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The labour market on the hypercube [PDF]
Abstract Positions offered on a labour market and workers preferences are described here by bit strings representing individual traits. We study the co-evolution of workers and firms preferences modeled by such traits. Individual “size-like” properties are controlled by binary encounters whose outcomes depend upon a recognition process.
Tanya Araújo, Gérard Weisbuch
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Statistical Measures of Affluence: Macroregions in Poland
Objective: The paper presents an analysis of the affluence in macroregions of Poland based on statistical measures of income distribution. Research Design & Methods: The analysis uses a group of measures based on the distribution of income in the ...
Alicja Wolny-Dominiak +1 more
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FLEXICURE LABOUR MARKET STRUCTURES – THE GRETCHENFRAGE OF THEIR ADDED VALUE
The article discusses the added value of social policy approaches which can be characterized as ‘flexicure’ based on a comparison of Germany and Austria.
Christina Hiessl
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Labour Market Institutions and Labour Market Performance: A Survey of the Literature [PDF]
This paper presents a selective survey of the recent literature on labour market institutions. It describes the different empirical approaches used to explore the nexus between labour market institutions and labour market performance. It stresses that the effect of institutions is complex in both stock and flow models and that it is also crucial to ...
Alfonso Arpaia, Gilles Mourre
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On the use of register data in educational science research
Register data are described, in general and specific terms, by focusing on informational content from an educational science perspective. Arguments are provided on the ways in which educational scientists can benefit from register data.
Erik Mellander
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Since the availability of study opportunities is unequal across regions, entering the phase of post-secondary education is often accompanied by leaving (the parental) home.
Katarina Weßling
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Enforcement of Labour Regulation and the Labour Market Effects of Trade: Evidence from Brazil
How does enforcement of labour regulations shape the labour market effects of trade? We combine local economic shocks generated by the unilateral trade liberalisation in Brazil and enforcement variation across regions to show that regions with stricter
V. Ponczek, Gabriel Ulyssea
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The Labour Market Characteristics and Labour Market Impacts of Immigrants in Ireland [PDF]
The purpose of this paper is two-fold. We firstly produce a labour market profile of non-Irish immigrants who arrived in Ireland in the ten years to 2003. We then go on to use the labour market profile in estimating the impact of immigration (non-Irish) on the Irish labour market. Immigrants are shown to be a highly educated group.
Barrett, Alan +2 more
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Activation by the ‘Magic Wand’ – Does it Work?
Can activation programs be considered a ‘magic wand’ that triggers a change of incentives, with little or no costs, and produces real gains in terms of improved job-finding rates?
Matija Vodopivec +2 more
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This article studies educational decisions, focusing on intentions of enrolment in master’s education of STEM bachelor students. Integrating human capital theory with concepts of cultural and social capital, we propose a two-level model for the choice of
Ana-Maria Zamfir +2 more
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