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The paper examines the implications of an important aspect of the ongoing reorganization of work - the move from occupational specialization toward multi-tasking - for centralized wage bargaining. The analysis shows how, on account of this reorganization, centralized bargaining becomes...
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This paper provides a critique of the ?unemployment invariance hypothesis,? according to which the behavior of the … labor market ensures that the long-run unemployment rate is independent of the size of the capital stock, productivity, and … equilibrating mechanisms to ensure unemployment invariance and that other markets may perform part of the equilibrating process as …
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We analyse the moderating effect of trade unions on industrial employment and unemployment in countries facing exposure … the industry sector employment of young and low-educated workers. We also show that the unemployment rates for low … countries, low-educated unemployment declines with robot exposure but from a higher starting point. Our results point to unions …
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-up in terms of productivity but also a J-curve shape of output growth accompanied by an increase in unemployment on a large … and jobs, the model reproduces the pattern of productivity, growth and unemployment that we find in the CEE countries. …
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This paper provides a critique of the "unemployment invariance hypothesis", according to which the behavior of the … labor market ensures that the long-run unemployment rate is independent of the size of the capital stock, productivity and … the equilibrating mechanisms to ensure unemployment invariance; in particular, other markets may perform part of the …
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on the job finding rate but we find mixed effects in terms of post-unemployment wages. …
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How do we explain the poor employment performance in Western Europe since about the-1970s? This question is in fact twofold : What initiated the dramatic rise in employment, and waht mechanisms have made it continue for so long? My attemps to answer these questions from the basis for a...
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This paper documents and analyses the predominance of informal employment in Africa and shows that lack of demand for labour rather than worker characteristics is the main reason for pervasive underemployment. Integration into the global economy and exports of labour-intensive products are vital...
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probability of not-working (unemployment). In terms of selection into specific sectors, the results suggest both labour markets …
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Labour market integration is a social process suggesting that personality traits are relevant. This paper explores whether immigrants with a higher belief in their ability to control outcomes tend to be more likely to be employed. This trait is known in psychology as the locus of control (LOC)....
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