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The price of fringe benefits when formal and informal labor markets coexist
Argente, David; García, Jorge - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 4 (2015), pp. 1-12
We use the Mexican labor market structure to price the set of fringe benefits that household heads receive when formally employed. We exploit longitudinal, nationally-representative information on household heads who are formal, informal, or switch status at least once in our data. Using monthly...
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Minimum wage and employment: Escaping the parametric straitjacket
Cabras, Stefano; Fidrmuc, Jan; de Dios Tena Horrillo, Juan - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 11 (2017) 2017-15, pp. 1-20
Parametric regression models are often not flexible enough to capture the true relationships as they tend to rely on arbitrary identification assumptions. Using the UK Labor Force Survey, the authors estimate the causal effect of national minimum wage (NMW) increases on the probability of job...
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How does grandparent childcare affect labor supply?
Zanella, Giulio - In: IZA World of Labor (2017)
Older people in developed countries are living longer and healthier lives. A prolonged and healthy mature period of life is often associated with continued and active participation in the labor market. At the same time, active grandparents can offer their working offspring a free, flexible, and...
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Wage Dynamics and Bulgaria: Co-movement and Causality
Vasilev, Aleksandar; Manolova, Hristina - In: South-Eastern Europe Journal of Economics 17 (2019) 1, pp. 91-127
Motivated by recent debates on the possible role of wages as an income policy tool, in this study we examine the … dynamic inter-relationship between wages in Bulgaria, mainly in the context of its EU accession. Relative to the WDN studies … determinant of the other two wages. We demonstrate that minimum wage increases do not cause changes in average wages in either the …
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Nach dem Streik ist vor dem Streik
Keller, Berndt Karl - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 101 (2021) 10, pp. 777-780
Anfang der 2000er Jahre bildeten sich einige Berufsgewerkschaften, die das alte System der Tarifeinheit lockerten, bis das Bundesarbeitsgericht schließlich 2010 die Tarifpluralität grundsätzlich zuließ. Mit dem Tarifeinheitsgesetz von 2015 sollte die Macht kleiner Berufsgewerkschaften wieder...
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Upgrading technology in Central and Eastern European economies
Radosevic, Slavo - In: IZA World of Labor (2017)
The future growth of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) depends on upgrading technology, exporting and coupling domestic technology efforts while improving their position in global value chains. Current policies in the region are not geared to these tasks, despite the availability of huge...
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The sources of wage growth in a developing country
Marinescu, Ioana; Triyana, Margaret - In: IZA Journal of Labor & Development 5 (2016) 2, pp. 1-43
What are the sources of wage growth in developing countries? In the USA, general labor market experience is the key source of wage growth, with job seniority playing a smaller role. By contrast, in Indonesia, the 10-year return to seniority is 24 to 28 %, which is higher than the return to...
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Public versus private University Systems
Psacharopoulos, George - In: CESifo DICE Report 02 (2004) 4, pp. 39-43
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Fairness and motivation
Falk, Armin - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
How do firms motivate their employees to be productive? The conventional wisdom is that workers respond to monetary incentives—"Pay them more and they will work harder." However, a large and growing body of empirical evidence from laboratory and field experiments, surveys, and observational...
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The changing graduate labour market: Analysis using a new indicator of graduate jobs
Green, Francis; Henseke, Golo - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 5 (2016) 14, pp. 1-25
This paper examines differentiation in the recent evolving graduate labour market in Britain. Using a novel statistically derived indicator of graduate jobs, based on job skill requirements in three-digit occupations obtained from the British Skills and Employment Survey series, we analyse...
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