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Our paper seeks to gain insights on the e®ect of labor market institutions on the evolution of overeducation (job competition), unemployment inequalities and job instability during the polarization process of the labor market fostered by the di®usion of novel technologies. Based on micro data,...
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features of the so-called knowledge-based economy are connected with the increasing use of information and communication … the result of a mismatch between the demand for labour and the various skills of workers; in this way it may also increase …
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The paper examines the determinants of the division of labor within firms. It provides an explanation of the pervasive observed changes in work organization away from the traditional functional departments and towards multi-tasking and job rotation. Whereas the existing literature on the...
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The paper examines the determinants of the division of labor within firms. It provides an explanation of the pervasive observed changes in work organization away from the traditional functional departments and towards multi-tasking and job rotation.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005670117
This paper investigates the effects of organizational and technological changes on job stability of different occupational categories in France. We conduct an empirical analysis in which we make extensive use of a unique data set on a representative sample of French establishments. Working with...
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The fourth issue of the International Productivity Monitor produced by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards contains five articles. Topics covered are: recent productivity developments in the United States and Canada and implications for the Canada-U.S. productivity and income gaps; the...
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The shifting of labour demand towards relatively more skilled workers has been a hot issue in the economic field for … driven the labour demand with detrimental consequences for less skilled workers (skill-biased technological …-organisational change). In order to upgrade the skill workforce the firm has at least two main channels at its disposal: the external labour …
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Due to scarcity considerations an increase in the supply of college graduates should reduce the premium for this kind of qualification. Therefore it seems quite contradictory that a tremendous educational expansion in the USA is accompanied by rising wage dispersion (overall and between...
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effects on job separations and small positive effects on job findings. Labour costs are shown to be a major driver of cross …-country differences: in countries with lower labour costs, robot exposure had more positive effects on hirings and more negative effects … workers in countries with lower labour costs, robot exposure had a beneficial effect on transitions. Our results imply that …
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effects on job separations and small positive effects on job findings. Labour costs are shown to be a major driver of cross … labour costs than in countries with high levels of labour costs. These effects were particularly pronounced for workers in …-routine cognitive tasks. For young and old workers in countries with lower labour costs, robot exposure had a beneficial effect on …
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