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The evolution of wages in early modern Normandy (1600-1850)
Chambru, Cédric; Maneuvrier-Hervieu, Paul - 2021
This paper presents new estimations of wages for Normandy between 1600 and 1850. We used a vast array of primary and … secondary sources to assemble two new databases on wages and commodity prices to establish a new regional consumer price index … resulting labour shortage, led to a convergence of wages across unskilled occupations and a relative catch-up with urban skilled …
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Has the time for a European job guarantee policy arrived?
Antonopoulos, Rania - 2023
inflation and declining real wages - governments must engage in a transformative agenda and go beyond emergency energy vouchers …, business as usual will not do. The share of wages to GDP has been declining since the late 1970s, deregulation of labor markets … the deterioration of living standards, a guarantee of minimum wages adequate to secure a decent living standard should be …
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The job guarantee: Design, jobs, and implementation
Tcherneva, Pavlina R. - 2018
The job guarantee (JG) is a public option for jobs. It is a permanent, federally funded, and locally administered program that supplies voluntary employment opportunities on demand for all who are ready and willing to work at a living wage. While it is first and foremost a jobs program, it has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012142949
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Wage mobility in Israel: The effect of sectoral concentration
Cardoso, Ana Rute; Neuman, Shoshana; Ziderman, Adrian - 2009
Using a unique eight-year data set, merging population census and national insurance data, the paper examines and compares patterns of wage mobility in Israel. First, the public and the private sectors are compared. Second, within each of these sectors, a distinction is made between sub-sector...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010336051
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The poverty reduction capacity of private and public transfers in transition
Verme, Paolo - 2010
The transitional economies of the Former Soviet Union (FSU) have enjoyed an extraordinary period of growth and poverty reduction between 2000 and 2007 and this occurred in concomitance with significant increases in private and public transfers to households. The paper assesses the relative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335984
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Self-Selection And Earnings During Volatile Transition
Dimova, Ralitza; Gang, Ira N. - 2004
Using Bulgarian Integrated Household Surveys for 1995, 1997 and 2001 this paper explores determinants of labor force status – not working, public sector employment, private sector employment and self-employment – and earnings for each of the three employment sectors. We find that while...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263229
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When knowledge is an asset: Explaining the organizational structure of large law firms
Rebitzer, James B.; Taylor, Lowell J. - 2006
We study the economics of employment relationships through theoretical and empirical analyses of an unusual set of firms, large law firms. Our point of departure is the property rights approach that emphasizes the centrality of ownership's legal rights to control important, nonhuman assets of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266554
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One size fits all? The effects of teacher cognitive and non-cognitive abilities on student achievement
Grönqvist, Erik; Vlachos, Jonas - 2008
Teachers are increasingly being drawn from the lower parts of the general ability distribution, but it is not clear how this affects student achievement. We track the position of entering teachers in population-wide cognitive and non-cognitive ability distributions using school grades and draft...
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Can too many cooks spoil the broth? Coordination costs, fatigue, and performance in high-intensity tasks
Kordyaka, Bastian; Lackner, Mario; Sonnabend, Hendrik - 2019
Workplace exibility offers a wide range of opportunities but also carries risks within the context of collaborative tasks. While increasing the number of collaborators can reduce fatigue and therefore enhance performance, it also increases coordination costs. Our study investigates this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012662681
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Effects of domestic worker legislation reform in Brazil
Costa, Joana Simões; Barbosa, Ana Luiza Neves de Holanda; … - 2016
April 2013) over the formalisation, working hours and wages of Brazilian domestic workers. We also aim to identify whether … effect on the wages of monthly domestic workers. [...] …
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