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The meaning and practice of benefits for gig workers

Kuhn, Kristine M. - In: Research handbook of careers in the gig economy, (pp. 114-126). 2026

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Labor Courts, Job Search and Employment : Evidence from a Labor Reform in Brazil

Corbi, Raphael B.; Narita, Renata; Ferreira, Rafael; … - 2022

This paper studies the role of labor courts in determining labor market outcomes in the Brazilian economy. First, by exploring the fact that judges are assigned randomly to cases and using the universe of labor lawsuits filed in the country's largest labor courthouse from 2008 to 2013, we show...

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Exit, Voice, Loyalty, and Pay : Evidence from the Public Workforce

Lee, Soo-Young; Whitford, Andrew B. - 2015

We assess Hirschman's theory of exit, voice and loyalty in the context of voluntary exit from organizations in the public workforce. Specifically, we test the effects of loyalty and voice on the likelihood a person states their intention to leave. We assess these relationships using data from...

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Failing Just Fine : Assessing Careers of Venture Capital-backed Entrepreneurs via a Non-Wage Measure

Amornsiripanitch, Natee; Gompers, Paul A.; Hu, George; … - 2022

influence career choice, inference benefits from the use of non-wage measures, such as seniority. We apply it to study labor …

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A Structural Estimation of the Cost of Suboptimal Matching in the CEO Labor Market

Nickerson, Jordan - 2013

Using a structural model, I examine the distortionary effects of frictions in the CEO labor market. Firms experience productivity shocks over time and either outgrow or underutilize their incumbent CEO's talent, but keep their manager to avoid a switching cost. The decision to replace a manager...

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Flexicurity and the economic crisis 2008 - 2009 : evidence from Denmark

Eriksson, Tor - 2012

A key feature of the Danish labour market is its so-called flexicurity, the coexistence of flexibility (low adjustment costs for both employers and employees) and security (owing to a developed social safety net with high coverage and high replacement ratios). This is often believed to have...

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Employment cyclicality and firm quality

Kahn, Lisa B.; McEntarfer, Erika - 2014

Who fares worse in an economic downturn, low- or high-paying firms? Different answers to this question imply very different consequences for the costs of recessions. Using U.S. employer-employee data, we find that employment growth at low-paying firms is less cyclically sensitive. High-paying...

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Generating employment, raising incomes and addressing poverty in Greece

Bulman, Tim; Pisu, Mauro - 2018

Employment is pivotal to strengthening Greece’s economic recovery, increasing social welfare and redressing poverty. Jobs are returning, making inroads into high unemployment, but their wages and skill levels are lower than many that were lost during the crisis. Greece’s hiring is benefiting...

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Do Frictions Matter in the Market for Chief Executives?

Chollete, Lorán; Merkurieva, Irina - 2021

The chief executive officers (CEOs) of public companies receive generous compensation packages that grow substantially … predicted by frictionless assignment models. To understand the factors behind compensation growth and account for potential job … surplus. Headhunting explains approximately 25% of the steady state growth of executive compensation. In contrast with static …

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The labor market impacts of employer consolidation: evidence from Germany

Todd, Kevin; Heining, Jörg - 2020

We use detailed administrative data to study how acquisitions - specifically the acquisition of a plant by a firm with a similar plant in the same local labor market - affect workers. Using an event study framework with a control group of workers at unaffected plants, we find that acquisitions...

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