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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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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 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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Labor Market Institutions, Mobility, and Dualization in the Nordic Countries
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2013 Comparing the Nordic countries, this article examines different combinations of permanent and temporary employment protection legislation, and whether such differences are reflected in patterns of labor market transitions.
Jørgen Svalund
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Body shape and stable employment opportunity analysis of China's nonagricultural labor market
SSM: Population Health, 2022 Based on the integrated data of the China General Social Survey (CGSS) from 2010 to 2017, this study observes that body shape – being overweight or underweight – is important for labor market outcomes.
Ping Li +3 more
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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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Labor Market Pooling, Outsourcing and Contracts in Chamberlinian Regions [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2006 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 intermediate goods and realize benefits from Chamberlinian externalities.
PICARD, Pierre M., WILDASIN, David E.
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Two to Tango? Psychological Contract Breach in Online Labor Markets [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2020 Despite some advantages over traditional (offline) labor markets – such as lower search costs, better matching and improved monitoring – online labor markets (OLMs) have not taken off as initially expected. In this paper, we study the factors that limit perceived project success on OLMs.
Claussen, Jörg +3 more
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Labor Market Duality and the Impact of Prolonged Recession on Employment in Croatia
Croatian Economic Survey, 2015 The term labor market duality can be used to describe different forms of labor market segmentation. Nevertheless, this term is most often used to describe the segregation between permanent employees and workers employed on a temporary basis.
Mislav Brkić
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