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employment, wages, and productivity. Evidence generally shows these forces to be offsetting, usually resulting in small … wages. But this ignores the possibility that new owners will expand the firm's scale, with potentially positive effects on … employment and earnings effects and sometimes in large, positive effects on productivity and scale. Foreign ownership usually has …
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employment, wages, and productivity. Evidence generally shows these forces to be offsetting, usually resulting in small … wages. But this ignores the possibility that new owners will expand the firm's scale, with potentially positive effects on … employment and earnings effects and sometimes in large, positive effects on productivity and scale. Foreign ownership usually has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012120550
employment, wages, and productivity. Evidence generally shows these forces to be offsetting, usually resulting in small … wages. But this ignores the possibility that new owners will expand the firm's scale, with potentially positive effects on … employment and earnings effects and sometimes in large, positive effects on productivity and scale. Foreign ownership usually has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959862
employment effects of broadband infrastructure roll-out and questions about who exactly are the winners and losers in the labor … market, and whether skills in information and communication technologies (ICT) are reflected in labor market outcomes such as … wages. Understanding these complementary issues allows for policy conclusions that go beyond simply encouraging the …
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Following a decline in employment and participation rates during the 1980s and 1990s, Israel managed to reverse these …
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The impact of offshoring on domestic jobs is more complicated than it first appears. In the standard narrative, offshoring production is thought to harm domestic workers by providing cheap alternative sources of labor. However, while offshoring may directly displace domestic workers, the...
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provided by the private sector, for a fee, and lead to self-employment rather than to wage jobs. Where the effects have been …
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continuing convergence of employment and unemployment patterns for men and women. However, some recent negative trends include a …
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that recessionary changes in the sectoral composition of employment explain the increase in part-time employment. The …
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Low-wage employment has become an important feature of the labor market and a controversial topic for debate in many … higher-paid employment, whether they become persistent, or whether they result in repeated unemployment. The empirical …
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