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Impacts of minimum wages: a microdata analysis for the German construction sector
König, Marion; Möller, Joachim - In: International Journal of Manpower 30 (2009) November, pp. 716-741
paper is to analyze their impact on wage growth and employment retention probability of affected workers. Design … minimum wage regulation in both parts of the country. When it comes to employment effects, the results clearly differ between … the two parts of the country. The employment effects are negative for East Germany and positive for West Germany, although …
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The impact of the tax system on self‐employment in the British construction industry
Briscoe, Geoff; Dainty, Andrew; Millett, Sarah - In: International Journal of Manpower 21 (2000) 8, pp. 596-614
This paper examines the impact of government taxation policy on self‐employment as the preferred form of job tenure in … the British construction industry. It analyses the rapid growth in self‐employment over the period 1970‐1996 in the … context of a very benign tax regime. It shows how self‐employment has grown far more rapidly in construction than in other …
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Impacts of minimum wages: a microdata analysis for the German construction sector
König, Marion; Möller, Joachim - In: International Journal of Manpower 30 (2009) 7, pp. 716-741
paper is to analyze their impact on wage growth and employment retention probability of affected workers. Design … minimum wage regulation in both parts of the country. When it comes to employment effects, the results clearly differ between … the two parts of the country. The employment effects are negative for East Germany and positive for West Germany, although …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014783349
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Still a wedge in the door: women training for the construction trades in the USA
Berik, Günseli; Bilginsoy, Cihan - In: International Journal of Manpower 27 (2006) 4, pp. 321-341
Purpose – This paper aims to evaluate the variations in the entry and exit of women apprentices in the USA, overall and by race/ethnicity, over the 1995‐2003 period. Also aims to examine how women's representation among new apprentices and their attrition and retention rates vary with...
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Skill Shortages in the Construction Sector
Briscoe, Geoffrey - In: International Journal of Manpower 11 (1990) 2, pp. 23-28
This article examines the nature of skill shortages in the UK construction sector in 1988. It sets out the current survey evidence on the extent of skill shortage, with details on selected individual crafts and a breakdown by main geographic region. The most significant shortages are identified...
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European Health & Safety Legislation and British Occupational Safety Law
Harris, John - In: International Journal of Manpower 13 (1992) 5, pp. 2-76
Aims to examine the impact of health and safety legislation emanating from the European Community and to analyse what effect, if any, it will have on British occupational health and safety law. An examination of the social action programmes shows that the pace of change has increased rapidly...
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The art of selling corporate culture
McGrath‐Champ, Susan; Carter, Sturt - In: International Journal of Manpower 22 (2001) 4, pp. 349-365
Human resource (HR) practices are increasingly concerned with adding value through increased skills, autonomy and contribution. Whilst useful in some cultural and industry contexts, there is potential for incompatibility with other norms, especially those outside western culture or the...
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A survey of absenteeism on construction sites
Srour, F. Jordan; Srour, Issam; Lattouf, M. Ghayth - In: International Journal of Manpower 38 (2017) 4, pp. 533-547
Purpose The construction industry is dynamic and often unregulated due to its complex, project-based nature. This makes the task of implementing human resource management (HRM) functions more difficult than in other economic sectors. This is particularly the case for developing countries which...
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Cross-national variations in the scale of informal employment
Williams, Colin C - In: International Journal of Manpower 36 (2015) 2, pp. 118-135
-national variations in the scale of informal employment which variously correlate higher levels of informal employment with economic under … informal employment collected by the International Labour Organisation using a common survey method across 41 less developed … cent of the non-agricultural workforce is in informal employment across these 41 countries, with the share in informal …
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Day labor, informality and vulnerability in South Africa and the United States
Theodore, Nik; Blaauw, Derick; Schenck, Catherina; … - In: International Journal of Manpower 36 (2015) 6, pp. 807-823
absorbing the structurally unemployed. Here, day labor is the employment of last resort, allowing workers to subsist on the … the construction industry. There is evidence of some mobility into more stable and better paying employment. Practical … implications – This paper documents the need for policies and programs to increase employment opportunities for day laborers and to …
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