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Job loss and household labor supply adjustments in developing countries: Evidence from Argentina
Ciaschi, Matías; Neidhöfer, Guido - 2022
Using longitudinal data for Argentina, we estimate the labor supply reaction of spouses and children to their husband's or father's job loss. Our findings show that job loss by the household head has a positive and significant impact on the labor supply of other household members. However, it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013412962
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Real and monetary challenges to wage policy in Germany at the turn of the millennium: technical progress, globalization and European Monetary Union
Franz, Wolfgang - 1999
At the turn of the millennium three frequently cited potential causes of new challenges for wage policy in Germany are revisited in this study: skilled- biased technological progress, the increasing international integration of labor and product markets, and the monetary integration of the EMU....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297646
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The livelihood effects of industrialization on displaced households: Evidence from falta special economic zone, West Bengal
Paul, Saumik; Sarma, Vengadeshvaran - 2013
Much of the debate on industrialization and displacement has, so far, focused on the optimum compensation for affected households. Our recently concluded study, comprising of a sample of 1017 households including 630 affected (displaced and land acquired) and 387 unaffected households, looks at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010324141
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The livelihood effects of industrialization on displaced households: Evidence from falta special economic zone, West Bengal
Paul, Saumik; Sarma, Vengadeshvaran - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013
Much of the debate on industrialization and displacement has, so far, focused on the optimum compensation for affected households. Our recently concluded study, comprising of a sample of 1017 households including 630 affected (displaced and land acquired) and 387 unaffected households, looks at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957656
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Rising Wage Inequality in Germany
Gernandt, Johannes; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2006
This paper investigates the evolution of wages and the recent tendency to rising wage inequality in Germany, based on the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) for 1984 to 2004. Between 1984 and 1994 the wage distribution was fairly stable. Wage inequality started to increase around 1994 in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297527
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Rising Wage Inequality in Germany
Gernandt, Johannes; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2006
The paper investigates the evolution of wages and wage inequality in Germany based on samples from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) 1984 to 2005. Real gross hourly wages for prime age dependent male workers increased on average by 23 percent between 1984 and 1994 in West Germany and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297934
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Rising Wage Inequality in Germany
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Gernandt, Johannes - 2007
The paper investigates the evolution of wages and wage inequality in Germany based on samples from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) 1984 to 2005. Real gross hourly wages for prime age dependent male workers increased on average by 23 percent between 1984 and 1994 in West Germany and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298016
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What drives the vacancy rate for information technology workers?
Falk, Martin - 2001
adjusted job vacancy rate for ICT workers varies between 5.7 percent in the ICT sector and 6.7 percent in the non-ICT sector … ICT workers and actions taken in the past to solve the ICT worker shortage but not on the diffusion of ICT. In the ICT … sector, the decision made in the past to train apprentices in the new ICT occupations seems to have reduced the current …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297781
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What drives the vacancy rate for information technology workers?
Falk, Martin - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2001
adjusted job vacancy rate for ICT workers varies between 5.7 percent in the ICT sector and 6.7 percent in the non-ICT sector … ICT workers and actions taken in the past to solve the ICT worker shortage but not on the diffusion of ICT. In the ICT … sector, the decision made in the past to train apprentices in the new ICT occupations seems to have reduced the current …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097687
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Does IT Outsourcing Increase Firm Success? An Empirical Assessment using Firm-Level Data
Ohnemus, Jörg - 2007
Using German firm-level data, an endogenous switching regression model within a production function framework is estimated in order to explore differences in labor productivity between IT outsourcing and non-IT outsourcing firms. This approach takes possible complementarities between IT...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297986