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Job Security and Job Protection [PDF]
We construct indicators of the perception of job security for various types of jobs in 12 European countries using individual data from the European Community Household Panel (ECHP). We then consider the relation between reported job security and OECD summary measures of Employment Protection Legislation (EPL) strictness on one hand, and Unemployment ...
Clark, Andrew E., Postel-Vinay, Fabien
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Jobs, Jobs, Jobs: A “New” Perspective on Protectionism [PDF]
This paper analyzes the determinants of protectionism in a small open economy with search frictions. In this environment, jobs generate rents whose access depends on the level of trade protection. By raising the domestic price of a good, a government may attract more firms in a particular industry.
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Job Hazards and Job Security [PDF]
This paper studies the link between occupational health hazards and job security. Consistent with the underlying hypothesis that firms utilizing hazardous technologies tend to employ low-skilled workers who can be discharged easily in case of a downturn in business, the analysis indicates that workers in hazardous positions are more likely to face ...
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▪ Abstract Burnout is a prolonged response to chronic emotional and interpersonal stressors on the job, and is defined by the three dimensions of exhaustion, cynicism, and inefficacy. The past 25 years of research has established the complexity of the construct, and places the individual stress experience within a larger organizational context of ...
Maslach, CH. +2 more
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Good Jobs, Bad Jobs and Redistribution* [PDF]
AbstractWe analyse the question of optimal taxation in a dual economy, when the policy‐maker is concerned about the distribution of labour income. Income inequality is caused by the presence of sunk capital investments, which creates a “good jobs” sector due to the capture of quasi‐rents by trade unions.
Kjell Erik Lommerud +2 more
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En el presente trabajo se generaron diversas ideas de productos y servicios enfocadas en el mercado colombiano. Cuyo objetivo es idear un producto o servicio que se adapte a las tendencias del mercado y satisfaga las necesidades de sus respectivos consumidores.
Gracia Alarcón, Iris Oriana +3 more
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An account of my attempts to overcome the obstacles of my unemployment by accepting a job offer at an organic farm in Napa. This article touches on the broader economic forces currently impacting our nation, the marijuana economy as it relates to vineyards, issues of disability, and the relevance of John Steinbecks' “The Grapes of Wrath” to the present
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This article develops a model of noncompetitive labor markets in which high‐wage (good) and low‐wage (bad) jobs coexist. Minimum wages and unemployment benefits shift the composition of employment toward high‐wage jobs. Because the composition of jobs in the laissez‐faire equilibrium is inefficiently biased toward low‐wage jobs, these labor market ...
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