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This paper integrates two strands of literature on overskilling and disability using the 2004 British Workplace Employment Relations Survey (WERS). It finds that the disabled are significantly more likely to be mismatched in the labour market, to suffer from a pay penalty and to have lower job...
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This study examines the utilisation of education across ethnic minorities in the UK. In particular, we examine the incidence of mismatch between educational qualifications and occupational attainment, the determinants of any mismatch and the consequences for earnings and other labour market...
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This study examines the utilisation of education across ethnic minorities in the UK. In particular, we examine the incidence of mismatch between educational qualifications and occupational attainment, the determinants of any mismatch and the consequences for earnings and other labour market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011415198
. -- Skills ; disability ; job matching ; earnings ; job satisfaction …
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to maintain their real wages by reducing labor demand still further. Furthermore, we argue inflationary pressures have …
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to technology and work organisation, based on surveys dating from 1986. The use of skills has been rising, as indicated …, changing work organisation also contributes to explaining the rises, both in skills use and in skills development. Nevertheless … addition to the education level both computing skills and influence skills attract a premium in the labour market. There is an …
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and fiscal policies during the recession, reductions in real producer wages and relatively buoyant real consumer wages … back and productivity growth remains low, it may be that it will take a long time for employment to return to levels last … seen before the recession. -- labour market ; recession ; unemployment ; wages …
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worker's ability. The employing firm must then increase wages to prevent the worker from being bid away. Less educated …
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British Skills and Employment Survey series, we analyse trends in the labour market between 1997/2001 and 2006/2012. The …
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This paper examines the disincentive effects of perceived underpayment on individuals' exerted effort and promotion. To this end we develop a theoretical framework and obtain empirical evidence by analysing British academia data. We find that, tenured academics will tend to invest less effort in...
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