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A new strand of literature has recently sought to investigate possible links between technological changes, observed modifications to firms' organizational structure and the evolution of the wage gap between skilled and unskilled workers. After a brief overview of such approaches, this essay...
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This study compares the effects of economic internationalisation on the functional distribution of labour income in the U.S.and Germany. The benchmark for assessing the empirical analyses theoretically is the general equilibrium framework ofinternational trade theory. Focusing on general...
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This dissertation contains three essays. The first and second essays examineintergenerational mobility in earnings in …, education and fertility on mobility. I find that the estimateof the intergenerational elasticity in earnings is 0.847. The …
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Public transit agencies nationwide have struggled to develop cost-effective paratransit servicesand service delivery methods that both provide access to transportation and meet the mobilityneeds of disabled persons, as required under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA).Paratransit...
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that increased mobility of production factors will pose a severe threat to redistribution possibility is less acute than it … might first appear. The equilibrium tax rate can be not only positive but also increasing in the degree of mobility of …
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Los Angeles has had the worst traffic for the longest time out of any American city with many of its residents commuting for over an hour to and from work. The solution to this problem has existed for over 50 years but political forces have stopped its implementation. With the funding problems...
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occupational mobility, their labor force transitions, and their wage growth in Russia compared to the U.S. We hypothesize that the … restructuring by foreigner investors. Additional training in workers' current fields is estimated to reduce mobility and earnings …, suggesting inertial programs from the pre-transition era. Retraining in new fields increases all types of worker mobility and has …
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life in the context of mobility and mobile livelihoods in Lithuanian international long-haul truckers. Portrayals of … interpreting mobile lives using various theoretical approaches on mobility, place, home, community, and boundaries.2. Present and …
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The tourism sector globally has become increasingly mindful of how an ageing population is reshaping service provision forms and offerings. This being particularly true of accommodation operations where there is a now a growing recognition of the commercial value for providing market groups with...
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-cycle earnings, occupational mobility and unemployment is predominantly driven by skills acquired prior to labor market entry or by …
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