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The measurement of labour content: A general approach

Yoshihara, Naoki; Veneziani, Roberto - 2013

This paper analyses the theoretical issues related to the measurement of labour content in the context of general technologies with heterogeneous labour. A novel axiomatic framework is used in order to formulate the key properties of the notion of labour content and analyse its theoretical...

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The Measurement of Labour Content: A General Approach

Yoshihara, Naoki; Veneziani, Roberto - 2013

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The measurement of labour content: A general approach

Yoshihara, Naoki; Veneziani, Roberto - 2017

This paper analyses the theoretical issues related to the measurement of labour content for general technologies with heterogeneous labour. A novel axiomatic framework is used in order to formulate the key properties of the notion of labour content and analyse its theoretical foundations. The...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011788917

International Trade and Labor Market Integration of Immigrants

Lodefalk, Magnus; Sjöholm, Fredrik; Tang, Aili - 2020

, we estimate the causal effects of a firm's bilateral trade on employment and wages of immigrants from that country. We … find a positive, yet heterogeneous, effect of trade on immigrant employment but no effect on immigrant wages. …

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Trade and jobs: a description of Swedish labor market dynamics

Kyvik Nordås, Hildegunn; Lodefalk, Magnus; Tang, Aili - 2019

high-skilled workers in manufacturing firms who face a downward pressure on wages from services offshoring, but higher … wages from services exports. Finally, we find that exports and offshoring of goods and services stimulate labor demand …

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International Trade and Labor Market - Integration of Immigrants

Lodefalk, Magnus; Sjöholm, Fredrik; Tang, Aili - 2020

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Is the persistent gender gap in income and wages due to unequal family responsibilities?

Angelov, Nikolay; Johansson, Per; Lindahl, Erica - 2013

born, the male-female gender gaps in income and wages have increased with 35 and 10 percentage points, respectively. In … line with a collective labor supply model, the magnitude of these effects depends on relative incomes or wages within the …

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Can sickness absence be affected by information meetings? Evidence from a social experiment

Johansson, Per; Lindahl, Erica - 2010

During the last decade several empirical studies have stressed the importance of norms and social interactions for explaining sickness absence behavior. In this context public discussions about the intentions of the insurance, and of the rights and duties of the receivers, may be important for...

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Gender differences in sickness absence and the gender division of family responsibilities

Angelov, Nikolay; Johansson, Per; Lindahl, Erica - 2013

This study investigates possible reasons for the gender difference in sickness absence. We estimate both short- and long-term effects of parenthood in a within-couple analysis based on the timing of parenthood. We find that after entering parenthood, women increase their sickness absence by...

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