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Labor market reforms in Europe: towards more flexicure labor markets?

Journal for Labour Market Research, 2017
Labor market segmentation refers to a salient divide between secure and insecure jobs and is related to problems in important areas, including macro-economic efficiency, workers’ well-being and repercussions for social cohesion.
Werner Eichhorst, Paul Marx, Caroline Wehner   +2 more
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The Legal Status of Labour Contract Parties under Covid-19 Pandemic: The Case of Qatar and Palestine

International Review of Law, 2021
The study addressed the impact of the Corona virus (Covid-19) on labour contracts in Qatari and Palestinian labor laws, while these two laws did not include special and explicit provisions dealing with the case in question. The study used the comparative
محمود دوديـن
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The effects of fixed-term contracts on workers in Colombia

Cuadernos de Economía, 2014
This paper studies the effects of fixed-term contracts on workers. Specifically, the paper analyzes their impact on wages and on satisfaction levels. Regulations governing fixed-term and indefinite contracts in Colombia and the main labor reforms related
Luz Karime Abadía Alvarado
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When Should Labor Contracts be Nominal? [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2000
We propose a theory to explain the choice between nominal and indexed labor contracts. We find that contracts should be indexed if prices are difficult to forecast and nominal otherwise. Our analysis is based on a principal-agent model developed by Jovanovic and Ueda (1997) in which renegotiation can take place once the nominal value of the agent's ...
Antoine Martin, Cyril Monnet
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Features of seafarers employment contracts

Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2019
This article has explored the features of the employment contract of seafarers. The parties to this contract are the seafarer and the shipowner, who have their own subjective rights and obligations, which are defined as contracts of tax and labor law in ...
Iryna Pidpala
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Framing labor contracts: Contract versus network theories [PDF]

Recht der Werkelijkheid, 2016
‘Framing Labour Contracts: Contract versus Network Theories’ Since the 18th century the ‘contractual model’ has become both a paradigm of social theories (f.i. ‘rational choice’) and a dominant model of structuring labour relations. Its presupposition of the subjectivity of individual actors as a given is criticized with reference to network ...
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The Path to Labor Stability for Young Spanish Workers during the Great Recession

Cuadernos de Economía
The Great Recession (2008-2013) worsened the labor market position of young Spaniards. despite governments launched labor market reforms in 2010 y 2012 to improve labor stability, permanent employment accounted for only 10 percent of total new contracts.
Gloria Moreno Raymundo, Inmaculada Cebrián López   +1 more
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The Impact of Employment Types on Labor Income: Evidence from China

Economies
The transformation of the labor market driven by digital technology has profoundly affected workers’ income. Based on data from the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) 2014–2022 and the China Labor-force Dynamic Survey (CLDS) 2012–2018, this paper ...
Fancheng Meng
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The impact of temporary contracts on suicide rates.

PLoS ONE, 2021
The number of suicides has increased in the last decades in several developed countries. For instance, Spain has experienced a gradual but steady increase in suicides since the 80's and it is currently the leading external cause of death in the country ...
Ricard Grèbol Jiménez, Judit Vall Castelló   +1 more
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Labor Contracts with Voluntary Quits [PDF]

Journal of Labor Economics, 1988
This paper considers labor contracts between the risk-neutral firm and risk-averse workers with heterogeneous outside opportunities (alternative wages), which become known to the worker after a costly on-the-job search. In the case of a deterministic alternative wage, self-selection over a menu of contract wages would achieve the first-best contract ...
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