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sector, 3) self-employed informals, and 4) informal workers. Although incomes are generally higher in the public sector and … they may end up paying other group members debt also; and they are typically required to assist at compulsory training … estimation results confirm that formality would lower the monthly profits of micro-enterprises (less than 3 workers and less than …
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We examine reported productivity changes of workers over the course of the Covid-19 pandemic, which we validate against … external metrics. On average, workers report being at least as productive as before the pandemic's onset. However, this average …
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opportunities for newly hired older male and female workers. It is an enriched replication study of Hutchens (ILRR,1988), who showed … that firms employ older workers, but hire them less. I use a rich dataset for West Germany with information for almost … related segregation exists. While newly hired workers in the age groups of 18 to 34 and 35 to 54 are quiet similar distributed …
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Ireland’s “Celtic Tiger” years saw GDP per capita rise from 60% of the EU average to 120% of the average over the course of the 1990s, with a growth in employment of about 40% over the period 1994-2001. What were the consequences of the boom for returns to education and wage inequality?...
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This empirical paper documents the relationship between composition of a firm's workforce (with a special focus on age and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from manufacturing industries in Germany. We use unique newly...
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This empirical paper documents the relationship between composition of a firm's workforce (with a special focus on age and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from manufacturing industries in Germany. We use unique newly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009492405
employees and/or male workers. On the basis of the data of the German Socio- Economic Panel (SOEP), the results show a …, the length of the training period on the job as well as job related burdens due to a job at risk and a limited employment …
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-time employees and/or male workers. On the basis of the data of the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), the results show a …, the length of the training period on the job as well as job related burdens due to a job at risk and a limited employment …
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This study presents credible estimates for the causal effect of a variation in obesity on employment. By exploring random assignment of a weight loss intervention based on monetary rewards, I provide convincing evidence that weight loss positively affects the employment prospects of obese women...
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available data. We find that firms with a higher share of older workers have significantly lower proportions of R&D outlays in …
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