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Determinants of Employment Growth at MNEs: Evidence from Egypt, India, South Africa and Vietnam
Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar; Meyer, Klaus; Estrin, Saul - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2004
Foreign investors are expected to contribute to economic development through a variety of channels. However, many foreign investment operations are small, and almost insignificant in their impact on the local environment. An important indication of the potential contribution of foreign investors...
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Labor Market Trends and Institutions in Belarus
Brixiova, Zuzana; Volchok, Vera - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2005
led to the emergence of a private sector and open unemployment. The Belarusian labor market is characterized by low … official unemployment, combined with a low share of the private sector in the aggregate employment. However, the cumulative …, and the youth unemployment remains high. The mismatch in skills between the unemployed and the vacancies and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005652632
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WAGE DETERMINATION: PRIVATISED, NEW PRIVATE AND STATE OWNED COMPANIES. EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM PANEL DATA
Mickiewicz, Tomasz; Bishop, Kate - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2003
This paper examines the determinants of wage pressure in large companies, including ownership characteristics and the impact of regional labour markets. By using a panel of 329 Polish largest firms during the period 1997- 2001, we find evidence of rent sharing activities, however there is also...
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Changing Patterns of Employment and Unemployment in Africa.
Endale, D. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 1995
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Transatlantic Differences in Labour Markets: Changes in Wage and Non-Employment Structures in the 1980s and the 1990s
Puhani, Patrick A. - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2000
Rising wage inequality in the U.S. and Britain and rising continental European unemployment have led to a popular view …
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Unemployment and finance: how do financial and labour market factors interact?
Gatti, Donatella; Rault, Christophe; Vaubourg, Anne-Gael - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2010
interact to determine unemployment by estimating a dynamic panel model using the system generalized method of moments (GMM). We … as well as decreased banking concentration reduce unemployment if the level of labour market regulation, union density …
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Inequality and Transformation of Social Structures in Transitional Economies.
Mikhalev, V. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2000
The transition to a market economy in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union has been associated with greater inequality and social stratification. This paper prepared within the UNU/WIDER project on "Income Distribution and Social Structure during the Transition' analyses trends in social...
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Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprise Development in Poland after 1990.
Surdej, A. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2000
The paper analyses the small- and medium-sized enterprise sector in Poland, seeking to answer the question of whether SME development along current lines is sufficient to assure the sustainable development of the Polish economy.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005661064
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Economic reforms, Women's Employment, and Social Policies.
Moghadam, V.M. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 1995
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Computers and Labour Markets: International Evidence.
Kramarz, F. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 1998
The rapid diffusion of computers has widely changed the consequences of computer use on the labour market. While at the beginning of the eighties k nowledge of computers was an obvious advantage in a career, this same knowledge is now so commonplace that the inability to use these tools is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005625494