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Gender, Ethnicity and Employment : Non-English Speaking Background Migrant Women in Australia
Haque, Rowshan (ed.); Haque, M. Ohidul (ed.) - 2008
This book is mainly concerned with economic analysis of the labour market status of NESB (Non-English Speaking Background) migrant women in Australia. Newly developed and sophisticated econometric methods are used to analyse the labour market status of both NESB migrant and Australian born...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013521098
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The Political Economy of Wasta: Use and Abuse of Social Capital Networking
Ramady, Mohamed A. (ed.) - 2016
The term ‘wasta’ stems from the Arabic root for ‘middle’ or ‘medium' and describes the phenomenon of using ‘connections’ to find job, government services or other favors to circumvent bureaucracy or bypass the system as a whole. The effects of ‘wasta’ may be both positive or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397139
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Sozialkapital, Vertrauen und Wissenstransfer in Unternehmen
Fuchs, Manfred (contributor) - 2006
Wissen und die Organisation der Wissensarbeit -- Sozialkapital und Vertrauen -- Das modell über den Zusammenhang von … Vertrauen und Sozialkapital -- Abschließende Bemerkung -- Anhang: Deskriptive Analyse der Untersuchung. … derartige soziale Beziehungen in Organisationen möglich? " Besteht ein Zusammenhang von Sozialkapital und Vertrauen mit der …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013516509
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How Firms Can Strategically Influence Open Source Communities : The Employment of ‘Men on the Inside’
Lee, Viktor - 2012
Firms have discovered that open source (OS) communities can be valuable sources of innovation. However, the access for firms to these communities turned to be intricate. One proven way of how firms can enter OS communities is via their personnel (“men on the inside”). Focusing on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014015700
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Germany's 2005 Welfare Reform : Evaluating Key Characteristics with a Focus on Immigrants
Walter, Thomas - 2013
Introduction -- Background for the Empirical Analyses: Institutional Details and Data -- Centralized versus Decentralized Welfare Administration -- The Employment Effects of an Intensified Use of Benefit Sanctions -- The Effectiveness of Temporary Extra Jobs and Short-Term Training Programs --...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014016148
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Monopsonistic Labour Markets and the Gender Pay Gap : Theory and Empirical Evidence
Hirsch, Boris - 2010
Spatial Monopsony -- Simple Static Monopsony -- Short-Run Spatial Monopsony -- Long-Run Spatial Monopsony -- Spatial Monopsony and the Gender Pay Gap -- Spatial Monopsony and Regional Differences in the Gender Pay Gap -- Dynamic Monopsony -- Simple Dynamic Monopsony -- A General Equilibrium...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013521339
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The Employment Effects of Technological Change : Heterogenous Labor, Wage Inequality and Unemployment
Rubart, Jens (contributor) - 2007
This book provides an empirical and theoretical examination of the short- and medium run impacts of technological advances on the employment and wages of workers which differ in their earned educational degree. Furthermore, by introducing labor market frictions and wage setting institutions the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013520753
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Product Standards, Exports and Employment : An Analytical Study
Acharyya, Rajat (contributor) - 2005
This book makes an analytical study of implications of the new set of non-tariff barriers that are forthcoming on the exports of the developing countries in the disguise of quality regulations and environmental standards. It argues that in the present era of globalization, with technological...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014014130
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Explaining Executive Pay : The roles of managerial power and complexity
Hengartner, Lukas (contributor) - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013520847
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The Impact of International Trade and FDI on Economic Growth and Technological Change
Hofmann, Patricia - 2013
Economic globalisation and technological change are the two issues that concerned people in the past, concern them today and will concern them in the future - all over the world, poor or rich. Traditionally, questions about allocative effects are asked: What are the labour market implications?...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014016562