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How good are manufacturing jobs in Myanmar? Evidence from matched employer-employee data
Falco, Paolo; Gioia, Francesca; Trifkovic, Neda - 2021
the working conditions of workers in the Myanmar manufacturing sector. Using a model of job demands and job resources, we … that labour productivity is higher in firms where working conditions are better. …
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Job quality in the micro and small enterprise sector in Ethiopia : evidence from firm-level data
Gebrehiwot, Berihu Assefa - In: Cogent economics & finance 10 (2022) 1, pp. 1-27
Micro and small enterprises are ubiquitous in developing countries and play a central role in employment. While there is solid empirical evidence that micro and small enterprises are important drivers of job creation, there is limited evidence on the quality aspects of employment in this sector,...
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"Bad jobs" in "good industries" : the precarious employment of migrant workers in the manufacturing sector of the Emilia-Romagna region
Landini, Fabio; Rinaldi, Riccardo - 2024
The article examines the drivers of migrant atypical employment in the manufacturing sector of the Emilia-Romagna region. By drawing on administrative data based on mandatory communications we document that, even in an industry characterized by high quality of productions and occupations,...
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Good business practices improve productivity in Myanmar's manufacturing sector : evidence from two matched employer-employee surveys
Falco, Paolo; Hansen, Henrik; Rand, John; Tarp, Finn; … - 2021
We look into the relationship between business practices and enterprise productivity using panel data with matched … employer and employee information from Myanmar. The data show that micro, small, and medium-size enterprises in Myanmar … relations we find a positive and economically important association between business practices and productivity. The results are …
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The effects of international scrutiny on manufacturing workers: evidence from the Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh
Bossavie, Laurent; Cho, Yoonyoung; Heath, Rachel - 2020
After the tragic factory collapse of Rana Plaza in 2013, both the direct reforms and indirect responses of retailers have plausibly affected workers in the Ready Made Garment (RMG) sector in Bangladesh. These responses included a minimum wage increase, high profile but voluntary audits, and an...
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Does robotization affect job quality? : evidence from European regional labour markets
Antón Pérez, José Ignacio; Fernández-Macías, Enrique; … - 2020 - This version: 16th December 2020
Whereas there are recent papers on the effect of robot adoption on employment and wages, there is no evidence on how robots affect non-monetary working conditions. We explore the impact of robot adoption on several domains of non-monetary working conditions in Europe over the period 1995-2005...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012387605
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Does robotization affect job quality? : evidence from European regional labour markets
Antón Pérez, José Ignacio; Fernández-Macías, Enrique; … - 2020 - This version: 16th December 2020
Whereas there are recent papers on the effect of robot adoption on employment and wages, there is no evidence on how robots affect non-monetaryworking conditions. We explore the impact of robot adoption on several domains of non-monetary working conditions in Europe over the period 1995-2005...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012388530
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Does robotization affect job quality? : evidence from European regional labour markets
Antón Pérez, José Ignacio; Fernández-Macías, Enrique; … - 2020
Whereas there are recent papers on the effect of robot adoption on employment and wages, there is no evidence on how robots affect non-monetary working conditions. We explore the impact of robot adoption on several domains of non-monetary working conditions in Europe over the period 1995-2005...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012389778
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Global job quality : evidence from wage employment across developing countries
Hovhannisyan, Shoghik; Montalva-Talledo, Veronica; … - 2022
Measuring job quality across countries has been challenging and has relied typically on a single indicator, such as formality or wages. To contribute to this critical policy issue, this paper presents a first global estimate of job quality departing from microdata. It assembles a harmonized...
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Exploring the relationship between job quality and firm productivity in the manufacturing sector : panel data evidence from Ethiopia
Tigabu Degu Getahun; Fetene, Gebeyehu Manie; … - 2024
investigates links between firm productivity and monetary and non-monetary dimensions of job quality. The results point to a … positive impact of higher salaries on firm productivity, but limited effects of non-monetary job quality indicators … quality indicators had a weak impact on productivity, however, reducing the incentive of employers to invest in job quality …
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