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I review trends in migration to the UK since the Brexit referendum, examining first the sharp fall in net migration from the EU that resulted, and then the recent more dramatic exodus of foreign-born residents during the covid-19 pandemic. I describe the new post-Brexit system, and review...
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We provide first evidence of the impact of over-education, among natives and immigrants, on firm-level productivity and … higher for natives than for immigrants. However, since the differential in productivity gains associated with over … GMM-SYS estimates - that over-educated native workers are in fact underpaid to a greater extent than their over …
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Introduction: The World Health Report 2006 defined 'availability', 'competence', 'responsiveness' and 'productivity' as … productivity emphasises the role of technologies in enhancing clinical practice and overall system efficiency. Last, recurring … health worker well-being. Conceptually, productivity is broadened to reflect a more nuanced understanding of efficiency …
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This paper analyzes how gasoline price is related to the time workers in the US spend commuting by private vehicle … in urban areas where workers may be more affected by gasoline prices (and thus taxation). …
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In communities highly dependent on rainfed agriculture for their livelihoods, the common occurrence of climatic shocks can lower the marginal cost of a child and raise fertility. We test this hypothesis using longitudinal data from Madagascar. Exploiting exogenous within-district year-to-year...
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The immigrant (foreign-born) population increased by 32 million in total across 37 European countries from 1990 to 2019. Much of this movement was from east to west. Indeed, both the total and foreign-born populations declined in the former Eastern Bloc over this period. Such demographic shifts...
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-round assessment of the potential consequences on workers using the Tunisian labor force survey. Three main factors of vulnerability … temporary contract and lower earnings if wage-earner. When we take into account self-employed workers, the managers’ category …
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a quasi-experiment on a well-known online crowdsourcing platform. We show that a worker’s performance varies with …, we find that workers’ performance in online microtasks is positively related to extraversion and agreeableness. The …
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Extant literature documents a relationship between human resource management (HRM) practices and performance, but the mechanisms underlying this relationship are still not well understood. We develop a theoretical framework of the HRM-performance relationship fusing an employment systems...
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This study provides empirical patterns regarding trans people's self-esteem-oriented reflections during observations of positive workplace actions. The case of a 2015 UK workplace guide is utilized to fulfil our aims. We adopt Rawls' political philosophy framework in order to evaluate whether...
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