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-level results show that directly-affected workers (e.g., bluecollar workers performing routine or replaceable tasks) face lower … earnings and employment rates, while other workers indirectly gain from robot adoption. We also find that the negative effects … from competitors' robot adoption load on directly-affected workers, while other workers benefit from this industry …
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workers worldwide. Within this framework, we estimate the effects of weather conditions on daily commuting and travel choices … workers, finding significant relationships between daily weather conditions, commuting time, and travel choices. Rainy days …
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Using Finnish panel data, we study how entrepreneurs differ from workers in education and income dynamics. We find that … workers have higher median income in all educational groups. Without additional controls, entrepreneurs have higher average … switch from entrepreneurship to workers, while education does not explain, in a statistically significant level, switching …
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Using Finnish panel data, we study how entrepreneurs differ from workers in education and income dynamics. We find that … workers have higher median income in all educational groups. Without additional controls, entrepreneurs have higher average … switch from entrepreneurship to workers, while education does not explain, in a statistically significant level, switching …
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This paper examines whether workers living in rural areas are more likely to be self-employed, compared with those in …. We also study the time devoted to market work, and monthly earnings, of self-employed workers in rural and urban areas …. Results show that workers in rural areas are more likely to be self-employed than workers in urban areas, although engaging in …
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The number of immigrants to Sweden has increased significantly in the last two decades. In 1990, 9 percent of the population was born abroad. Just over 60 percent of them were born in Finland, Norway and Denmark. Thirty years later, the corresponding figure of foreign born is 20 percent. The...
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The pandemic has mainly affected the state of health and mortality, but has also had effects on the economy and the labor market. This article reports what happened to the total number of employees, their distribution by sectors and regions and changes in the number of employees for different...
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The pandemic has mainly affected the state of health and mortality, but has also had effects on the economy and the labor market. This article reports the development of the total number of employees, their distribution by sectors and regions and the changes in the number of employees for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013426449
former migrants in Sweden. Do they have work and if so what kind of work? In which parts of Sweden do they live? In this …
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employment of migrants. Migrants are an overrepresented group in the low-wage sector and can be expected to particularly benefit … wage has weakened the position of migrants in the low-wage sector compared to their native counterparts. We observe an … among migrants. The introduction of the minimum wage caused a temporary convergence in hourly wages between migrants and …
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