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Commuting in Europe: An Inter-regional Analysis on its Determinants and Spatial Effects
Castelli, Chiara; Parenti, Angela - 2020
temporary contracts in preserving jobs during crisis, as they offer a flexible tool for employment adjustments. Moreover, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419720
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Wage Dispersion Between and Within Plants: Sweden 1985-2000
Nordström Skans, Oskar; Edin, Per-Anders; Holmlund, Bertil - 2006
The paper describes the Swedish wage distribution and how it correlates with worker mobility and plant-specific factors. It is well known that wage inequality has increased in Sweden since the mid-1980s. However, little evidence has so far been available as to whether this development reflects...
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The unequal consequences of job loss across countries
Bertheau, Antoine; Acabbi, Edoardo; Barceló, Cristina; … - 2022
employment following displacement. Loss of employerspecific wage premiums explains a substantial portion of wage losses in all …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013394346
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Explaining changes in the age distribution of displaced workers
Rodriguez, Daniel; Zavodny, Madeline - 2000
Using Displaced Worker Survey data, this paper examines changes in the age distribution of displaced workers during the 1983–87 and 1993–97 periods. Older workers comprised a significantly larger fraction of displaced workers during the later period. Potential explanations for this...
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Technology and job retention among young adults, 1980-98
Zavodny, Madeline - 2000
Although many studies have examined whether job stability and security have declined over time, the role of technology in job turnover has received little attention. This analysis examines the relationship between the likelihood that a worker remains at the same job for two years and various...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010397448
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Technology shocks, employment, and labor market frictions
Mandelman, Federico S.; Zanetti, Francesco - 2008
employment to a technology shock. The results of the estimation support the hypothesis that labor market frictions are … responsible for the negative response of employment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010292305
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Inventories, employment and hours
Galeotti, Marzio; Maccini, Louis J.; Schiantarelli, Fabio - 2002
associated with it In particular we distinguish between employment hours and effort per worker and allow for adjustment costs … associated with employment changes We assume that the requirement function for effective hours has a general trans …-logarithmic form and derive an estimable system of Euler equations for inventories and employment with implied cross …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293442
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Formal and informal labour markets: Challenges and policy in the Central and Eastern European new EU members and candidate countries
Schneider, Friedrich; Burger, Christina - 2004
depicted and its effects on formal and informal labour markets. The most important challenges for employment policy as well as …
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Sustainable Consumption and Worktime Reduction
Schor, Juliet - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294577
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Layoff Tax and the Employment of the Elderly
Schnalzenberger, Mario; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2008
In 1996 Austria introduced a tax for the layoff of older workers, which was tightened in 2000. The regulation requires employers to pay a tax of up to 170 percent of the gross monthly income when they give notice to employees aged 50 or more. We use data from Austrian social security records to...
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