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Neoclassical analysis of the labor market and its institutions. A systematic development of the theory of labor supply, labor demand, and human capital. Topics discussed also include wage and employment determination, turnover, search, immigration, unemployment, equalizing differences, and...
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perceived differently by directors and other managers. Despite continuous cost reduction, productivity in the UK remains below … increased productivity in the UK. …The paper explores the effects of organisational change on UK managers' perceptions of their organisation and on their …
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In this thesis, we theoretically and experimentally analyze three aspects of labor markets. We first ask whether the introduction of a minimum wage not only increases the wages of workers who previously earned less than this minimum wage, but also of those who earned considerably more already....
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transmitted to the Legislature February 15, 1915.
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This dissertation is an empirical investigation into the distributive effects of overand under-education, defined as market outcomes such that some workers possess skills over or below those required at their jobs respectively. This type of market failure can arise in assignment and search...
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Minimum wage laws have become a key political issue, following on the heels of over 130 successful living wage campaigns around the country. In the debates surrounding these mandated wage floors, one recurring issue has been whether the legislation has wider-ranging impacts on wages than the...
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We consider a labour market model of oligopsonistic wage competition and show that there is a holdup problem although workers do not have any bargaining power. When a firm invests more, it pays a higher wage in order to attract workers from competitors. Because workers participate in the returns...
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Die Arbeit untersucht und vergleicht die Wirkung von Mindest- und Kombilöhnen (Lohnkostenzuschüsse und Transferzahlungen an Arbeitnehmer) in einem Arbeitsmarktmodell mit monopsonistischer Konkurrenz und freiem Marktzutritt für Firmen. Es wird die Wirkung beider Instrumente auf die Nutzen der...
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earnings by employed labour. The minimum wage induces higher compliance by some low- productivity workers and transforms a …
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To be competitive in the global economy, some argue that Latin American countries need to reduce or eliminate labor market regulations such as minimum wage legislation because they constrain job creation and hence increase poverty. On the other hand, minimum wage increases can have a direct...
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