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In spite of its predominant economic weight in developing countries, little is known about informal sector income dynamics vis-à-vis the formal sector. Some works have been done in this field using household surveys, but they only consider some emerging Latin American countries and a few...
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indicate that factors as domestic ownership, age, and training affect the tendency of firms to innovate, thus positively …
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We analyze the welfare and employment effects of different wage bargaining regimes. Within the large firm search model, we show that collective bargaining affects employment via two channels. Collective bargaining exerts opposing effects on job creation and wage setting. Firms have a stronger...
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the probability that firms pay for continuous training. About half of all firms in the estimation sample cover all direct … and indirect training costs, which contradicts the standard human capital approach with perfect labor markets. The main … compression are indeed more likely to cover all direct and indirect training costs, which is consistent with theoretical …
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We assess selection bias in estimated returns to workplace training by exploiting a field experiment with random … assignment of workers to a one-week training program. We compare experimental estimates of this program with non …
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We study the effects of continuous training on non-monetary outcomes. Wider benefits of continuous training have become … a top priority on the European political agenda. Using SOEP data, we find evidence that continuous training increases …
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The new training literature argues that imperfect labour market competition drives a wedge between productivity and …
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earnings position should exhibit lower training participation rates. Since women are more likely to match this description, we … differences in job-related training. …
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In this paper, I develop a simple model of spatial equilibrium to investigate theoretically what determines the sign and magnitude of ''local multipliers' (defined as elasticity of employment in the non-tradable sector with respect to increase in employment in the tradable sector). I estimate...
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Minimum wages may be an important instrument to reduce income inequality in a society and to promote socially inclusive economic growth. While higher minimum wages can support the Chinese transformation towards consumption driven growth, they can worsen the price competitiveness in export...
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