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Real and nominal wage adjustment in open economies

Forslund, Anders; Gottfries, Nils; Westermark, Andreas - 2006

How are wages set in an open economy? What role is played by demand pressure, international competition, and structural factors in the labour market? How important is nominal wage rigidity and exchange rate policy for the evolution of real wages and competitiveness? To answer these questions, we...

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Fixed-Term Contracts and the Duration Distribution of Unemployment

Güell, Maia - 2003

In the mid-1980s, many European countries introduced fixed-term contracts. Since then their labor markets have become more dynamic. This paper studies the possible implications of such reforms for the duration distribution of unemployment. I estimate a parametric duration model using...

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Worker Separations in a Nonstationary Corporate Environment

Dohmen, Thomas J.; Pfann, Gerard A. - 2000

This paper investigates differences in worker turnover characteristics between periods of workforce expansion and … in turnover behavior. A generally important result is that smooth functional forms of the age effect on worker mobility …

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A Product Market Theory of Worker Training

Gersbach, Hans; Schutzler, Armin - 2001

We develop a product market theory that explains why firms invest in general training of their workers. We consider a model where firms first decide whether to invest in general human capital, then make wage offers for each others? trained employees and finally engage in imperfect product market...

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Leontaridi, Rannia M.; Ward, Melanie E. - 2002

The paper uses data from the International Social Surveys Program (ISSP) to investigate work-related stress among a group of 15 OECD countries. It examines the determinants of work-related stress and explores the importance of work-related stress as a predictor of individuals' quitting behaviour...

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Market failures and the under-provision of training

Brunello, Giorgio; de Paola, Maria - 2004

encourages labor turnover. The combination of these two facts suggests that the labor market provides less training than optimal …

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Two-Sided Learning, Labor Turnover and Worker Displacement

Pfann, Gerard A.; Hamermesh, Daniel S. - 2001

We construct a general dynamic structural model of two-sided learning between a firm and its workers. We estimate an empirical version of the model using personnel data from Fokker Aircraft that cover the path of layoffs and quits through its bankruptcy. We find that the firm learns about its...

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Estimating the returns to firm-sponsored on-the-job and classroom training

Dostie, Benoit - 2010

that these lower returns are due to on-the-job training being more closely related to turnover and more geared toward …

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Firm-specific Training: Consequences for Job Mobility

Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf; Zweimüller, Josef - 2000

This paper analyzes the impact of formal training on worker mobility. Using data from the Swiss Labor Force Survey, we find that on-the-job search activities and, to a smaller extent, actual job separations are significantly affected by both employer-provided and general training. Moreover,...

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Account manager turnover and the influence of context: an exploratory study

Vafeas, Mario - In: Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing 30 (2015) 1, pp. 72-82

manager turnover on the client–agency relationship, an under-researched area of relationship management literature. Design … to examine the contextual factors impacting account manager turnover. Findings – The findings identify both … organisational and individual contextual factors that influence the outcome of turnover. Categorized into three core contexts (client …

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