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European Wage Dynamics and Spillovers
Zhang, Y. Sophia - 2019
advanced Europe, where wages are more closely related to inflation and inflation expectations in the short run, implying … the build up of a real wage overhang relative to sharply slowing labor productivity, which subsequently dragged on nominal … wage rises even as unemployment began to decline. Spillovers of subdued wage growth between euro area countries also …
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The problem of unpaid internships : legal guide to complaints under the European social charter
Feuerstein, Betsy; Khuong, Kevin; Yazgi, Elizabeth; … - 2017
Young people entering the job market are in a precarious economic position. Across Europe, and in Belgium in particular, those who wish to enter into the professional world are faced with the de facto mandate that in order to gain experience and build the connections that will enable them to...
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Big-Box Benefits : The Targeting of Giants in a National Campaign to Raise Work Conditions
Lobel, Orly - 2007
Wal-Mart matters to the form and substance of law and social reform in several distinct ways. This article describes Wal-Mart as serving three key purposes - as target, symbol, and model - in the contemporary social reform landscape. First, Wal-Mart, the largest employer in the United States is...
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Working conditions on digital labour platforms : evidence from a leading labour supply economy
Aleksynska, Mariya; Bastrakova, Anastasia; Kharchenko, … - 2019
Online labour platforms matching labour supply and demand are profoundly modifying the world of work. Businesses use them to outsource tasks to a world-wide pool of workers; while workers can access work opportunities transcending national boundaries. Increasingly, workers are located in...
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Policy advice : markets and policies
Orsi, Renzo (contributor); Żukrowska, Katarzyna (contributor) - 2004
This paper aims at the provision of applicable recommendations for institutions and actors involved regarding the EMU accession process both in CEE and in the euro-zone. In order to provide topical advice, the first part, on markets, will concentrate on theory and empirics of labour markets,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002612636
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Policy advice : markets and policies
Orsi, Renzo (contributor); Żukrowska, Katarzyna (contributor) - 2004
This paper aims at the provision of applicable recommendations for institutions and actors involved regarding the EMU accession process both in CEE and in the euro-zone. In order to provide topical advice, the first part, on markets, will concentrate on theory and empirics of labour markets,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003968901
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Posted Workers in Europe. The Cases of Greece and Bulgaria
Sakellaropoulos, Theodoros - 2019
The present Volume aims at contributing to the debate concerning posted workers in the EU and the elaboration of relevant strategies, especially in light of the recent decisions by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) and their implications for the future of European social policy. The Volume...
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Working Conditions on Digital Labour Platforms : Evidence from a Leading Labour Supply Economy
Aleksynska, Mariya - 2019
Online labour platforms matching labour supply and demand are profoundly modifying the world of work. Businesses use them to outsource tasks to a world-wide pool of workers; while workers can access work opportunities transcending national boundaries. Increasingly, workers are located in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012870248
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Let's Get to Work! The Future of Labour in Europe
Beblavy, Miroslav; Maselli, Ilaria; Veselkova, Marcela - 2014
Work is both an essential part of our daily lives and one of the major policy concerns across Europe. Yet the public debate of labour issues is all too often driven by political rhetoric and short-term concerns. In this volume, researchers from seven European countries explain, in accessible...
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Policies to Create and Destroy Human Capital in Europe
Heckman, James J. - 2010
Trends in skill bias and greater turbulence in modern labor markets put wages and employment prospects of unskilled … workers under pressure. Weak incentives to utilize and maintain skills over the life-cycle become manifest with the ageing of …
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