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Self‐employment of rural‐to‐urban migrants in China
Giulietti, Corrado; Ning, Guangjie; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - In: International Journal of Manpower 33 (2012) 1, pp. 96-117
China. Design/methodology/approach – The analysis is based on a sample of migrant household heads from the 2008 Rural …‐Urban Migration in China and Indonesia (RUMiCI) survey. An estimate of the wage differential between self‐employed and employed …; their wages are substantially higher than what they would have obtained had they chosen paid work. Furthermore, even after …
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International capital flows, the domestic employment and wages
Li, Wei; Zhang, Zhichao - In: China Finance Review International 2 (2012) 3, pp. 286-310
international capital flows on domestic employment and wages in China within a systematic framework; also to reveal whether the … domestic employment and wages within a systematic framework. The empirical analysis related to the China different provinces is … international capital outflows will significantly reduce the level of domestic wages. The unofficially recorded capital flows would …
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Business process support for IoT based product-service systems (PSS)
Zancul, Eduardo de Senzi; Takey, Silvia M.; Barquet, … - In: Business Process Management Journal 22 (2016) 2, pp. 305-323
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose a method for adopting an Internet of Things (IoT) enabled product-service system (PSS) considering business model and product enhancements. The method focusses on business process implications of IoT. The paper also discusses a real application...
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Fachkräfte finden, binden und entwickeln – Ein zukunftsträchtiges beschäftigungspolitisches Konzept für den Maschinenbau auch unter Bedingungen der Krise? / How to find, bind and d...
Schütt, Petra - In: Arbeit 19 (2010) 2-3, pp. 178-194
Abstract Die aktuelle Wirtschaftskrise hat den deutschen Maschinen- und Anlagenbau aus einer extremen Boomphase heraus in einen enormen Absatzeinbruch hinuntergezogen. Während des Aufschwungs machte den Unternehmen mehr und mehr ein Fachkräfte- und Ingenieurmangel zu schaffen. Der...
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Krisenmanagement über Variationen des Arbeitsvolumens? Reichweite, Grenzen und Nebenfolgen / Crisis management by varieties regarding volumes of work? Range, limits and side effect...
Klös, Hans-Peter; Schäfer, Holger - In: Arbeit 19 (2010) 2-3, pp. 132-146
Abstract Der Arbeitsmarkt in Deutschland wurde bisher in weitaus weniger sichtbarem Maße von der Wirtschaftskrise getroffen als vielfach erwartet. Dies lag an der umfänglichen Nutzung interner numerischer Flexibilitätsinstrumente. Doch diese Strategie - die mit der demografischen Entwicklung...
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Do Older Workers Lower IT-Enabled Productivity?
Bertschek, Irene; Meyer, Jenny - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 229 (2009) 2-3, pp. 327-342
Summary The paper provides empirical evidence for the question whether firms’ IT-enabled labour productivity is affected by the age structure of the workforce. We apply a production function approach with heterogenous labour to firm-level data from German manufacturing and services industries....
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Does Social Media Increase Labour Productivity?
Sarbu, Miruna - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 237 (2017) 2, pp. 81-113
Abstract: Social media applications such as wikis, blogs or social networks are being increasingly applied in firms. These applications can be used for external communication and internal knowledge management. Firms can potentially increase their productivity by optimising customer relationship...
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Sources of Iranian Labour Productivity
Valadkhani, Abbas - In: Review of Middle East Economics and Finance 3 (2005) 3, pp. 32-47
This study presents a model capturing sources of Iranian aggregate labour productivity using annual time series data from 1960 to 2002. Labour productivity in this model is determined by real net capital stock, information technology and telecommunications (ITT) and trade openness. Empirical...
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Labor productivity and obsolete skills in a growth model with production by layers
Gomes, Orlando - In: Journal of Economic Studies 41 (2014) 3, pp. 431-452
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study the growth dynamics in a model where labor productivity is shaped by two forces. On one hand, it is determined by the extent in which available technology has been already explored. On the other hand, some labor skills may become obsolete,...
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Learning effect on labour productivity of repetitive concrete masonry blockwork
Jarkas, Abdulaziz M. - In: International Journal of Productivity and Performance … 65 (2016) 8, pp. 1075-1090
Purpose The applicability of learning curve theory to the construction industry has been investigated by several studies; however, the outcomes are characterised by inconsistent, rather sporadic patterns. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to explore the effect of learning on concrete...
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