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Employee Benefits and Labor Markets in Canada and the United States
Alpert, William T. (contributor);  … - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Alpert and Woodbury present a comprehensive set of explorations into the impacts that the provision of various types of employee benefits (or lack thereof) have on labor markets. And while there are, as the editors point out, substantial differences between the employee benefits systems of...
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Manufacturers' Outsourcing to Employment Services
Dey, Matthew; Houseman, Susan; Polivka, Anne - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2006
professional employer organizations—on measured employment and labor productivity in manufacturing between 1989 and 2004. A major … manufacturers' outsourcing to employment services significantly inflated manufacturing labor productivity measures, accounting for 0 ….5 percentage points of the annual growth rate from 1989 to 2000 and from 2001 to 2004. Although multifactor productivity measures …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005116768
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The Effects of Temporary Services and Contracting Out on Low-Skilled Workers: Evidence from Auto Suppliers, Hospitals, and Public Schools
Erickcek, George; Houseman, Susan; Kalleberg, Arne - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2002
the wages, benefits, and working conditions of workers in low-skilled labor markets. Through intensive case studies in …
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Pension Incentives and Job Mobility
Gustman, Alan L.; Steinmeier, Thomas L. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
mobility differences associated with pension coverage. They propose that higher wages often paid at pension-covered jobs play a …
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The Working Life: The Labor Market for Workers in Low-Skilled Jobs
Maxwell, Nan L. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Maxwell extablishes the link between skills and low-skilled jobs and reveals the state of he labor market facing low-skilled workers.
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Some Reflections on the Use of Administrative Data to Estimate the Net Impacts of Workforce Programs in Washington State
Hollenbeck, Kevin - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2004
The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the results, methodology, and processes used in a series of net labor market impact studies done for the State of Washington over the past six years. All of the studies relied on administrative data and used a technique referred to as quasi-...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005030696
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The Wage Effects of Schooling under Socialism and in Transition: Evidence from Romania, 1950-2000
Andren, Daniela; Earle, John S.; Sapatoru, Dana - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2004
institutional and organizational explanations, particularly the high productivity of education in restructuring and entrepreneurial …
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Profit Sharing: Does It Make a Difference?
Kruse, Douglas L. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
related to profit sharing: 1) The Productivity Theory, and 2) the Stability Theory. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008488910
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The Productivity Effects of Privatization: Longitudinal Estimates from Hungary, Romania, Russia, and Ukraine
Brown, J. David; Earle, John S.; Telegdy, Almos - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2005
This paper estimates the effect of privatization on multifactor productivity (MFP) using long panel data for nearly the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005030679
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Does Privatization Raise Productivity? Evidence from Comprehensive Panel Data on Manufacturing Firms in Hungary, Romania, Russia, and Ukraine
Brown, J. David; Earle, John S.; Telegdy, Almos - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2004
We analyze the impact of privatization on multifactor productivity (MFP) using long panel data for nearly the universe …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005116752