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Addison, John T.; Surfield, Christopher J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

Atypical employment arrangements such as agency temporary work and contracting have long been criticized as offering more precarious and unstable work than regular employment. Using data from two datasets – the CAEAS and the NLSY79 – we determine whether workers who take such jobs rather...

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Does Atypical Work Help the Jobless? Evidence from a CAEAS/CPS Cohort Analysis

Addison, John T.; Surfield, Christopher J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

Atypical employment, such as temporary, on-call, and contract work, has been found disproportionately to attract the jobless. But there is no consensus in the literature as to the labour market consequences of such job choice by unemployed individuals. Using data from the Current Population...

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The Use of Alternative Work Arrangements by the Jobless: Evidence from the CAEAS/CPS

Addison, John T.; Surfield, Christopher J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

. When we evaluate the use of AWAs against unemployment, there is also evidence that the jobless are entering AWAs as …

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An Incentive Theory of Matching

Brown, Alessio J. G.; Merkl, Christian; Snower, Dennis J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

This paper presents a theory explaining the labor market matching process through microeconomic incentives. There are heterogeneous variations in the characteristics of workers and jobs, and firms face adjustment costs in responding to these variations. Matches and separations are described...

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What Have We Learned About the Employment Effects of Severance Pay? Further Iterations of Lazear et al.

Addison, John T.; Teixeira, Paulino - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

-varying labor market institutions. While the positive effect of severance pay on unemployment garners some support, there is no real …In this study we examine the contribution of severance pay to employment and unemployment development using data on … collective bargaining coordination, the role of institutions is also more muted than suggested in the literature. …

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Does the Quality of Industrial Relations Matter for the Macro Economy? A Cross-Country Analysis Using Strikes Data

Addison, John T.; Teixeira, Paulino - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

indicator – and our macro performance outcome is the unemployment rate. Independent of the role of other institutions, good … industrial relations do seem to matter: greater strike volume is associated with higher unemployment. Holding country effects …

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The Economics of Employment Protection

Addison, John T.; Teixeira, Paulino - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001

mainly on dismissals protection, distinguishing between the themes of employment and unemployment development and labor … market dynamics proper. Our discussion of employment and unemployment largely deals with the effect of employment protection …

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Labour-Use Efficiency in Tunisian Manufacturing Industries

Haouas, Ilham; Yagoubi, Mahmoud; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

This paper investigates the process of adjustment in employment. A dynamic model is applied to a panel of six Tunisian manufacturing industries observed over the period 1971– 96. The adjustment process is industry and time specific. The adjustment parameter is specified in terms of factors...

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Labor Market Policy Options of the Kurdistan Regional Government

Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

. In the first step, each of the determinants of unemployment is described and establishes their causal and directions of … providing knowledge about the nature of (un)employment and current policy measures, a number policy measures are proposed to … reduce the rate of unemployment or to reduce the negative effects of unemployment and to promote skills, capability and …

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Determinants of Profit Sharing in the Finnish Corporate Sector

Arranz-Aperte, Laura; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

This study investigates the role of factors that determine individual employees’ and firms’ participation in profit sharing schemes. Using a large panel data of Finnish employees for the period 1996-2000 we analyse individual and workplace characteristics that make firms employ profit...

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