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individual participation in sports and exercise can be a major force for achieving this goal. The productivity gains and related …
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affects labor markets in sending countries, particularly the wages of workers who do not emigrate. Most studies find that … emigration increases wages in the sending country but only for non-emigrants with substitutable skills similar to those of … country loses many highly educated workers, the economy can become less productive altogether, leading to lower wages for …
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Politicians, the media, and the public express concern that immigrants depress wages by competing with native workers … countries have found no effect on wages, on average, and only modest effects on wage differentials between more and less … educated immigrant and native workers. Native workers' wages have been insulated by differences in skills, adjustments in local …
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Social networks, or “job-referral” networks, can help make labor markets become more efficient. Outside the firm, they help workers obtain employment after displacement and secure higher-paying jobs. They can also match highly-skilled workers to more productive employment. Inside the firm,...
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there is little evidence of a sustained rise in wages for either unskilled rural or factory workers. …
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stagnation of productivity and wages; an open question is whether this represents a cyclical phenomenon or a structural problem …
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stagnation of productivity and wages; an open question is whether this represents a cyclical phenomenon or a structural problem …
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dynamics, and its relationship to wages, job satisfaction, and job mobility requires panel data, which can reach more nuanced …
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Workers participating in firm-sponsored training receive higher wages as a result. But given that firms pay the …
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Should one expect a worker’s productivity, and thus wage, to depend on the productivity of his/her co-workers in the same workplace, even if the workers carry out completely independent tasks and do not engage in team work? This may well be the case because social interaction among co-workers...
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