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Skill gaps in the workplace : measurement, determinants and impacts
McGuinness, Séamus; Ortiz, Luis - 2015
Optimal training decisions require employers to have accurate information about their workers' training needs. However, little is known with regard to the key factors determining the accurate transmission of worker training requirements. Using one of the few linked employer-employee surveys in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011309034
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Law, skills and the creation of jobs as "contract" work in India : exploring survey data to make inferences for labour law reform
Singh, Jaivir; Das, Deb Kusum; Choudhury, Homagni; … - 2016
manufacturing. We question the widespread perception that employment of contract labour provides flexibility to employers in terms …
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Who should we ask? : employer and employee perceptions of skill gaps within firms
McGuinness, Séamus; Ortiz, Luis - 2014
Using the employer-employee matched National Employment Survey of Ireland carried out in 2006, this paper compares the skill gaps as perceived by managers and employees located within the same firm. The paper looks at the main drivers of agreement / disagreement on the perception of skill gaps...
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Performance Pay, Sorting, and Outsourcing
Henneberger, Fred - 2009
Implementing performance pay requires that workers' output be measured. When measurement costs differ among firms, those with a measurement cost advantage choose to implement performance pay. They attract the best workers, and both the level and variability of compensation are higher at these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012767005
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Skill Gaps in the Workplace : Measurement, Determinants and Impacts
McGuinness, Seamus - 2015
Optimal training decisions require employers to have accurate information about their workers' training needs. However, little is known with regard to the key factors determining the accurate transmission of worker training requirements. Using one of the few linked employer-employee surveys in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013016215
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The Skill Bias Effect of Technological and Organisational Change : Evidence and Policy Implications
Piva, Mariacristina; Santarelli, Enrico; Vivarelli, Marco - 2021
(increase in the number of highly skilled workers) exhibited by manufacturing employment in developed countries over the last … model for a sample of 400 Italian manufacturing firms, showing that upskilling is more a function of the reorganisational …
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The institutional adjustment margin to import competition : evidence from italian minimum wages
Matano, Alessia; Naticchioni, Paolo; Vona, Francesco - 2019
setting minimum wages at the contract level. Using an instrumental variable strategy and exploiting variations in contract …-level exposure to trade, we find for the 1995-2003 period that, on average, the surge in imports decreased contractual minimum wages … effect contrasts with a nonsignificant effect of trade on total wages, with the latter becoming positive and large only for …
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Addressing labour market challenges in Belgium
McGowan, Muge Adalet; Hijzen, Alexander; Law, David; … - 2020
Job creation has lowered unemployment, but the Belgian labour market still faces many challenges. Employment rates remain low, reflecting barriers to finding a job such as low levels of skills and weak work incentives. In addition, the changing nature of work will require faster adaptation of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012203307
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The institutional adjustment margin to import competition : evidence from Italian minimum wages
Matano, Alessia; Naticchioni, Paolo; Vona, Francesco - 2019
setting minimum wages at the contract level. Using an instrumental variable strategy and exploiting variations in contract …-level exposure to trade, we find for the 1995-2003 period that on average, the surge in imports decreased contractual minimum wages … negative institutional effect contrasts with a nonsignificant effect of trade on total wages, with the latter becoming positive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011999702
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Works Councils and Heterogeneous Firms
Renaud, Simon - 2007
Theoretical analyses of the effects of works councils show ambiguous results. Therefore an empirical investigation of the issue is inevitable. The results so far are mixed, frequently a positive effect on productivity, but a negative one on profits is found. The problem of both theoretical and...
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