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This article is an idiosyncratic survey of the insider-outsider theory, describing the vision underlying the theory … been dead-ends and red herrings in past research. The first section deals with the theory, concerning how labor turnover … shocks. The second section deals with the insider-outsider theory in relation to two important economic institutions: unions …
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This research presents evidence on how the impact of industry concentration and unionism affect the Portuguese wage levels. The influence of employer association is also considered. We use sector information - two-digit level disaggregation of "Classificação das Actividades Económicas" -, and...
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We conducted a lab experiment with 253 participants to examine how constraints on bonus akin to bonus regulations, such as bonus cap and malus, could affect individuals' risk-taking in the presence of relative performance pay. Participants took greater risks when bonus was linked to investment...
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This article is an idiosyncratic survey of the insider-outsider theory, describing the vision underlying the theory … been dead-ends and red herrings in past research. The first section deals with the theory, concerning how labor turnover … shocks. The second section deals with the insider-outsider theory in relation to two important economic institutions: unions …
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The paper studies human capital accumulation over workers' careers in an on the job search setting with heterogenous firms. In renegotiation proof employment con- tracts, more productive firms provide more training. Both general and specific training induce higher wages within jobs, and with...
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The paper studies human capital accumulation over workers' careers in an on the job search setting with heterogenous firms. In renegotiation proof employment con- tracts, more productive firms provide more training. Both general and specific training induce higher wages within jobs, and with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013210465
This paper constructs and estimates a career decision model where individuals search for both career matching and employer matching to understand wage growth and career mobility using the NLSY79. It departs from previous papers in that career mobility decisions and participation decisions are...
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economies are discussed. It is shown that dual labour market theory is an important contribution to understanding unemployment …
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Skilled labour has gained significance as a production factor in the age of information technology, but accounting does not recognize human capital as an asset that contributes to the firm's earning power. This paper suggests a method to develop a latent index to proxy the managerial-skill...
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