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Workers’ skill level and information technology: a censored regression model
Falk, Martin; Seim, Katja - In: International Journal of Manpower 22 (2001) 1/2, pp. 98-121
This paper analyses the link between educational qualification structure and information technology (IT) in the service production process. The analysis is based on 1996 cross‐sectional data for approximately 1,000 West German firms. The empirical evidence indicates that IT capital and...
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Long‐term Unemployment and the Demand for Labour in the Stoke‐on‐Trent Area
Lawrence, Peter; Rosenthal, Leslie; Sheldon, Peter - In: International Journal of Manpower 10 (1989) 4, pp. 15-23
with information on the skills and characteristics which would be demanded resultant from an expansion of the local economy … in both public and private activity. Much evidence emerged to show that a likely mismatch exists between the skills of … the unemployed and the skills required by an expanding local economy.  …
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Inequality and the self-selection of international migrants: theory and new evidence
Brücker, Herbert; Defoort, Cécily - In: International Journal of Manpower 30 (2009) November, pp. 742-764
Purpose – The paper seeks to analyse the self-selection of international migrants on observable skills. Design …-selection of migrants on observable skills empirically. For this purpose, the authors employ a new panel data set on the … OECD from 1975 to 2000. Findings – Migrants tend to be positively self-selected on observable skills, although the …
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Inequality and the self‐selection of international migrants: theory and new evidence
Brücker, Herbert; Defoort, Cécily - In: International Journal of Manpower 30 (2009) 7, pp. 742-764
Purpose – The paper seeks to analyse the self‐selection of international migrants on observable skills. Design …‐selection of migrants on observable skills empirically. For this purpose, the authors employ a new panel data set on the … OECD from 1975 to 2000. Findings – Migrants tend to be positively self‐selected on observable skills, although the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014783350
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Sexual orientation discrimination in the Cypriot labour market. Distastes or uncertainty?
Drydakis, Nick - In: International Journal of Manpower 35 (2014) 5, pp. 720-744
minorities in the Cypriot labour market is a matter of preference, not the result of limited information. One strategy the …. Originality/value – This is the first nationwide field experiment in the Cypriot labour market and contributes to the literature …-based discrimination in the labour market.  …
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A neglected input to production: the role of ICT-schooled employees in firm performance
Hagsten, Eva; Sabadash, Anna - In: International Journal of Manpower 38 (2017) 3, pp. 373-391
econometric approach and output variable. Practical implications The results emphasise the importance of specific ICT skills in …
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Who pays for performance?
Barth, Erling; Bratsberg, Bernt; Hægeland, Torbjørn; … - In: International Journal of Manpower 29 (2008) May, pp. 8-29
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to improve our understanding of why some firms tie compensation to worker …
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Between universality and contingency: An international study of compensation performance
Chênevert, Denis; Tremblay, Michel - In: International Journal of Manpower 32 (2011) November, pp. 856-878
Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine whether the performance of the compensation system is better … compensation policies (intra-activity fit) leads to a more efficient compensation system than that obtained following an alignment … resources managers should exercise prudence regarding the pairing of compensation policies with various organizational …
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Compensation policies within firms: evidence from linked employer-employee data
Cardoso, Ana Rute; Monfardini, Chiara - In: International Journal of Manpower 29 (2008) May, pp. 4-7
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to introduce this special issue on compensation policies within firms while … employer-employee data over time and how this has enabled progress in the understanding of the functioning of the labour market … as the arena where labour supply and demand interact, under the mediation of labour market institutions and regulations …
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Profit related pay in Italy
Amisano, Gianni; Del Boca, Alessandra - In: International Journal of Manpower 25 (2004) 5, pp. 463-478
This paper investigates which company characteristics affect the decision to introduce profit‐sharing. Unlike most studies, this paper relies on a ten‐year panel. The results presented in this paper are based on the estimation of a panel data fixed‐effect logit model. Given that they are...
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