Narrow search
Showing 117,611 - 117,620 of 118,332
Cover Image
Individually-Relational Union Membership.
Bulkley, G.; Myles, G.D. - Business School, University of Exeter - 2000
reservation wages and hence in their preferred choice of contract, so preventing free-riding on the contract choice of others …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008852362
Cover Image
The Impact of Investments and Gross Value Added upon Earnings
APARASCHIVEI, Larisa; VASILESCU, Maria Denisa; … - In: Theoretical and Applied Economics XVIII(2011) (2011) 2(555), pp. 207-218
In this paper we tried to capture the impact of investments and gross value added, but also the impact of the employment on the average wage. The analysis refers to the period 1998- 2008 and we are using data on the activities of the Romanian economy. The results of this study confirm the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008853091
Cover Image
Teenage childbearing and labor market implications for women
Levine, Phillip B. - In: IZA World of Labor (2014) July, pp. 1-10
It is not difficult to find statistics showing that 
teenage childbearing is associated with poor labor market outcomes, but why is this the case? Does having a child as a teenager genuinely affect a 
woman’s economic potential—or is it simply a marker of problems she...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011143955
Cover Image
Selection, Selection, Selection: the Impact of Return Migration
Wahba, Jackline - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2015
contribution of this paper is in addressing various selectivity problems whilst quantifying the impact of return migration on wages … of returnees using non-experimental data. Using Egyptian household level survey data, I estimate the wages of return …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011145197
Cover Image
NILS Working paper no. 168. Enterprise bargaining and productivity
Hancock, Keith Jackson - National Institute of Labour Studies (NILS), Flinders … - 2011
There can be no certainty about the productivity effects of enterprise bargaining, because the counterfactual situation is and will remain unknown. That said, I contend that there are good grounds for doubting that enterprise bargaining contributed much, if anything, to productivity; still less...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011147653
Cover Image
NILS Working paper no 170. The impact of major--job mismatch on college graduates' early career earnings
Zhu, Rong - National Institute of Labour Studies (NILS), Flinders … - 2011
In this paper, I assess the impact of the mismatch between college major and job on college graduates' early career earnings using a sample from China. I find that on average a major--job mismatched college graduate suffers from a small income loss. I argue that Chinese universities' emphasis on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011147661
Cover Image
An examination of award wages among Australian apprentices and trainees
Oliver, Damian - In: Australian Bulletin of Labour 38 (2012) 2, pp. 158-176
Low rates of award pay for apprentices have been seen as discouraging young people from starting an apprenticeship as well as contributing to low completion rates. This criticism, however, assumes that few apprentices receive above-award payments. Analysis of data from the 2009 Australian Bureau...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011147676
Cover Image
Differences in Initial Training and Wages of Japanese Engineering and Retailing Companies - Who Pays for Higher Training Costs?
Backes-Gellner, Uschi; Teuber, Silvia; Futagami, Shiho; … - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2013
higher costs than their counterparts in retailing. The absolute and relative entrance wages for production employees are … significantly lower than the entrance wages of employees in sale. Even though wages in engineering increase significantly stronger … within the first five years, the absolute and relative wages in engineering remain still significantly lower. The results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011148697
Cover Image
Long Run French Careers in the Private Sector: Women's Vs. Men's
Berton, Fabienne; Huiban, Jean Pierre; Nortier, Frédérique - Département Sciences Sociales, Agriculture et … - 2011
predict the future wages using the wage function estimated for each career-type. This work may furthermore be used to evaluate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011148964
Cover Image
Do firms that create intellectual property also create and sustain more good jobs? Evidence for UK firms, 2000-2006
Greenhalgh, Christine; Rogers, Mark; Schautschick, Philipp - Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics - 2011
and wages in high wage countries. The view is that firms in high cost production locations that do not innovate are faced …, so that they can sustain local employment and pay high wages. Policies to subsidise R&D and to encourage intellectual …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011150150