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The effect of Brexit on British workers living in the EU
Venâncio, Ana; Santos, João Pereira dos - 2022
individuals with temporary employment contracts. This reduction is explained by the decrease in the number of incomers. We also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013168044
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Old-age provision in transition : the case of Croatia
Werding, Martin; Primorac, Marko - 2016
The Croatian system of old-age provision comprises a traditional public pay-as-you-go scheme and a mandatory funded scheme ("second pillar") that will provide increasing amounts of supplementary pensions to those entering retirement in the future. Due to the continuing economic crisis, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011429587
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O brother, where start thou? : sibling spillovers on college and major choice in four countries
Altmejd, Adam; Barrios-Fernández, Andrés; Drlje, Marin; … - 2020 - Latest version: May 10, 2020
options, we present evidence from the United States, Chile, Sweden and Croatia that older siblings' college and major choices …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012219366
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Growing together : Croatia and Latvia
Thorvaldur Gylfason; Hochreiter, Eduard - 2010
We compare and contrast the economic growth performance of Croatia and Latvia since the collapse of communism in 1991 … governance, and institutional reforms have played a significant role in raising economic output and efficiency in both Croatia … and Latvia. The EU perspective made a more significant contribution to growth in Latvia than in Croatia, even if Latvia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008697476
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Trade, wages, and profits
Egger, Hartmut; Egger, Peter; Kreickemeier, Udo - 2012
aggregate employment. -- structural models ; heterogeneous firms ; fair wages ; labour market imperfections ; exporter wage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009581985
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Do leaders affect ethical conduct?
D'Adda, Giovanna; Darai, Donja; Weber, Roberto A. - 2014
We study whether leaders influence the unethical conduct of followers. To avoid selection issues present in natural environments, we use a laboratory experiment in which we form groups and assign leadership roles at random. We study an environment in which groups compete, with dishonest behavior...
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Vocational vs. general education and employment over the life-cycle : new evidence from PIAAC
Hampf, Franziska; Woessmann, Ludger - 2016
difference-in-differences model that compares employment rates across education type and age. An initial employment advantage of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011544338
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Has the Dutch miracle come to an end?
Ours, Jan C. van - 2003
In the past decades unemployment in the Netherlands has gone down substantially. The main suspects responsible for this decline are the growth of part-time labor, the reform of the benefit system and wage moderation. Nevertheless, in 2002 the unemployment rate in the Netherlands has increased...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011507711
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Hours worked in Europe and the US : new data, new answers
Bick, Alexander; Brüggemann, Bettina; … - 2016
Western Europe, but by lower employment rates in Eastern and Southern Europe. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011524624
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Capital structure, wage bargaining and employment
Koskela, Erkki; Stenbacka, Rune - 2000
We offer a unified framework to analyze the determination of employment, employee effort, wages, profit-sharing and … offset the negative dilution effect in equilibrium. Leverage is shown to decrease employment and to have a strategic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009781550