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Three Essays on Worker Turnover and Incentive Contracts in Labour Market Search Equilibrium
Zaharieva, Anna - 2010
Arbeitsmarkt und Prinzipal-Agent-Problemen aufgrund von asymmetrischen Informationen zwischen Firmen und Arbeitnehmern. Das …
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Social Dumping: Theoretical and Empirical Aspects
Dimitrova, Teodora - 2006
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...
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Forest Property Rights Enforcement in Lao PDR: A Steady State Analysis Using Genetic Algorithms
McAllister, Ryan; Bulmer, Michael - 2000
timber industry, timber harvesting in Laos is often illegal. Little information is available regarding the illegal Lao timber … act to increase the steady state level of forest stock in Laos. …
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An Optimal Control Model of Illegal Logging by Commercial Logging Contractors in Laos PDR
McAllister, Ryan; Beard, Rodney; Asafu-Adjaye, John - 2000
Laos is an income-poor but resource-rich country heavily dependent upon its natural forest resources. This paper uses … an optimal control model to analyse deforestation in Laos. Specifically, this paper analyses illegal logging by a sole … commercial logging contractor within a single region in Laos. The commercial contractor aims to maximise discounted profits from …
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Employer perceptions of skills deficiencies in the UK labour market: a subregional analysis
Watson, Duncan; Johnson, Steve; Webb, Robert - 2006
Past research on labour-market skills shortages indicates that employers report skills shortages or hard-to-fill vacancies for a variety of different reasons. Nevertheless, there is some consensus that skills-shortages analysis needs to examine such shortages within the context of the local...
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Le sultanat d'Oman en quête d'un second souffle
Valeri, Marc - 2005
The sudden slump in oil production since 2001 has only heightened the question of an alternative to an economybased on oil revenues, whereas the sultanate had undergone exponential development over the three precedingdecades. From this standpoint, the policy of Omanizing the labor force...
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Effects of Economic Globalisation on Employment Trend and Wages in Developing Countries: Lessons from Nigeria Experiences
Elijah, Obayelu Abiodun - 2007
Since 1986, Nigeria has gradually been integrating with the global economy. This paper examines the effect of globalization on employment and wages in Nigeria. The effects of globalization have been difficult to isolate and evaluate theoretically and empirically due to it multi-faceted nature,...
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Why Is French Equilibrium Unemployment So High? An Estimation of the WS-PS Model.
L'Horty, Yannick; Rault, Christophe - 2003
Unemployment in France rose steadily from the early-seventies to the mid-eighties. Since the mid-eighties it has continued to experience fluctuations around a very high average level. Equilibrium unemployment theories are a useful framework within which to account for these developments. A...
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THE LINK BETWEEN EDUCATION AND THE STATE OF THE LABOUR MARKET IN HUNGARY
Csehne Papp, Imola - 2007
Education became one of the largest sub-system of modern societies in the past century. The role of education is no longer interpreted only as the conveyor of culture, knowledge and values, but it is also attributed a significant role in its contribution to economic development and the promotion...
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A exclusão social de mulheres jovens, com idade entre 15 a 24 anos, no mercado de trabalho no Brasil
Fernandes, Rosangela Aparecida Soares; Lima, Joao … - 2008
Vários fatores como escolaridade, renda per capita, experiência, maternidade, raça, dentre outros, têm contribuído para a exclusão de mulheres jovens no mercado de trabalho. O objetivo deste artigo é identificar a situação das mulheres jovens, com idade entre 15 e 24 anos, no mercado de...
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