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employment and wages in the United Kingdom. It finds that firms can benefit from services trade, through increased employment …, production and productivity. On average, workers’ wages are also positively impacted by increased services trade. The findings … suggest that services imports enhance female wages more than those of males, thereby contributing to narrow the gender wage …
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workers are affected the most, how employment and wages adjust to increased services trade, and the impact of policy settings … quantitatively small. Looking at the distributional impact, there is mixed evidence for a skill bias in wages related to increased … exert downward pressure on the wages of women compared to the ones of men. …
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Productivity growth is slowing down among OECD countries, coupled with increased misallocation of resources. A recent strand of literature focuses on the role of non-viable firms (“zombie firms”) to explain these developments. Using a rich firm-level dataset for one of the OECD countries...
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While unemployment in the EU is above 10%, the job vacancy rate also remains high around 1.5%. This suggests considerable unmet demand for skills, which is in the focus of the EU employment promotion policies. This paper studies the special role that schooled ICT experts in firms - an intangible...
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To enjoy the same success in the future as in the past, Malaysia will need to ensure that more people develop the right skills and use them effectively in the workplace. Special attention needs to be devoted to supporting disadvantaged students and adults in developing critical skills and...
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"Seit 30 Jahren hoffen die Deutschen auf ein Wirtschaftswachstum, das die Arbeitslosigkeit beseitigt. Bis heute war dieses Hoffen vergeblich, und nichts spricht dafür, dass sich hieran künftig etwas ändern wird. Politiker und Bevölkerung müssen begreifen: Die bisherige Strategie ist nicht...
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Cross-country differences in the measurement of labour input contribute to observed productivity gaps across countries. In most countries, labour force surveys (LFS) form a primary source of information for employment related statistics, such as persons employed, employees and hours worked....
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