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Who Is Claiming For Fixed-Term Contracts? [PDF]
The present study aims to contribute to the debate concerning the effects on economic performance and the structure of the labor market of regulations that combine high Employment Protection Legislations (EPL) with consent for the use of fixed-term ...
Dany Jaimovich, Carmen Pages-Serra
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Ensuring the resilience of industrial symbiosis networks (ISNs) has emerged as a key concern in the literature. However, existing studies focus on network‐level strategies, neglecting the potential benefits derived from strengthening the links between symbiotic partners.
Melissa Mollica +2 more
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Reassessing Labor Market Reforms: Temporary Contracts as a Screening Device [PDF]
Standard models of temporary contracts are either inconclusive, or fail to account for the positive correlation between temporary contracts and the employment rate, and for the high transition rates into permanent employment measured in Europe.
Renato Faccini
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Optimal Coexistence of Long-term and Short-term contracts in Labor Markets [PDF]
, 2011 JEL numbers: D86, C78 We consider a market where firms hire workers to run their projects and such projects differ in profitability. At any period, each firm needs two workers to suc- cessfully run its project: a junior agent, with no specific skills, and a senior worker, whose effort is not verifiable.
Inés Macho-Stadler +2 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT There is strong evidence that design for remanufacturing (DfRem) can reduce initial‐design carbon emissions by up to 30%, and that product design can critically affect remanufacturing feasibility, yet academic adoption of DfRem remains limited.
Okechukwu Okorie +4 more
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Tenure and Experience Effects on Wages: A Theory [PDF]
This paper investigates equilibria in a labor market where firms post wage/tenure contracts and risk-averse workers, both employed and unemployed, search for better paid job opportunities. Different firms typically offer different contracts.
Ken Burdett, Melvyn Coles
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The agri‐food industry faces major sustainability challenges, requiring a shift in companies' approach. Circular economy principles offer a promising path by enhancing resource efficiency, reducing waste, and valorizing by‐products. However, the integration of sustainability and circularity practices remains limited, especially in developing ...
Maria Elena Latino +2 more
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Labor Force Characteristics by Race and Ethnicity, 2008 [PDF]
, 2009 [Excerpt] Overall labor market conditions deteriorated markedly in 2008 following the onset of the recession in December 2007. Although individuals in all race and ethnicity groups experienced labor market difficulties, labor market problems for blacks ...
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Globalisation has deepened the integration of international production within global value chains (GVCs), where the various stages of the manufacturing process are dispersed across countries. In today's volatile business environment, characterised by rapid technological advances (Industry 4.0) and evolving consumer preferences towards use ...
Javier Bilbao‐Ubillos +3 more
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Flexibility at the Margin and Labor Market Volatility in OECD Countries [PDF]
We study whether segmented labor markets with flexibility at the margin (e.g., just affecting fixed-term employees) can achieve similar volatility than fully deregulated labor markets.
Sala, Hector +2 more
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