It is commonly proposed by those who accept the distinction between productive and unproductive labor that a rising proportion of unproductive labor constitutes a burden to the operation of a capitalist economy, because unproductive labor is paid out of surplus-value, leaving less available for...

We study the Lemons Problem when workers have private information on both their skills and their intrinsic motivation. When workers are motivated, ine¢ ciencies due to adverse selection are mitigated and a change in salaries may have unexpected consequences. With a su¢ ciently strong and...

Son yıllarda endüstrileşmiş ülkelerin işgücü piyasalarında üç önemli eğilim ön plana çıkmıştır: (i) hizmetler sektörünün ağırlığı artmış, (ii) meslekler vasıflarına göre sıralandıklarında, düşük ve yüksek vasıflı işlerde istihdam payı artmış...

The incorporation of self employed workers into social protection systems constitutes a relevant challenge for Uruguay, as well as for other countries in the region. Among the strategies to this end, some countries have designed specific systems for this group of workers. In that context,...

The aim of this paper is to explain the Uruguayan unemployment dynamic using the theoretical framework of the Chain Reaction Theory (CRT). Changes in unemployment are viewed as “chain reactions” of responses to external shocks, working their way through systems of interaction lagged...

This paper explains why a developing country may experience a jobless growth in the organised sectors during liberalised regime within the framework of a three-sector mobile capital version of Harris-Todaro type general equilibrium model describing rural-urban migration with agricultural dualism...

There is a vast literature on intergenerational mobility in sociology and economics. Similar interest has emerged for the phenomenon of over-education in both disciplines. There are no studies, however, linking these two research lines. We study the relationship between social mobility and...

1995 a foglalkoztatást tekintve nem volt sikeres: mint évek óta, még mindig csökkent a munkahelyek száma, bár a korábbinál kisebb mértékben.1 Egyidejűleg valamelyest csökkent a munkanélküliség is.2 Tovább nőtt viszont a statisztika kifejezését használva a gazdaságilag...

A politikai rendszerváltozást követő gazdasági átalakulás Magyarországon a nagyvállalati belső munkaerőpiacok felbomlását-visszaszorulását s a foglalkozási típusú munkaerőpiacok térnyerését eredményezte. A munkaerőpiac ugyanakkor feltűnően zárttá, rugalmatlanná...

A tanulmány a munkaerő-kínálat és -kereslet középtávú prognózisa, amely átfogó képet ad a munkaerő-kínálat volumenének nemek, életkor és képzettség szerinti struktúrájáról, valamint a munkaerő-kereslet ágazatok és képzettség szerinti összetételéről. A szerző...