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Republic of Estonia; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
This paper assesses Estonia’s flexibility from two angles. The paper focuses on one aspect of that performance—the ability to sustain competitiveness. Then, a more forward-looking angle is the flexibility of Estonia’s labor and product markets. Estonia has made great...
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Cameroon; Statistical Appendix
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
In recent years, the IMF has released a growing number of reports and other documents covering economic and financial developments and trends in member countries. Each report, prepared by a staff team after discussions with government officials, is published at the option of the member country.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244091
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L'Europa e le sue "raccomandazioni" perverse
Pini, Paolo - Dipartimento di Economia e Management, Università … - 2014
La crisi europea origina anche da una crescita delle disuguaglianze e dalle deregolamentazioni nei mercati finanziari, dei beni e del lavoro, che invece di curare il malato ne aggravano la malattia. "Austerità espansiva" e "riforme strutturali" sono i due pilastri di un Europa che ha perso la...
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Un accordo sulla produttività pieno di nulla (di buono)
Antonioli, Davide; Pini, Paolo - Dipartimento di Economia e Management, Università … - 2013
In this paper we discuss and arise several critics to the National Agreement signed on the 21st November 2012 by trade unions (except the larger Italian trade unions CGIL) and employers associations on productivity and competitiveness, called "Linee programmatiche per la crescita della...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011134446
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Produttività, salari, innovazione. Post-riflessioni: un patto per cosa e tra chi?
Pini, Paolo - Dipartimento di Economia e Management, Università … - 2013
decline in the euro period, when stationary productivity and wages prevailed. A change in route is urgently needed, in Italy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011134452
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Il contratto dei metalmeccanici: il primo importante contratto nazionale di categoria rinnovato dopo l'Accordo sulla Produttività
Pini, Paolo - Dipartimento di Economia e Management, Università … - 2013
employers associations bargained on wages, transferring part of wage increased from national level to firm level to take … advantage of the eventual fiscal benefit (reductions of payroll taxes and tax rate on wages) announced by the Government. The … a guarantee increase. Then our interpretation is that this national contract is a "cosmetic" contract on wages, and …
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The Return to a University Education in Great Britain
Nigel C. O’Leary; Sloane, Peter J. - In: National Institute Economic Review 193 (2005) 1, pp. 75-89
In this paper, we estimate the rate of return to first degrees, Masters degrees and PhDs in Britain using data from the Labour Force Survey. We estimate returns to broad subject groups and more narrowly defined disciplines, distinguishing returns by gender and controlling for variations in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011135850
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Occupational sex-segregation, specialized human capital and wages: evidence from Britain
Perales, Francisco - In: Work, Employment & Society 27 (2013) 4, pp. 600-620
occupational feminization on wages in Britain and exploring the mechanisms that produce it, using innovative statistical models … sizeable portion of the gender wage gap and that wages in female-dominated occupations are lower than wages in other …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011137162
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Non-standard employment relations and wages among school leavers in the Netherlands
Vries, M. Robert de; Wolbers, Maarten H. J. - In: Work, Employment & Society 19 (2005) 3, pp. 503-525
-standard employment contract on job advantages in terms of wages. The data come from three large-scale Dutch school leaver surveys as held …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011137294
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Working in large food retailers in France and the USA: the key role of institutions
Askenazy, Philippe; Berry, Jean-Baptiste; Carré, Françoise - In: Work, Employment & Society 26 (2012) 4, pp. 588-605
Despite numerous similarities between the food retail sectors of France and the USA, there are significant contrasts in the jobs, and in particular the modal job, cashier. Notably, there are differences in pay, productivity and physical working position. Using the concept of...
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