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Self-employment and geographical mobility in Germany
Reuschke, Darja - 2011
Little is known about the individual location behaviour of self-employed entrepreneurs. This paper investigates the geographical mobility behaviour of self-employed entrepreneurs, as compared to employees, thereby shedding new light onto the place embeddedness of self-employment. It examines...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009389083
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The tail of two countries : minimum wages and employment in France and the United States
Abowd, John M.; Kramarz, Francis; Margolis, David N.; … - 2000
We use longitudinal individual wage and employment data in France and the United States to investigate the effect of changes in the real minimum wage rate on an individual's employment status. We focus on workers employed at wages close enough to the minimum in a reference year as to be illegal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011339095
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The risk of automation for jobs in OECD countries : a comparative analysis
Arntz, Melanie; Gregory, Terry; Zierahn, Ulrich - 2016
jobless future. The debate has been fuelled by studies for the US and Europe arguing that a substantial share of jobs is at …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011579737
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Location choice and employment decisions : a comparison of German and Swedish multinationals
Becker, Sascha O.; Ekholm, Karolina; Jäckle, Robert; … - 2005
in Western Europe. A one percent larger wage gap between Germany and locations in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009743256
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Employee education, information and communication technology, workplace organization and trade : a comparative analysis of Greek and Swiss enterprises
Arvanitis, Spyridon; Loukis, Euripidis N. - 2009
This paper aims at investigating empirically at the firm level the effect of the use of modern information and communication technologies (ICT), and also of two other factors, the adoption of new forms of workplace organization and trade (export) activities, on the demand for employees with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003909657
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Location Choice and Employment Decisions : A Comparison of German and Swedish Multinationals
Becker, Sascha O. - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012991327
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The Effect of ICT Adoption on Labor Demand : A Cross-Region Comparison
Goaied, Mohamed; Sassi, Seifallah - 2019
This paper assesses the information and communications technologies (ICT)‐labour relationship from a macroeconomic perspective to clarify some ambiguity regarding the overall employment effect of ICT adoption in the short and long term. For that, we use two panel data techniques, generalized...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014108386
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Location Choice and Employment Decisions : A Comparison of German and Swedish Multinationals
Becker, Sascha O.; Ekholm, Karolina; Muendler, Marc-Andreas - 2021
strongest with respect to affiliate employment in Western Europe. A one percent larger wage gap between Germany and locations in … Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is estimated to be associated with 900 fewer jobs in German parents and 5,000 more jobs in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318778
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Sprawl in Europe and America
Lewyn, Michael - 2013
Defenders of suburban sprawl assert that sprawl is inevitable in affluent societies, based on trends in Western Europe … futile. This Article compares Western Europe to the United States, and criticizes the Inevitabilty Theory on the grounds that …: (1) Europe is in fact far less automobile-dependent than the United States; (2) Europe has not, contrary to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014216106
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Atypische Beschäftigung in Europa 1996 - 2009
Schmeißer, Claudia; Stuth, Stefan; Behrend, Clara; … - 2012
Um die Wirkung atypischer Beschäftigungsverhältnisse auf Struktur und Ausmaß sozialer Ungleichheit abschätzen zu können, zeichnet das vorliegende Discussion Paper für 20 europäische Länder nach, wie sich atypische Beschäftigung im Vergleich zu regulären Beschäftigungsverhältnissen...
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