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Green, Francis; Felstead, Alan; Gallie, Duncan; Zhou, Ying - In: National Institute Economic Review 201 (2007) 1, pp. 63-75

This paper describes the diffusion of computer use among jobs in Britain, and shows that the technology is having notable effects on the labour market. By 2006 three in four jobs entailed job-holders using computers, while for two in four jobs computer use was essential. Computing skills have a...

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Precios y salarios en Madrid, 1680-1800

LLopis, Enrique; GarcÌa-Montero, HÈctor - In: Investigaciones de Historia Económica (IHE) Journal of … 07 (2011) 02, pp. 295-309

The essential aim of this article is to analyze the evolution of prices and real wages in Madrid between 1680 and 1800 …, Madrid was one of Europe's cities where wages of unskilled workers fell more abruptly; 4) during the 18th century, skill …

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New Considerations Concernig the Need of Knowledge to Pupils, Students and Elderly People

Gheorghe, Negoescu; Georgeta, Negoescu Liliana - In: Ovidius University Annals, Economic Sciences Series XII (2012) 1, pp. 621-623

A new business requires top priority during the entrepreneur, the emotions, and loyalty. Thus, the consequence for the commitment and determination is usually personal sacrifice. Commitment to an entrepreneur can be measured in several ways - through the availability to invest a substantial...

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Do informal referrals lead to better matches? Evidence from a firm's employee referral system

Brown, Meta; Setren, Elizabeth; Topa, Giorgio - Federal Reserve Bank of New York - 2012

The limited nature of data on employment referrals in large business and household surveys has so far impeded our efforts to understand the relationships among employment referrals, match quality, wage trajectories, and turnover. Using a new firm-level data set that includes explicit information...

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Temporary Help Work: Compensating Differentials and Multiple Job-Holding

Hamersma, Sarah; Heinrich, Carolyn J.; Mueser, Peter R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Temporary Help Services (THS) employment has been growing in size, particularly among disadvantaged workers, and in importance in balancing cyclical fluctuations in labor demand. Does THS employment provide some benefits to disadvantaged workers, or divert them from better jobs? We investigate...

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Unions and the Natural Standard of Wages: Another Look at “the J. B. Clark Problem”

Stabile, Donald R. - In: History of Political Economy 32 (2000) 3, pp. 585-606

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Measuring match quality using subjective data

Ferreira, Priscila; Taylor, Mark - In: Economics Letters 113 (2011) 3, pp. 304-306

We examine whether subjective information routinely collected in general surveys can be used to construct a single measure of underlying match quality which helps test matching models and predict labour market outcomes of workers.

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The stability of big-five personality traits

Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Schurer, Stefanie - In: Economics Letters 115 (2012) 1, pp. 11-15

We demonstrate that Big-Five personality traits are stable for working-age adults over a four-year period. Mean population changes are small and constant across age groups. Intra-individual changes are generally unrelated to adverse life events and are not economically meaningful.

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Did the September 11th attacks affect the Canadian labour market?

Shannon, Michael - In: Economics Letters 115 (2012) 1, pp. 91-93

, hours, weeks-worked or wages is found. …

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Does deeper integration enhance spatial advantages? Market access and wage growth in China

Kamal, Fariha; Lovely, Mary E.; Ouyang, Puman - In: International Review of Economics & Finance 23 (2012) C, pp. 59-74

firms can earn in different locations, leading to higher wages for workers employed in cities with better geographic access …, we measure the extent to which the influence of market access on wages strengthened and influenced wage growth over the … subsequent period. Using survey data from two waves of the Chinese Household Income Project, we find that urban wages became more …

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