Search Results - subject:"working conditions"

The new hazardous jobs and worker reallocation

Basso, Gaetano; Boeri, Tito; Caiumi, Alessandro; … - 2020

This paper analyses several dimensions of workers' safety that are relevant in the context of a pandemic. We provide a classification of occupations according to the risk of contagion: by considering a wider range of job characteristics and a more nuanced assessment of infection risk, we expand...

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Immigration and work schedules: theory and evidence

Bond, Timothy N.; Giuntella, Osea; Lonsky, Jakub - 2020

We develop a theoretical framework to analyze the effects of immigration on native job amenities, focusing on work schedules. Immigrants have a comparative advantage in production at, and lower disamenity cost for nighttime work, which leads them to disproportionately choose nighttime...

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Working conditions on digital labour platforms : evidence from a leading labour supply economy

Aleksynska, Mariya; Bastrakova, Anastasia; Kharchenko, … - 2019

gender pay gap in online work. The paper also shows how these working conditions are shaped by both local and international … amount of financial flows and the number of tasks executed by workers through online labour platforms. Focusing on working … conditions of digital workers, the paper shows that while the majority of these workers are satisfied with their online work, a …

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Working conditions in global value chains : evidence for European employees

Nikulin, Dagmara; Wolszczak-Derlacz, Joanna; Parteka, … - 2019 - This version: 16 February 2019

This paper investigates how involvement in Global Value Chains (GVCs) affects working conditions. We use linked …-inflated negative binomial regressions that analyse other aspects of working conditions (overtime work and bonus payments). As to the …. Workers in sectors more deeply involved in GVCs have lower and less stable earnings, meaning worse working conditions; on the …

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¿Es sostenible el reciclaje? : propuestas para conciliar los aspectos sociales, ecológicos y económicos en Argentina

Pegels, Anna; Heyer, Stefanie; Ohlig, David; Kurz, Felix; … - 2021

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Gevolgen crisis op kwaliteit van werk : een verkenning met aandacht voor platformwerk, robotisering en de combinatie werk, zorg en leren

Werff, Siemen van der; Kesteren, Justus van; Weel, Bas ter - 2021

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Are new technologies changing the nature of work : the evidence so far

Frank, Kristyn; Frenette, Marc - 2021

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Mind the task : evidence on persistent gender gaps at the workplace

Fana, Marta; Villani, Davide; Bisello, Martina - 2021

the worker level among European countries on a wide range of work attributes and working conditions measures. In our study …

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Mind the task: Evidence on persistent gender gaps at the workplace

Fana, Marta; Villani, Davide; Bisello, Martina - 2021

the worker level among European countries on a wide range of work attributes and working conditions measures. In our study …

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Gewerkschaftliche Strategien im Niedriglohnsektor : eine Analyse ihrer Herausforderungen und Gelingensbedingungen

Kathmann, Till - 2021 - 1. Auflage

Die Lohnentwicklung in Deutschland war in den letzten Jahrzehnten in den unteren Lohnsegmenten überwiegend durch Stagnation oder gar Realeinkommensverluste gekennzeichnet, was unter anderem im gezielten Ausbau des Niedriglohnsektors begründet war. Den Gewerkschaften ist es trotz schwindender...

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