Labor Contracts and Flexibility: Evidence from a Labor Market Reform in Spain [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 1999 This paper evaluates the effects on employment, job turnover and productivity of a labor market reform in Spain that eliminated dismissal costs for fixed-term or temporary contracts.
Cesar Alonso-Borrego +1 more
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Implicit Contracts, Unemployment, and Labor Market Segmentation [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2010 We analyze the impact of imperfect contract enforcement on the emergence of unemployment. In an experimental labor market where trading parties can form long-term employment relationships, we compare a work environment where effort is observable, but not
Altmann, Steffen +2 more
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Labor market pooling, outsourcing and labor contracts [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2009 Economic regions, such as urban agglomerations, face external demand and price shocks that produce income risk. Workers in large and diversified agglomerations may benefit from reduced wage volatility, while firms may outsource the production of ...
Picard, Pierre M., Wildasin, David E.
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Unions and employment of migrant workers in China: a causal analysis using the treatment effect model [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyMigrant workers in China often experience employment instability due to limited labor protection and restricted access to formal institutions, which undermines both job security and social integration.
Zirui Guo, Mingchen Yang, Hao Sun
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Integrated Network Solutions in Government Hiring Trends (INSIGHT+) [PDF]
Scientific DataThe Integrated Network Solutions in Government Hiring Trends (INSIGHT+) database supports research on the U.S. federal civil service labor market. As of September 2024, the federal workforce included over 2.4 million civilian employees spanning more than
William G. Resh +7 more
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Labor Market Frictions into Staggered Wage Contracts [PDF]
Economics Bulletin, 2006 This paper proposes a generalization of the Calvo wage-setting equation, which embeds labor market frictions in the form of a Nash wage bargain. Adding labor market frictions changes significantly the dynamics of the standard wage-setting equation, such ...
Francesco Zanetti
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Great Expectations: Law, Employment Contracts, and Labor Market Performance [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2010 This chapter reviews the literature on employment and labor law. The goal of the review is to understand why every jurisdiction in the world has extensive employment law, particularly employment protection law, while most economic analysis of the law ...
MacLeod, W. Bentley
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Labor market regulation in Eastern Russia in 1918–1922: Institutional factors, mechanisms, and outcomes [PDF]
Russian Journal of Economics, 2021 This article uses archival documents and periodical publications to analyze the impact of the Civil War on the labor market in the regions of Eastern Russia. It considers key labor market institutions such as legislation, infrastructure (labor exchanges,
Vadim M. Rynkov
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The Disctinction between Formal and Informal on the Labor Market [PDF]
Revista de Management Comparat International, 2021 Any economy, regardless of its level of development, is characterized by the formal-informal duality of the labor market, but informality is more pronounced in emerging economies.
Cristian MARINESCU, Gabriela RĂVDAN
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Unemployment and social security of the russian agrarian sector: theoretical-methodologic and organizational-practical aspects [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2021 The article provides a detailed analysis of causes and consequences of modern unemployment with reference to the Russian economy as a whole, and, its sector of agricultural production, in particular.
Shilovtsev Andrei +4 more
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