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Employment effects of green energy policies : does a switch in energy policy toward more renewable sources create or destroy jobs in an industrial country?
Pestel, Nico - 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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Who is afraid of machines?
Blanas, Sotiris; Gancia, Gino Alessandro; Lee, Sang Yoon - 2019
industrial robots, affect the demand for workers of different education, age, and gender. We do so by exploiting differences in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012037311
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Innovation and employment : technological unemployment is not inevitable - some innovation creates jobs, and some job destruction can be avoided
Vivarelli, Marco - 2015
Studies find that technological change has contributed to the decline in manufacturing and to persistent unemployment in many advanced economies. While process innovation can be job-destroying, product innovation can imply the emergence of new firms, new sectors, and thus new jobs. But even for...
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Impact of privatization on employment and earnings : workers and policymakers may fear that privatization leads to job losses and wage cuts, but what's the empirical evidence?
Earle, John S. - 2014
employment, wages, and productivity. Evidence generally shows these forces to be offsetting, usually resulting in small … employment and earnings effects and sometimes in large, positive effects on productivity and scale. Foreign ownership usually has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011421952
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Measures, drivers and effects of green employment : evidence from US local labor markets, 2006-2014
Vona, Francesco; Marin, Giovanni; Consoli, Davide - 2016
This paper explores the nature and the key empirical regularities of green employment in US local labor markets between … 2006 and 2014. We construct a new measure of green employment based on the task content of occupations. Descriptive … analysis reveals the following: 1. the share of green employment oscillates between 2 and 3 percent, and its trend is strongly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011504376
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Compliance with minimum wage laws in developing countries : institutional, individual, firm, and local labor market characteristics are critical for understanding non-compliance wi...
Bhorat, Haroon - 2014
The level of compliance with minimum wage laws often depends on factors specific to each labor market. In most developing countries, a substantial share of workers still earns less than the legal minimum. Enforcement has not kept up with growth in regulations to protect workers from low wages...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011420509
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Short-time work compensations and employment : temporary government schemes can have a positive economic effect
Cahuc, Pierre - 2014
employment levels during recessions. However, they can create inefficiency in the labor market, and might limit labor market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011413675
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Impact of privatization on employment and earnings : workers and policymakers may fear that privatization leads to job losses and wage cuts, but what's the empirical evidence?
Earle, John S.; Shpak, Solomiya - 2019
employment, wages, and productivity. Evidence generally shows these forces to be offsetting, usually resulting in small … employment and earnings effects and sometimes in large, positive effects on productivity and scale. Foreign ownership usually has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012022520
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Does broadband infrastructure boost employment? : broadband infrastructure has differing effects on workers of different skills
Falck, Oliver - 2017
employment effects of broadband infrastructure roll-out and questions about who exactly are the winners and losers in the labor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011618192
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Are active labour market policies effective in activating and integrating low-skilled individuals? : an international comparison
Escudero, Verónica - 2015
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