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Zero-hours Contracts in a Frictional Labor Market
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2022 We propose a model to evaluate the U.K.’s zero-hours contract (ZHC) – a contract that exempts employers from the requirement to provide any minimum working hours, and allows workers to decline any workload. We find quantitatively mixed welfare effects of
J. Dolado, E. Lalé, Hélène Turon
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LABOR CONTRACTS AND FLEXIBILITY: EVIDENCE FROM A LABOR MARKET REFORM IN SPAIN [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2014 This paper evaluates the effects of a labor market reform in Spain that removed restrictions on fixed‐term or temporary contracts. Our empirical results are based on longitudinal firm‐level data that cover observations before and after the reform. We posit and estimate a dynamic labor demand model with indefinite and fixed‐term labor contracts, and a ...
V. Aguirregabiria, César Alonso-Borrego
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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 ...
Pierre Picard, David E. Wildasin
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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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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 ...
W. B. Macleod
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Termination of dynamic contracts in an equilibrium labor market model [PDF]
Journal of Economic Theory, 2011 zbMATH Open Web Interface contents unavailable due to conflicting licenses.
Cheng Wang
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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 +2 more
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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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EXPERIMENTAL LABOR MARKETS AND POLICY CONSIDERATIONS: INCOMPLETE CONTRACTS AND MACROECONOMIC ASPECTS [PDF]
Journal of Economic Surveys, 2013 AbstractThis survey focuses on experimental labor markets investigating two aspects that are important for a better understanding of labor market relations and their consequences for labor market policies. The first part of the survey is dedicated to papers that assess the prevalence of reciprocal considerations in incomplete labor contracts.
Fortuna Casoria, Arno Riedl
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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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