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Some recent developments in labour economics
Dolton, Peter J. - In: National Institute economic review 246 (2018), pp. 36-49
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Minimum wages and the rise in solo self-employment
Ganserer, Angelika; Gregory, Terry; Zierahn, Ulrich - 2022
Solo self-employment is on the rise despite less favorable working conditions compared to traditional jobs. We show that the introduction of minimum wages in German industries led to an increase in the share of solo self-employment by up to 8.5 percentage points. We explain our findings within a...
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Minimum wages and the rise in solo self-employment
Ganserer, Angelika; Gregory, Terry; Zierahn, Ulrich - 2022
Solo self-employment is on the rise despite less favorable working conditions compared to traditional jobs. We show that the introduction of minimum wages in German industries led to an increase in the share of solo self-employment by up to 8.5 percentage points. We explain our findings within a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013198800
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Labor Market Slack in the United Kingdom
Bell, David N.F. - 2014
Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to both unemployment and underemployment, which in our view are invalid. Without any evidence … the MPC in its assessment of the output gap reduces the level of unemployment because of its claim that long …-term unemployment has no effect on wages. We produce contrary evidence. The MPC further reduces the level of underemployment in the …
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Taxing the Gig Economy
Thomas, Kathleen DeLaney - 2018
Due to advances in technology like mobile applications and online platforms, millions of American workers now earn income through “gig” work, which allows them the flexibility to set their own hours and choose which jobs to take. To the surprise of many gig workers, the tax law considers...
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The Anatomy of Job Polarisation in the UK
Salvatori, Andrea - 2015
This paper presents new evidence on the evolution of job polarisation over time and across skill groups in the UK between 1979 and 2012. The UK has experienced job polarisation in each of the last three decades, with growth in top jobs always exceeding that in bottom ones. Overall, top...
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The anatomy of job polarisation in the UK
Salvatori, Andrea - In: Journal for labour market research 52 (2018) 8, pp. 1-15
This paper studies the contribution of different skill groups to the polarisation of the UK labour market. We show that the large increase in graduate numbers contributed to the substantial reallocation of employment from middling to top occupations which is the main feature of the polarisation...
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Has COVID-19 Induced Labor Market Mismatch? Evidence from the US and the UK
Pizzinelli, Carlo; Shibata, Ippei - 2022
This paper studies whether labor market mismatch played an important role for labor market dynamics during the COVID-19 pandemic. We apply the framework of S¸ahin et al. (2014) to the US and the UK to measure misallocation between job seekers and vacancies across sectors until the third quarter...
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By the Sweat of Their Brow : Welfare to Work in Los Angeles
Force, Peter - 2016
. About 44 percent of the non-recipients had at least some college-level education, while only half as many mothers receiving …
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Chapter 12. Gender Inequality
Ponthieux, Sophie; Meurs, Dominique - In: Handbook of income distribution : volume 2, (pp. 981-1146). 2015
The chapter examines how the various dimensions of economic inequality between men and women are analyzed today. Beyond the gender wage gap—a central issue—and of course the still far from equal sharing of housework, the chapter also reviews research on gender inequality in access to...
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