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Labour markets in transition : the case of Eastern Europe
Fleisher, Belton M. (contributor) - 2002
Labour markets in transition: the case of Eastern Europe. In 1989 a political revolution in the Soviet Union and its Eastern Europeansatellites led to the dismantling of Communist controls and transition toward freemarkets in goods and services and factors of production
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Has the shift toward markets hurt ethnic minorities? : Changes in ethnic earnings differentials in Bulgaria’s early transition
Giddings, Lisa - In: International Journal of Manpower 23 (2002) 1, pp. 9-31
Relies on cross‐sectional survey data from 1986 and 1993 to explain an increase in the ethnic Turk‐ethnic Bulgarian earnings differential in Bulgaria in the country’s early transition. Empirical evidence indicates that the ethnic Turks closed both the gap in the number of years of...
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Labour market expectations of Swiss university students
Wolter, Stefan C.; Zbinden, André - In: International Journal of Manpower 23 (2002) 5, pp. 458-470
that was conducted in ten European countries. Its main findings are that point estimates of wages after graduation are … close to actual wages, whereas the expectations of the wage gain in the first ten years of professional experience exceed …
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The effects of on‐the‐job training on wages in Sweden
Regnér, Håkan - In: International Journal of Manpower 23 (2002) 4, pp. 326-344
On‐the‐job training has a large positive effect on wages for employees in Sweden, and employees in jobs that require …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014783041
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Productivity and wage effects of “family‐friendly” fringe benefits
Baughman, Reagan; DiNardi, Daniela; Holtz‐Eakin, Douglas - In: International Journal of Manpower 24 (2003) 3, pp. 247-259
productivity and lower wages. A survey of 120 employers in an upstate New York county provides data on benefits packages and … care also appear to offset part of the cost of these benefits by paying lower entry‐level wages than do their competitors.  …
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Self‐employment of rural‐to‐urban migrants in China
Giulietti, Corrado; Ning, Guangjie; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - In: International Journal of Manpower 33 (2012) 1, pp. 96-117
; their wages are substantially higher than what they would have obtained had they chosen paid work. Furthermore, even after …
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Does it pay to be productive? The case of age groups
Cataldi, Alessandra; Kampelmann, Stephan; Rycx, François - In: International Journal of Manpower 33 (2012) 3, pp. 264-283
compared to young workers. Findings further indicate that average hourly wages within firms increase significantly with workers …/value – These findings contribute to the growing literature on how the workforce age structure affects productivity and wages.  …
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Testing the role of comparative advantage and learning in wage and promotion dynamics
Hunnes, Arngrim - In: International Journal of Manpower 33 (2012) 5, pp. 556-582
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate empirically whether job assignment, based on comparative advantage and learning about workers’ abilities, can explain wage and promotion dynamics within firms. Design/methodology/approach – The Gibbons and Waldman model is estimated in...
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The Economic Effects of Trade Unions in Japan
Kinoshita, Tomio - In: International Journal of Manpower 23 (2002) 4, pp. 376-379
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Productivity, wages, and the returns to firm-provided training: fair shared capitalism?
Sofia Lopes, Ana; Teixeira, Paulino - In: International Journal of Manpower 34 (2013) 7, pp. 776-793
in productivity and 0.04 per cent in wages, or an increase of 0.16 and 0.08 per cent, respectively, if one uses firm … all the gains accruing to workers through higher wages on the other.  …
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