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Explanations for Persistent Nursing Shortages
Long, Mark C; Goldfarb, Marsha G.; Goldfarb, Robert S - In: Forum for Health Economics & Policy 11 (2008) 2
This paper contributes to the economics literature on nursing market shortages by putting forward two new models that suggest three new explanations for perceived nursing shortages. The first model focuses on hospitals hiring both permanent staff nurses and temporary contract nurses. It shows...
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A Simple Test of Oligopsony Behavior with an Application to Rice Milling
Crespi, John M.; Gao, Zhifeng; Hanawa Peterson, Hikaru - In: Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization 3 (2005) 2
While the development of empirical models of seller conduct abound, arguably less attention has been paid to the development of empirical models of buyer conduct. This is especially problematic in studies of food and agricultural industries where high buyer concentration along the supply chain...
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What can monopsony explain of the gender wage differential in Italy?
Sulis, Giovanni - In: International Journal of Manpower 32 (2011) 4, pp. 446-470
Purpose – This paper seeks to study gender wage differentials in Italy using first‐order predictions of monopsony … discrimination among men and women by estimating the labour supply elasticity to the individual firm. It also tests the monopsony … elasticity) for women as predicted by the monopsony model. Using the theoretical dynamic monopsony‐search model of Burdett and …
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Micro-evidence on product and labor market regime differences between Chile and France
Dobbelaere, Sabien; Lauterbach, Rodolfo; Mairesse, Jacques - In: International Journal of Manpower 37 (2016) 2, pp. 229-252
settings (LMS) (perfect competition (PC) or right-to-manage bargaining, efficient bargaining (EB) and monopsony). Using an …
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Can powerful buyers “exploit” SME suppliers?
Wyld, John; Pugh, Geoffrey; Tyrrall, David - In: Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 19 (2012) 2, pp. 322-334
of monopsony and oligopsony are applied to intermediate markets to set out a model of profit appropriation by large …
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Political Variables as Instruments for the Minimum Wage
Lemos, Sara - In: Contributions in Economic Analysis & Policy 4 (2005) 1, pp. 1-31
A number of recent empirical studies have found no evidence that the minimum wage adversely affects employment. Explanations for such non-negative estimates include new theoretical approaches, empirical identification and data issues. In this paper we examine the robustness of such estimates to...
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Minimum Wage Protection in Industrialized Countries
Bazen, Stephen - In: International Journal of Manpower 15 (1994) 2/3, pp. 62-73
Minimum wage fixing came to be increasingly questioned during the 1980s owing to high unemployment and the rise of liberal economic thinking. This led many countries to dilute minimum wage protection by freezing the rates or altering the coverage. However, close examination of the relevant...
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Interaktionseffekte zwischen Mindestlöhnen und Lohnsubventionen. Eine Analyse zur Beschäftigung in den USA und in Deutschland
Berthold, Norbert; Coban, Mustafa - In: Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 64 (2015) 1, pp. 3-31
theoretisch offen. Die empirische Überprüfung für die USA ergibt, dass mit steigendem Mindestlohn die Beschäftigung an …
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Minijobs nach Einführung des Mindestlohns – Eine Bestandsaufnahme
Bachmann, Ronald; Dürig, Wolfgang; Frings, Hanna; … - In: Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 66 (2017) 3, pp. 209-237
Zusammenfassung: Der vorliegende Artikel nutzt zwei Befragungen unter Arbeitnehmern und Arbeitgebern im Bereich der geringfügigen Beschäftigung für eine aktuelle Bestandsaufnahme der Minijobs und vergleicht die Ergebnisse mit der Situation vor Einführung des gesetzlichen Mindestlohns. Im...
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Auswirkungen des gesetzlichen Mindestlohns im Handwerk in Sachsen-Anhalt
Brautzsch, Hans-Ulrich; Schultz, Birgit - In: Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 67 (2018) 2, pp. 125-152
Abstract This paper examines the effects of the minimum wage introduction in Germany in 2015 on the skilled crafts sector in Saxony-Anhalt. Using novel survey data on the skilled crafts sector in Saxony-Anhalt, we examine three questions: (1) How many employees are affected by the minimum wage...
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