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Regional unemployment rate differentials and mobility of the unemployed
Dockery, Alfred M. - In: International Journal of Manpower 21 (2000) 5, pp. 400-424
unemployment benefit recipients in Australia, focusing on the role of regional differences in employment opportunity and housing …. There is some evidence of negative incentive effects of unemployment benefit levels on mobility, but this is difficult to …
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Unemployment outflows: the relevance of gender and marital status in Italy and Spain
Mussida, Chiara; Fabrizi, Enrico - In: International Journal of Manpower 35 (2014) 5, pp. 594-612
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to shed light on transitions from the state of unemployment to that of … unemployment outflows in these two Mediterranean labour markets. Then, the paper examines discrepancies and similarities between … unemployment outflows in both countries, although not in the same way, especially with reference to marital status. Discrepancies …
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The labour market consequences of globalisation and regionalisation
Cuyvers, Ludo; Lombaerde, Philippe De; Rayp, Glenn - In: International Journal of Manpower 32 (2011) July, pp. 252-256
Purpose – This paper aims to introduce the subject of the impact of globalization and regionalization on the labour markets. The papers of the special issue are placed within this subject. Design/methodology/approach – Although the subject is not treated exhaustively, the papers presented...
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The labour market consequences of globalisation and regionalisation
Cuyvers, Ludo; De Lombaerde, Philippe; Rayp, Glenn - In: International Journal of Manpower 32 (2011) 3, pp. 252-256
Purpose – This paper aims to introduce the subject of the impact of globalization and regionalization on the labour markets. The papers of the special issue are placed within this subject. Design/methodology/approach – Although the subject is not treated exhaustively, the papers presented...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014783417
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Low‐wage mobility in the Italian labour market
Cappellari, Lorenzo - In: International Journal of Manpower 21 (2000) 3/4, pp. 264-290
Uses Bank of Italy’s Survey on Household Income and Wealth (SHIW) panel data for 1993 and 1995 to model transition probabilities at the bottom of the Italian wage distribution and to investigate the features and determinants of low‐wage mobility. The analysis is based on a bivariate probit...
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Age and gender differences in Italian workers’ mobility
Chelli, Francesco; Rosti, Luisa - In: International Journal of Manpower 23 (2002) 4, pp. 313-325
This article studies the provenance and destination of individuals in mobility, by processing the data obtained by ISTAT (Italy’s National Statistical Institute). Disaggregation of the data by sex reveals intermittent labor‐force participation by the female component of the population....
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Training, task flexibility and the employability of low‐skilled workers
Sanders, Jos; de Grip, Andries - In: International Journal of Manpower 25 (2004) 1, pp. 73-89
This paper analyses whether low‐skilled workers' training participation and task flexibility contribute to their firm‐internal and firm‐external mobility, and find that both training participation and task flexibility contribute only to firm‐internal employability. However, the workers'...
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Training and industrial restructuring
Korpi, Tomas; Mertens, Antje - In: International Journal of Manpower 25 (2004) 1, pp. 90-103
While the structural changes that have taken place in the labour markets of the industrialised world over the past decades are well documented, less is known about how individuals respond to this changing environment. This includes the extent of intersectoral mobility during the work career,...
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Is workers' mobility a source of R&D spillovers?
Magnani, Elisabetta - In: International Journal of Manpower 27 (2006) 2, pp. 169-188
Purpose – This study asks whether working in a R&D intensive industry affects a worker's wage profile. If R&D investment translates into transferable human capital or knowledge, workers' mobility constitutes a negative externality from the point of view of the firm/industry that bears the cost...
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Constructing factors related to worker retention
Huang, Ing‐Chung; Lin, Hao‐Chieh; Chuang, Chih‐Hsun - In: International Journal of Manpower 27 (2006) 5, pp. 491-508
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of individual‐based, firm‐based, and market factors on job retention, basing its hypotheses on human capital theory and signaling models. Design/methodology/approach – By collecting secondary data on 180 employees who left...
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