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The Harris-Todaro Hypothesis
Khan, M. Ali Khan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
The Harris-Todaro hypothesis replaces the equality of wages by the equality of ‘expected’ wages as the basic … unemployment when a mechanism for the determination of urban wages is specified. This article reviews work in which the Harris …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789436
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The economics of Communist Party membership - The Curious case of rising numbers and wage premium during China’s transition
Appleton, Simon; Song, Lina; Knight, John; Xia, Qingjie - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
wages. This wage premium has risen with the growing wage differentials associated with the emergence of a labour market and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005616659
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On wage formation, wage flexibility and wage coordination : A focus on the wage impact of productivity in Germany, Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and the United States
Peeters, Marga; Den Reijer, Ard - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
along with the US for the period 1980-2010. Apart from the contribution of productivity to wages, we take into account the … resulting from a wage bargaining model. We further study the downward rigidities of wages in depth. The findings show that in … steer wages, policy makers can effectively use the replacement rate. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009151114
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The impact of immigration on the labour market: Evidence from 20 years of cross-border migration to Argentina
Battiston, Diego - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This paper studies the effects of immigration on the wages of Argentinean native workers over the period 1993-2012. I … wages. IV estimates suggest that OLS results are a lower bound for the (partial) causal effect. Thus, if confounding demand …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258470
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Ethical Aspects in the Activity of Civil Servants. Case Study Romania
Matei, Ani; Popa, Florin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Preventing corruption and improving the public service management are the main goals of the promotion of ethical standards for the civil servants. Several governments have revised their policies regarding the ethical conduct in the public service, implying both the corruption issue and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008516571
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Alcune considerazioni sul mercato del lavoro italiano alla luce della ricostruzione delle serie storiche territoriali per il mercato del lavoro, 1861-2011.
Destefanis, Sergio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
employment and of female labour force. We describe finally some features of the reconstructed statistics for wages, unemployment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276369
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Impact of Training on Earnings: Evidence from Pakistani Industries
Asma, Hyder; Javaid, Zainab - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Human Resource Development (HRD). This study aims to examine the role of training in determination of wages. By utilizing … determination of wages, which shows the poor quality of training in the overall economy. Results were obtained by Ordinary Least …
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Raising Wages as a Strategy to Reduce Corruption
Sato, Hideki - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper examines whether raising the salaries of government tax auditors reduces their incentive to accept bribes. It evaluates an optimal tax structure and economic welfare under conditions of perfect and imperfect information in relation to conditions for bribery. The major policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260108
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Connect: Children with School and Workers with Wages in Bagladesh
PAUNIĆ, ALIDA - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
Recent attempts of wage rise , problems of security at work place as well as many findings about child labor in Bangladesh were primary cause of writing this paper. But problems have deep roots: from world separation of capital and labor, profit increasing scenarios with labor inputs, human...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260155
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"The Impact of Working while Enrolled in College on Wages"
Nelson, Wade; Jr, Owen Wade Nelson - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
-working students to seek employment. Using NLSY97 data, this paper finds that working while enrolled in college decreases the wages one …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260430