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And I Will Try to Fix You:A Study of Heterogeneity in Job Satisfaction withImplications for Flexible Employment Contracts
Chongvilaivan, Aekapol; Powdthavee, Nattavudh - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011
This paper is an empirical study of slope heterogeneity in job satisfaction. It providesevidence from the generalized ordered probit models that different job characteristics tend tohave different distributional impacts on the overall job satisfaction. For instance, standardmodels tend to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009347586
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The Post-Enlargement Migration Experiencein the Baltic Labor Markets
Hazans, Mihails; Philips, Kaia - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011
We use Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian LFS data (2002-2007) complemented with severalother surveys to compare the profile of Baltic temporary workers abroad before and after EUaccession with that of stayers and return migrants. Determinants of migration and return, aswell as selection issues...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009347580
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Informal Caring and Labour Market OutcomesWithin England and Wales
Drinkwater, Stephen - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011
This paper focuses on the links between informal care provision and labour market activity atthe sub-national level. Within-country analysis of this issue has been very limited to datedespite the wide regional variations in informal care provision that often exist. This issue isimportant in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009347581
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What Explains Prevalence of Informal Employment inEuropean Countries: The Role of Labor Institutions,Governance, Immigrants, and Growth
Hazans, Mihails - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011
-contracted employees in the labor force across all European countriesincreases with the minimum-to-average wage ratio, with union density … and Northern Europe are considered separately. Furthermore,within Western and Northern Europe, the minimum wage effect is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009347584
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Temporary Contracts and Monopsony Powerin the UK Labour Market
Tabasso, Domenico - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011
model is developed in which thelabour market is described as a duopsony and the relation between wage and non … particular, while the wage dynamic related to workersshifting from a temporary contract to another temporary position cannot be … into temporary contracts, theseresults lose significance and only a positive relation between wage and commuting …
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Explaining Differences in Job Search OutcomesBetween Employed and Unemployed Job Seekers
Longhi, Simonetta; Taylor, Mark - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011
therefore less likely to find a job offer acceptable; for example, they are lesslikely to accept low-wage and temporary jobs, or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009347588
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Do Frictions Matter in the Labor Market?Accessions, Separations and Minimum Wage Effects
Dube, Arindrajit; Lester, T. William; Reich, Michael - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011
Bayesian and LIML methods.We begin by providing the first test of U.S. minimum wage effects on labor market flows andfind … those with low tenure. Our estimated parameters ofa search model with wage posting and heterogeneous workers and firms imply … that frictionshelp explain minimum wage effects... …
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The Impact of Bologna Process on the GraduateLabour Market: Demand and Supply
Bosio, Giulio; Leonardi, Marco - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011
measured with the relative probability of being employed with a temporarycontract; (iii) the college wage premium. Using …
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Macroeconomic Dynamics in a Model of Goods,Labor and Credit Market Frictions
Petrosky-Nadeau, Nicolas; Wasmer, Etienne - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011
Building a model with three imperfect markets – goods, labor and credit – representing aproduct’s life-cycle, we find that goods market frictions drastically change the qualitative andquantitative dynamics of labor market variables. The calibrated model leads to a significantreduction in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009353913
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Labor Disputes and Labor Flows
Fraisse, Henri; Kramarz, Francis; Prost, Corinne - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011
About one in four workers challenges her dismissal in front of a labor court in France. Using adata set of individual labor disputes brought to French courts over the years 1996 to 2003,we examine the impact of labor court activity on labor market flows. First, we present asimple theoretical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009360526