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Tied and Troubled: Revisiting Tied Migration and Subsequent Employment
Krieger, Magdalena - In: Journal of Marriage and Family 82 (2020) 3, pp. 934-952
Objective: This article looks at couples' migration decision making processes and their gender-specific employment … theory and gender role beliefs. Method: Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Survey, this study explores the labor … provides the first evidence on the significance of circumstances in couples' migration decisions making for (gender …
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Gift exchange in the lab - it is not (only) how much you give ...
Englmaier, Florian; Leider, Steve - 2010
An important aspect in determining the effectiveness of gift exchange relations in labor markets is the ability of the worker to repay the gift to the employer. To test this hypothesis, we conduct a real effort laboratory experiment where we vary the wage and the effect of the worker's effort on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266102
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Developing Communication Technologies and Transaction Costs: A Note
Todorova, Tamara - 1999
The paper discusses the role of communication technologies in reducing the costs of using market exchange. It analyzes the comparative effect of new technologies on transactions which take place within and outside the firm using Coase’s postulate of the size of the firm. Technologically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011648121
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Capital, state, empire: The new American way of digital warfare
Timcke, Scott - 2017
The United States presents the greatest source of global geo-political violence and instability. Guided by the radical political economy tradition, this book offers an analysis of the USA's historical impulse to weaponize communication technologies. Scott Timcke explores the foundations of this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011903328
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Technology readiness, internet self-efficacy and computing experience of professional accounting students
In: Campus-Wide Information Systems 25 (2008) 1, pp. 18-29
Purpose – This study aims to assess the state of technology readiness of professional accounting students in Malaysia, to examine their level of internet self-efficacy, to assess their prior computing experience, and to explore if they are satisfied with the professional course that they are...
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The distinct effects of information technologies and communication technologies on the age-skill composition of labour demand
Blanas, Sotiris - 2019
This paper is the first to study the distinct effects of Information Technologies (IT) and Communication Technologies (CT) on the skill, age, and age-skill composition of labour demand. The analysis is conducted on a sample comprising 10 developed countries, 30 industries covering the largest...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012141555
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Is technological change really skills-biased? Firm-level evidence of the complementarities between ICT and workers' education
Bolli, Thomas; Pusterla, Filippo - 2019
This paper extends and refines the concept of ICT-driven skills-biased technological change by disentangling the effects of information technologies (IT) and communication technologies (CT). Guided by the theory that IT and CT differently affect firms' production processes, we investigate the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012546023
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Lebensentwürfe heute: Wie junge Frauen und Männer in Deutschland leben wollen. Kommentierte Ergebnisse der Befragung 2012
Allmendinger, Jutta; Haarbrücker, Julia; Fliegner, Florian - 2013
Zwischen 2007 und 2012 haben wir die Lebensentwürfe und Lebensverläufe von jungen Frauen und Männern verfolgt. Heute sind die Befragten 21 bis 34 Jahre alt. Welche Einstellungen haben sie zu Familie, Arbeit und Leben? Wie haben sich ihre Hoffnungen, Träume und Pläne über die Zeit...
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Implementierung von Gleichstellungszielen in wirkungsorientierten Steuerungsprozessen: aktuelle Beispiele und Umsetzungserfahrungen
Wroblewski, Angela (contributor) - 2019
Die Bundesverfassung sieht als Grundsätze der Haushaltsführung des Bundes die Wirkungsorientierung sowie Gender …The Federal Constitution provides for outcome orientation and gender budgeting as principles of federal budget … women and men in their budget management. This paper contains two articles that deal with the implementation of gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012214203
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Task force: Gewerkschaften, Arbeitsmarktregulierung und Migration in China
von der Pütten, Jann Christoph (contributor);  … - 2013
Die vorliegende Publikation untersucht die gegenwärtigen Entwicklungen am chinesischen Arbeitsmarkt. Sie analysiert die Funktion chinesischer Gewerkschaften und die Rolle von Tarifverhandlungen im Lohnfindungsprozess, aber auch die grundlegende Frage, ob Chinas Reservoir an billigen...
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