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There is little available information on sector-specific sales and employment impacts of a large-scale solar space and … final demand, estimates of changes in sales and employment were made for 131 sectors of the U.S. economy. It was determined …, refining, and fabrication of metals, especially copper. The proportionate changes in industry sales and employment are not …
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This paper presents an empirical study based on a survey of 399 small and medium size companies in Lithuania. Applying bivariate and ordered probit estimators, we investigate why some business owners intend to expand their firms, while others do not. Our main findings provide evidence that the...
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the 1990-2004 period affect unemployment as well as the employment and average wages of workers in different sectors of … the average wage and a reduction in employment of -0.46%. There is evidence that increases in the private sector minimum … wages on the wages workers in smallfirms or the self-employed. Separate estimates of the wage and employment effects for …
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This paper examines the determinants of employment changes using a panel of Polish large firms during the period 1996 …-2001. We investigate the impact of wages, output growth, investment, firm size and sectors upon employment, focusing on the … asymmetry hypothesis. We find that investment plays an important role in enhancing employment growth. We also notice that …
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implications of offshore outsourcing. In the first two essays, I use structural models to analyze the size of employment changes … aggregate employment effect is negative. The numerical analysis, however, shows that the negativity of the aggregate effect is … caused by the cleansing effect, and that the employment responses of outsourcers are ambiguous. In the second essay, firms …
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This paper presents a comparative analysis of employment and wage behavior of firms in the Czech Republic, Slovakia … difference in the employment behavior among firms by ownership or legal status. However, Czech, Slovak and Polish private firms … employment and allowed less rent sharing than the newly established firms. …
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This paper investigates the effects of legal minimum wages on wages, employment, hours worked and monthly earnings …% increase in minimum wages lowers employment in the covered sector by 1.09% and decreases the average number of hours worked of … largest impact on the wages and employment of covered sector workers is in the lower half of the distribution. …
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We develop a theoretical framework and provide empirical estimates of the extent of several forms of restructuring in 130 privatized firms in a model transition economy (Slovenia) during the 1996-1998 period. In view of the institutional developments in the transition economies, we divide...
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employment increases by less than previously reported, with about two additional jobs being created per 1000 head of hogs in …
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reduces the chances of employment and unemployment and increases the likelihood downtime. Per capita income is positively …
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