Research in labour economics. Vol. 36

This volume contains eight new and innovative research articles relevant to researchers and policy makers. Each chapter deals with an aspect of human welfare and is authored by an expert in the field. One deals with how technological change affects the distribution of earnings, two deal with how wor...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Polachek, S. W., Tatsiramos, Konstantinos
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2012.
Series:Research in labor economics.
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Institutions, technological change and wage differentials between skilled and unskilled workers : theory and evidence from Europe / Lorenzo Corsini
  • Career and wage dynamics : evidence from linked employer-employee data / Antti Kauhanen, Sami Napari
  • Position-specific promotion rates and the 'fast track' effect / Adam Clemens
  • The effect of variable pay schemes on workplace absenteeism / Konstantinos Pouliakas, Nikolaos Theodoropoulos
  • Adverse selection and incentives in an early retirement program / Kenneth T. Whelan ... [et al.]
  • The mental cost of pension loss : the experience of Russia's pensioners during transition / Penka Kovacheva, Xiaotong Niu
  • Can long-term cohabiting and marital unions be incentivized? / Audrey Light, Yoshiaki Omori
  • Indian entrepreneurial success in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom / Robert W. Fairlie ... [et al.].