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people, particularly women, are less likely to be employed and, when employed, are likely to earn lower wages. There is some …
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people, particularly women, are less likely to be employed and, when employed, are likely to earn lower wages. There is some …
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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/10011421952
Upon arrival in a host country, immigrants often have lower obesity rates (as measured for instance by BMI-body mass index) than their native counterparts do, but these rates converge over time. In light of the worldwide obesity epidemic and the flow of immigrants into host countries with higher...
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standard hourly wage of some workers and encourage work sharing that increases employment, with particular advantages for … female workers. However, regulation of overtime raises employment costs, setting in motion economic forces that can limit …, neutralize, or even reduce employment. And increasing the coverage of overtime pay regulations has little effect on the share of …
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standard hourly wage of some workers and encourage work sharing that increases employment, with particular advantages for … female workers. However, regulation of overtime raises employment costs, setting in motion economic forces that can limit …, neutralize, or even reduce employment. And increasing the coverage of overtime pay regulations has little effect on the share of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013252951
employment effects of broadband infrastructure roll-out and questions about who exactly are the winners and losers in the labor … 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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Women consistently work less in the labor market and earn lower wages than men. While economic empowerment of women is …
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