Showing 1 - 10 of 1,501
We study both the various consequences and the incentives of outsourcing. We argue thatthe wage elasticity of labour demand is increasing as a function of the share of outsourcing,which is importantly a result consistent with existing empirical research...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005863250
unemployment. Finally, we characterize the optimal production mode and show that stronger labour market imperfections lead to a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012777445
Despite the increased frequency of job loss for older workers in Europe, little is known on itseffect on the work-retirement decision. Employing individual data from the EuropeanCommunity Household Panel for Germany, Italy, Spain, and the U.K., a multivariatecompeting-risks hazard model is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861656
out of unemployment because they become eligible to receive pension benefits. We use a unique dataset covering the … unemployment histories (longitudinal data) of individuals born between 1940 and 1965 who were registered with any of the public … time period 1996-2015. We examine the transition from unemployment to retirement as a multi-year process. We analyse …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012959037
Despite the increased frequency of job loss for older workers in Europe, little is known on its effect on the work-retirement decision. Employing individual data from the European Community Household Panel for Germany, Italy, Spain, and the U.K., a multivariate competing-risks hazard model is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316799
The employment of people with disabilities has received significant attention, but little is known about how unions …, supporting the voice model of unions. Overall the results indicate that while unions appear to help workers with disabilities in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012870231
In this paper we present a search and matching model in which firms invest in sunk capital equipment. By comparing two wage setting scenarios, we show that a two-tier bargaining scheme, where a fraction of the salary is negotiated at firm level, raises the amount of investment per worker in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012906465
We consider a theoretical model in which unions not only take the outside option into account, but also base their wage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099763
-and-matching model with low- and high-skilled workers, and wage setting by labor unions. We establish the relationship between task …, wages of both skill groups, and unemployment. In contrast to the canonical model with a fixed task allocation, low …-skilled workers may be harmed in terms of either lower wages or higher unemployment depending on the relative task …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014243671
Understanding the relationship between disability and employment is critical and has long been the subject of study. However, estimating this relationship is difficult, particularly with survey data, since both disability and employment status are known to be misreported. Here, we use a partial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014084086