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Unionisation structures, productivity, and firm performance
Braun, Sebastian - 2009
This paper studies how different unionisation structures affect firm productivity, firm performance, and consumer welfare in a monopolistic competition model with heterogeneous firms and free entry. While centralised bargaining induces tougher selection among hetero- geneous producers and thus...
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The Chinese challenge to the EU25
Roubal, Gabriele; Taube, Markus; Vieweg, Hans-Günther - In: CESifo Forum 06 (2005) 3, pp. 37-42
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011695811
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Survival of the best fit: Exposure to low-wage countries and the (uneven) growth of US manufacturing plants
Bernard, Andrew Barnes; Jensen, J. Bradford; Schott, … - 2003
This paper examines the role of international trade in the reallocation of U.S. manufacturing activity within and across industries from 1977 to 1997. It introduces a new measure of industry exposure to international trade, motivated by the Heckscher-Ohlin model, which focuses on where imports...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010292945
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The effects of living wage laws on low-wage workers and low-income families: What do we know now?
Neumark, David; Thompson, Matthew; Koyle, Leslie - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 1 (2012), pp. 1-34
reduce employment among the least-skilled workers they are intended to help. But they also increase wages for many of them …
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Temporary help work: Compensating differentials and multiple job-holding
Hamersma, Sarah; Heinrich, Carolyn J.; Mueser, Peter R. - 2012
Temporary Help Services (THS) employment has been growing in size, particularly among disadvantaged workers, and in importance in balancing cyclical fluctuations in labor demand. Does THS employment provide some benefits to disadvantaged workers, or divert them from better jobs? We investigate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287670
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The effects of living wage laws on low-wage workers and low-income families: What do we know now?
Neumark, David; Thompson, Matthew; Koyle, Leslie - 2012
laws reduce employment among the least-skilled workers they are intended to help. But they also increase wages for many of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291309
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Who is Reaping the Gains from Globalisation? – The Role of Labour Market Flexibility
Seidel, Tobias - In: CESifo DICE Report 03 (2005) 1, pp. 54-59
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Climate change meets trade in promoting green growth: potential conflicts and synergies
Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2010
To date, border adjustment measures in the form of emissions allowance requirements (EAR) under the U.S. proposed cap-and-trade regime are the most concrete unilateral trade measure put forward to level the carbon playing field. If improperly implemented, such measures could disturb the world...
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Entfremdung zwischen den USA und Europa: Geht das »amerikanische Jahrhundert« zu Ende?
Varwick, Johannes; Braml, Josef; Hardt, Jürgen; … - In: ifo Schnelldienst 70 (2017) 14, pp. 3-23
Insbesondere seit der Wahl Donald Trumps zum Präsidenten der USA stellen sich viele politische Beobachter die Frage …, wie zuverlässig die USA für ihre Partner noch sind. Frühere gemeinsame Ziele, wie Freihandel, Klimaschutz und verlässliche … transatlantische Beziehungen, sind nicht mehr selbstverständlich. Die Bereitschaft der USA, internationale und multilaterale Strukturen …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011694160
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Globalization and labor markets in the Triad: Different adjustment patterns
Gundlach, Erich; Nunnenkamp, Peter - In: Transnational Corporations 6 (1998) 3, pp. 57-85
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