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It is mainly about where you work! : labor demand in the Colombian manufacturing sector
Arango Thomas, Luis Eduardo; Castellani, Francesca; … - 2016
heterogeneity in the labor demand within the industrial sector. Long run own-price, output and TFP elasticities vary across a … that promote labor market performance, as outcomes, beyond intentions, are unlikely to be homogenous. …
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Heterogeneous labour demand in the Colombian manufacturing sector
Álvarez, Luis-Esteban; Castellani, Francesca; Obando, … - In: Journal for labour market research 53 (2019) 1, pp. 1-19
Using the Colombian Annual Manufacturing Survey between 2000 and 2013, we investigate the heterogeneity in labour demand within the industrial sector based on the elasticities. We find that long-run own-price, output, and TFP elasticities vary across a variety of dimensions such as regions,...
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The future of work in the twenty-first century
Hodgson, Geoffrey M. - In: Journal of economic issues : jei 50 (2016) 1, pp. 197-216
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Offshoring and labour market inequalities
Schwörer, Tillmann - 2013
This paper estimates the effects of offshoring on labour market inequalities between skill groups based on German industry level data from 1995 to 2007. Our main findings are the following: First, offshoring is on average biased in favour of high-skilled employees and in disfavour of low-skilled...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010190184
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An unfulfilled promise? : higher education quality and professional underemployment in Peru
Yamada, Gustavo; Lavado, Pablo; Martínez, Joan J. - 2015
analyzes its causes related to labor demand. The main objective is to explore and quantify the extent to which higher education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011427813
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Does immigration crowd natives into or out of higher education?
Jackson, Osborne - 2015
labor supply may also affect native enrollment by changing local market prices. Using U.S. Census data from 1970 to 2000, I …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430951
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The "task approach" to labor markets : an overview
Autor, David H. - 2013
An emerging literature argues that changes in the allocation of workplace "tasks" between capital and labor, and … between domestic and foreign workers, has altered the structure of labor demand in industrialized countries and fostered … the canonical production function framework is challenging, however, because the assignment of tasks to labor and capital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009699318
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Rise of the machines : the effects of labor-saving innovations on jobs and wages
Feng, Andy; Graetz, Georg - 2015
training and in which labor is hence more expensive. Under quite general conditions this leads to job polarization, a decline … polarization as caused by labor-replacing technologies, such as computers, the electric motor, and the steam engine, respectively …
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The use of flexible working contracts in West Germany : evidence from an establishment panel
Boockmann, Bernhard; Hagen, Tobias - 2001
This paper investigates under which conditions firms use fixed-term contracts, subcontracted and freelance work. Using a probit model which accounts for unobserved heterogeneity, we find that positive changes in expected or actual turnover are associated with a higher probability of employing...
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Information and Communication Technologies and Skill Upgrading : The Role of Internal vs. External Labour Markets
Behaghel, Luc - 2011
Following the adoption of information and communication technologies (ICT), firms are likely to face increasing skill requirements. They may react either by training or hiring the new skills, or by a combination of both. We first show that ICT are indeed skill biased and we then assess the...
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