Magistro darbe išanalizuotas darbo pasiūlos ir paklausos suderinamumas darbo rinkoje statybos sektoriaus pavyzdžiu. Pirmoje dalyje analizuojama teoriniai darbo rinkos, darbo bei darbo jėgos sampratos aspektai. Pateikti darbo pasiūlos ir paklausos bei pusiausvyros modeliai, juos įtakojantys...

This dissertation is comprised of three essays that examine various aspects of macroeconomics linked to labor economics. The first essay develops an understanding of how, in addition to search frictions, labor heterogeneity can influence aggregate labor-market fluctuations, and, in particular,...

The Dissertation "Social Dumping: Theoretical and Empirical Aspects" consists in three logical parts, each of them analyzing the nexus labour standards - labour market outcomes - globalization. The first part, Chapter 2, is a theoretical analysis of the effects of globalization on the...

This paper investigates determinants of changes of the labor share in developed countries with a focus on Western Europe. Using a country-industry panel that covers the private sector, the paper focuses on long and short-run changes within industries. The results show a large and time-persistent...

The labor share is defined as the share of value added which is payed out to workers. It is therefore often also called the wage share. Generally it is assumed that value added is produced with capital and labor as input factors so that Y = F(K;L) where Y is value added or output, K the capital...

The paper analyzes the possible distributional consequences of the global crisis based on the lessons of the past crises experiences. The decline in the labor share across the globe has been a major factor that led to the current global crisis. What we are going through is a crisis of...

This paper examines the issue of decoupling economic growth and pollution through growth driven by productivity improvements; and the extent to which pollution effects spill over national borders. Focus is widened from conventional production measures of pollution to a consumption accounting...

Using firm-level data from Bulgaria and Romania, this paper addresses a lacuna in the transition literature, namely, the link of firm-level employment turnover with firm-level growth in labour productivity. The results suggest that while net job creation at the firm level was affected by...