil fuel power plants with renewable sources. Such a policy shift may affect employment in different ways. On the … employment in other sectors. An additional consideration is the potential increase in energy prices, which has the potential to …
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Employment effects of green energy policies
Pestel, Nico - In: IZA World of Labor (2014) July, pp. 1-10
might affect employment in different ways. A policy shift toward a low-carbon green economy may create new and additional … crowding out of employment in other sectors. In addition, energy prices may increase owing to feed-in tariffs subsidizing …
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Do works councils raise or lower firm productivity?
Hübler, Olaf - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)
The German model of co-determination (Mitbestimmung) with works councils, in which workers are involved in the management of a company, was a role model for other countries for many years. However, since the 1990s the appeal of works councils has been declining, to the extent that now even...
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Happiness as a guide to labor market policy
Ritzen, Jo - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)
the rate of unemployment in society, have a negative effect on happiness. In contrast, employment protection and …
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The labor market in Israel, 2000-2016
Larom, Tali; Lifshitz, Osnat - In: IZA World of Labor (2018)
Following a decline in employment and participation rates during the 1980s and 1990s, Israel managed to reverse these … response to cuts in welfare payments and increases in the mandatory retirement age. Net household income for all population …
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Do works councils raise or lower firm productivity?
Hübler, Olaf - In: IZA World of Labor (2015) March, pp. 1-10
The German model of co-determination (Mitbestimmung) with works councils, in which workers are involved in the management of a company, was a role model for other countries for many years. However, since the 1990s the appeal of works councils has been declining, to the extent that now even...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011267820
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Multiple job-holding: Career pathway or dire straits?
Pouliakas, Konstantinos - In: IZA World of Labor (2017)
Multiple job-holding, or “moonlighting,” is an important form of atypical employment in most economies. New forms of … during economic downturns. Recent literature highlights the significant links between moonlighting and job mobility. Multiple …
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