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Informal sector under saving: A positive analysis of labour market policies / Luz A. Flórez in Labour economics, vol. 44 (January 2017)  

Public ISBD [article]  inLabour economics > vol. 44 (January 2017) . - pp. 13-26 Titre : Informal sector under saving: A positive analysis of labour market policies Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Luz A. Flórez Année de publication : 2017 Article en page(s) : pp. 13-26 Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Thésaurus CEREQ TRAVAIL AU NOIR ; NIVEAU DE VIE ; POLITIQUE SOCIALE ; SECURITE SOCIALE ; PROTECTION SOCIALE ; TRAVAILLEUR LICENCIE ; CHOMEUR ; TRAVAIL SALARIE ; RECHERCHE D'EMPLOI ; MODELISATION ; ECONOMETRIE Résumé : A number of authors have utilised theoretical models to analyse informality in the labour market. While such analyses have produced valuable insights they all share a common shortcoming; their theoretical models do not take into account the impact of savings on worker's decision to participate in the informal sector. The objective of this paper is to fill this important gap in the literature. To this end, I explore the impact of social security and severance payment policies on levels of informality in the labour market using a search and match model. The novelty of my model is that it allows workers to save. I find that high levels of social security payments, while protecting workers from being liquidity constrained, do increase levels of informality. However, I also find that other social security programs, such as severance payments, can reduce levels of informality while producing gains in efficiency. Severance payments increase the incentives for workers to become employed in the formal sector, reducing thus the size of the informal sector. (Source : revue) Document Céreq : Non En ligne : https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927537116302093 Permalink : https://pmb.cereq.fr/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=60146 [article] Informal sector under saving: A positive analysis of labour market policies [texte imprimé] / Luz A. Flórez . - 2017 . - pp. 13-26. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Labour economics > vol. 44 (January 2017) . - pp. 13-26 Catégories : Thésaurus CEREQ TRAVAIL AU NOIR ; NIVEAU DE VIE ; POLITIQUE SOCIALE ; SECURITE SOCIALE ; PROTECTION SOCIALE ; TRAVAILLEUR LICENCIE ; CHOMEUR ; TRAVAIL SALARIE ; RECHERCHE D'EMPLOI ; MODELISATION ; ECONOMETRIE Résumé : A number of authors have utilised theoretical models to analyse informality in the labour market. While such analyses have produced valuable insights they all share a common shortcoming; their theoretical models do not take into account the impact of savings on worker's decision to participate in the informal sector. The objective of this paper is to fill this important gap in the literature. To this end, I explore the impact of social security and severance payment policies on levels of informality in the labour market using a search and match model. The novelty of my model is that it allows workers to save. I find that high levels of social security payments, while protecting workers from being liquidity constrained, do increase levels of informality. However, I also find that other social security programs, such as severance payments, can reduce levels of informality while producing gains in efficiency. Severance payments increase the incentives for workers to become employed in the formal sector, reducing thus the size of the informal sector. (Source : revue) Document Céreq : Non En ligne : https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927537116302093 Permalink : https://pmb.cereq.fr/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=60146

Raising the standard: Minimum wages and firm productivity / Rebecca Riley in Labour economics, vol. 44 (January 2017)  

Public ISBD [article]  inLabour economics > vol. 44 (January 2017) . - pp. 27-50 Titre : Raising the standard: Minimum wages and firm productivity Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Rebecca Riley ; Chiara Rosazza Bondibene Année de publication : 2017 Article en page(s) : pp. 27-50 Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Thésaurus CEREQ REVENU MINIMUM ; COUT DE LA MAIN D'OEUVRE ; PRODUCTIVITE ; ROYAUME UNI Résumé : This paper exploits the introduction of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) in Britain and subsequent increases in the NMW to identify the effects of minimum wages on productivity. We find that the NMW increased average labour costs for companies that tend to employ low paid workers, both upon the introduction of the NMW and more recently following the Great Recession when many workers experienced pay freezes or wage cuts, but the NMW continued to rise. We find evidence to suggest that companies responded to these increases in labour costs by raising labour productivity. These labour productivity changes did not appear to come about via a reduction in firms' workforce or via capital-labour substitution. Rather they were associated with increases in total factor productivity, as theories of organisational change, training and efficiency wages would suggest. (Source : revue) Document Céreq : Non En ligne : https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927537116303487 Permalink : https://pmb.cereq.fr/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=60147 [article] Raising the standard: Minimum wages and firm productivity [texte imprimé] / Rebecca Riley ; Chiara Rosazza Bondibene . - 2017 . - pp. 27-50. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Labour economics > vol. 44 (January 2017) . - pp. 27-50 Catégories : Thésaurus CEREQ REVENU MINIMUM ; COUT DE LA MAIN D'OEUVRE ; PRODUCTIVITE ; ROYAUME UNI Résumé : This paper exploits the introduction of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) in Britain and subsequent increases in the NMW to identify the effects of minimum wages on productivity. We find that the NMW increased average labour costs for companies that tend to employ low paid workers, both upon the introduction of the NMW and more recently following the Great Recession when many workers experienced pay freezes or wage cuts, but the NMW continued to rise. We find evidence to suggest that companies responded to these increases in labour costs by raising labour productivity. These labour productivity changes did not appear to come about via a reduction in firms' workforce or via capital-labour substitution. Rather they were associated with increases in total factor productivity, as theories of organisational change, training and efficiency wages would suggest. (Source : revue) Document Céreq : Non En ligne : https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927537116303487 Permalink : https://pmb.cereq.fr/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=60147

Worker reallocation across occupations: Confronting data with theory / Etienne Lalé in Labour economics, vol. 44 (January 2017)  

Public ISBD [article]  inLabour economics > vol. 44 (January 2017) . - pp. 51-68 Titre : Worker reallocation across occupations: Confronting data with theory Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Etienne Lalé Année de publication : 2017 Article en page(s) : pp. 51-68 Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Thésaurus CEREQ MOBILITE PROFESSIONNELLE ; SITUATION DU MARCHE DU TRAVAIL ; STRUCTURE D'EMPLOI ; COUT DE LA MAIN D'OEUVRE ; ECONOMIE DU TRAVAIL ; PRODUCTIVITE ; ECONOMETRIE ; ENQUETE SUR L'EMPLOI ; ETATS UNIS Résumé : This paper studies the secular behavior of worker reallocation across occupations in the U.S. labor market. In the empirical analysis, we use microdata to construct consistent time series over a forty-five year period, and document that the fraction of employment reallocated annually across occupations is highly stable in the long run. We go beyond description and use an equilibrium model to identify potential changes in the productivity shocks and mobility costs that govern worker reallocation across occupations. We uncover the joint evolution of these factors by deriving a simple mapping between data and the model. Our analysis shows that constant reallocation rates across occupations mask slow-moving increases in the volatility of productivity shocks since the mid-1980s, and a pronounced upward shift in the cost of switching occupations in the period surrounding the Great Recession. (Source : revue) Document Céreq : Non En ligne : https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927537116303943 Permalink : https://pmb.cereq.fr/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=60148 [article] Worker reallocation across occupations: Confronting data with theory [texte imprimé] / Etienne Lalé . - 2017 . - pp. 51-68. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Labour economics > vol. 44 (January 2017) . - pp. 51-68 Catégories : Thésaurus CEREQ MOBILITE PROFESSIONNELLE ; SITUATION DU MARCHE DU TRAVAIL ; STRUCTURE D'EMPLOI ; COUT DE LA MAIN D'OEUVRE ; ECONOMIE DU TRAVAIL ; PRODUCTIVITE ; ECONOMETRIE ; ENQUETE SUR L'EMPLOI ; ETATS UNIS Résumé : This paper studies the secular behavior of worker reallocation across occupations in the U.S. labor market. In the empirical analysis, we use microdata to construct consistent time series over a forty-five year period, and document that the fraction of employment reallocated annually across occupations is highly stable in the long run. We go beyond description and use an equilibrium model to identify potential changes in the productivity shocks and mobility costs that govern worker reallocation across occupations. We uncover the joint evolution of these factors by deriving a simple mapping between data and the model. Our analysis shows that constant reallocation rates across occupations mask slow-moving increases in the volatility of productivity shocks since the mid-1980s, and a pronounced upward shift in the cost of switching occupations in the period surrounding the Great Recession. (Source : revue) Document Céreq : Non En ligne : https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927537116303943 Permalink : https://pmb.cereq.fr/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=60148

The gender gap in college major: Revisiting the role of pre-college factors / Jamin D. Speer in Labour economics, vol. 44 (January 2017)  

Public ISBD [article]  inLabour economics > vol. 44 (January 2017) . - pp. 69-88 Titre : The gender gap in college major: Revisiting the role of pre-college factors Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Jamin D. Speer Année de publication : 2017 Article en page(s) : pp. 69-88 Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Thésaurus CEREQ FEMME ; GENRE ; DIVISION SEXUELLE DE LA FORMATION ; ORIENTATION SCOLAIRE-PROFESSIONNELLE ; DISCIPLINE ; ENSEIGNEMENT SECONDAIRE ; STATISTIQUE DE L'EDUCATION ; ECONOMETRIE ; ETATS UNIS Mots-clés : genre Résumé : This paper considers the importance of pre-college test scores in accounting for gender gaps in college major. Large gaps in major content exist: men are more likely to study math-, science-, and business-intensive fields, while women are more likely to study humanities-, social science-, and education-intensive fields. Previous research has found that gender differences in college preparation, typically measured by SAT scores, can account for only a small portion of these differences. Using a broader array of pre-college test scores (the ASVAB), I show that differences in college preparation can actually account for a large portion of most gender gaps in college major content, including 62% of the gap in science, 66% of the gap in humanities, and 47% of the gap in engineering. SAT scores explain less than half as much as the ASVAB scores, while noncognitive skill measures appear to explain none of the gaps in major. The gender gaps in test scores, particularly in science and mechanical fields, exist by the mid-teenage years and grow with age. (Source : revue) Document Céreq : Non En ligne : https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927537116304110 Permalink : https://pmb.cereq.fr/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=60151 [article] The gender gap in college major: Revisiting the role of pre-college factors [texte imprimé] / Jamin D. Speer . - 2017 . - pp. 69-88. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Labour economics > vol. 44 (January 2017) . - pp. 69-88 Catégories : Thésaurus CEREQ FEMME ; GENRE ; DIVISION SEXUELLE DE LA FORMATION ; ORIENTATION SCOLAIRE-PROFESSIONNELLE ; DISCIPLINE ; ENSEIGNEMENT SECONDAIRE ; STATISTIQUE DE L'EDUCATION ; ECONOMETRIE ; ETATS UNIS Mots-clés : genre Résumé : This paper considers the importance of pre-college test scores in accounting for gender gaps in college major. Large gaps in major content exist: men are more likely to study math-, science-, and business-intensive fields, while women are more likely to study humanities-, social science-, and education-intensive fields. Previous research has found that gender differences in college preparation, typically measured by SAT scores, can account for only a small portion of these differences. Using a broader array of pre-college test scores (the ASVAB), I show that differences in college preparation can actually account for a large portion of most gender gaps in college major content, including 62% of the gap in science, 66% of the gap in humanities, and 47% of the gap in engineering. SAT scores explain less than half as much as the ASVAB scores, while noncognitive skill measures appear to explain none of the gaps in major. The gender gaps in test scores, particularly in science and mechanical fields, exist by the mid-teenage years and grow with age. (Source : revue) Document Céreq : Non En ligne : https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927537116304110 Permalink : https://pmb.cereq.fr/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=60151

Heterogeneous returns to education over the wage distribution: Who profits the most? / Simone Balestra in Labour economics, vol. 44 (January 2017)  

Public ISBD [article]  inLabour economics > vol. 44 (January 2017) . - pp. 89-105 Titre : Heterogeneous returns to education over the wage distribution: Who profits the most? Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Simone Balestra ; Uschi Backes-Gellner Année de publication : 2017 Article en page(s) : pp. 89-105 Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Thésaurus CEREQ SALAIRE ; RELATION FORMATION-EMPLOI ; RENDEMENT DE L'EDUCATION ; SYSTEME EDUCATIF ; SUISSE Résumé : This study presents evidence of heterogeneous returns to education over the wage distribution. The authors use instrumental variable quantile regression and data from the Swiss Labor Force Survey to identify the causal link between education and wages at different quantiles of the conditional distribution of wages. The results provide evidence that there is no unique causal effect of schooling and that for each individual the effect may deviate from those extensively documented by ordinary least squares or two-stage least squares. In particular, while ordinary quantile regression estimates increasing returns in the quantile index, once the endogeneity of schooling is taken into account the authors instead observe higher returns at lower quantiles of the wage distribution. Interpreting the quantile index as a measure of unobserved ability, the results suggest that higher-ability individuals have higher wages, but the slope of their wage-education profile is flatter than that for lower-ability individuals. (Source : revue) Document Céreq : Non En ligne : https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927537117300088 Permalink : https://pmb.cereq.fr/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=60152 [article] Heterogeneous returns to education over the wage distribution: Who profits the most? [texte imprimé] / Simone Balestra ; Uschi Backes-Gellner . - 2017 . - pp. 89-105. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Labour economics > vol. 44 (January 2017) . - pp. 89-105 Catégories : Thésaurus CEREQ SALAIRE ; RELATION FORMATION-EMPLOI ; RENDEMENT DE L'EDUCATION ; SYSTEME EDUCATIF ; SUISSE Résumé : This study presents evidence of heterogeneous returns to education over the wage distribution. The authors use instrumental variable quantile regression and data from the Swiss Labor Force Survey to identify the causal link between education and wages at different quantiles of the conditional distribution of wages. The results provide evidence that there is no unique causal effect of schooling and that for each individual the effect may deviate from those extensively documented by ordinary least squares or two-stage least squares. In particular, while ordinary quantile regression estimates increasing returns in the quantile index, once the endogeneity of schooling is taken into account the authors instead observe higher returns at lower quantiles of the wage distribution. Interpreting the quantile index as a measure of unobserved ability, the results suggest that higher-ability individuals have higher wages, but the slope of their wage-education profile is flatter than that for lower-ability individuals. (Source : revue) Document Céreq : Non En ligne : https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927537117300088 Permalink : https://pmb.cereq.fr/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=60152

Advising students on their field of study: Evidence from a French University reform / Nicolas Pistolesi in Labour economics, vol. 44 (January 2017)  

Public ISBD [article]  inLabour economics > vol. 44 (January 2017) . - pp. 106-121 Titre : Advising students on their field of study: Evidence from a French University reform Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Nicolas Pistolesi Année de publication : 2017 Article en page(s) : pp. 106-121 Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Thésaurus CEREQ POLITIQUE DE L'EDUCATION ; ACCES A L'ENSEIGNEMENT SUPERIEUR ; ORIENTATION SCOLAIRE-PROFESSIONNELLE ; UNIVERSITE ; ENSEIGNEMENT SUPERIEUR ; ECONOMETRIE ; FRANCE ; MIDI PYRENEES Organisme Cité Université de Toulouse Résumé : This paper measures the effect of a policy implemented in France in 2009 advising students on their field of study at university. Applicants receive reviews from universities on their chances of graduating, which are determined relative to their numerical grades in high-school. To measure the causal impact of the reviews on the choice of their field of study, we compare students with similar high-school numerical grades but different reviews in a regression discontinuity framework. From a database of first year undergraduate applicants, we estimate that receiving a positive signal in a given field of study has little impact on the probability of registration, while receiving a negative signal in a given field decreases the proportion of students enrolling in this field by 14 percentage points. (Source : revue) Document Céreq : Non En ligne : https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927537116304006 Permalink : https://pmb.cereq.fr/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=60153 [article] Advising students on their field of study: Evidence from a French University reform [texte imprimé] / Nicolas Pistolesi . - 2017 . - pp. 106-121. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Labour economics > vol. 44 (January 2017) . - pp. 106-121 Catégories : Thésaurus CEREQ POLITIQUE DE L'EDUCATION ; ACCES A L'ENSEIGNEMENT SUPERIEUR ; ORIENTATION SCOLAIRE-PROFESSIONNELLE ; UNIVERSITE ; ENSEIGNEMENT SUPERIEUR ; ECONOMETRIE ; FRANCE ; MIDI PYRENEES Organisme Cité Université de Toulouse Résumé : This paper measures the effect of a policy implemented in France in 2009 advising students on their field of study at university. Applicants receive reviews from universities on their chances of graduating, which are determined relative to their numerical grades in high-school. To measure the causal impact of the reviews on the choice of their field of study, we compare students with similar high-school numerical grades but different reviews in a regression discontinuity framework. From a database of first year undergraduate applicants, we estimate that receiving a positive signal in a given field of study has little impact on the probability of registration, while receiving a negative signal in a given field decreases the proportion of students enrolling in this field by 14 percentage points. (Source : revue) Document Céreq : Non En ligne : https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927537116304006 Permalink : https://pmb.cereq.fr/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=60153

The positive influence of female college students on their male peers / Andrew J. Hill in Labour economics, vol. 44 (January 2017)  

Public ISBD [article]  inLabour economics > vol. 44 (January 2017) . - pp. 151-160 Titre : The positive influence of female college students on their male peers Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Andrew J. Hill Année de publication : 2017 Article en page(s) : pp. 151-160 Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Thésaurus CEREQ FEMME ; GENRE ; DIVISION SEXUELLE DE LA FORMATION ; REUSSITE SCOLAIRE ; RELATION HUMAINE ; ENSEIGNEMENT SUPERIEUR ; ETATS UNIS Mots-clés : genre Résumé : Female college students improve the academic outcomes of their male peers. Using within-college across-cohort variation in freshman enrollment at US colleges, a one standard deviation increase in the proportion of females in a freshman cohort is associated with a half percentage point increase in graduation rates for males in that cohort, while there is no effect for females. Effects are more evident in colleges where student interactions are likely more intense – colleges with higher shares of students living on campus, in college housing, and without cars – suggesting that effects operate through changes in the college learning environment. (Source : revue) Document Céreq : Non En ligne : https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927537117300581 Permalink : https://pmb.cereq.fr/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=60159 [article] The positive influence of female college students on their male peers [texte imprimé] / Andrew J. Hill . - 2017 . - pp. 151-160. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Labour economics > vol. 44 (January 2017) . - pp. 151-160 Catégories : Thésaurus CEREQ FEMME ; GENRE ; DIVISION SEXUELLE DE LA FORMATION ; REUSSITE SCOLAIRE ; RELATION HUMAINE ; ENSEIGNEMENT SUPERIEUR ; ETATS UNIS Mots-clés : genre Résumé : Female college students improve the academic outcomes of their male peers. Using within-college across-cohort variation in freshman enrollment at US colleges, a one standard deviation increase in the proportion of females in a freshman cohort is associated with a half percentage point increase in graduation rates for males in that cohort, while there is no effect for females. Effects are more evident in colleges where student interactions are likely more intense – colleges with higher shares of students living on campus, in college housing, and without cars – suggesting that effects operate through changes in the college learning environment. (Source : revue) Document Céreq : Non En ligne : https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927537117300581 Permalink : https://pmb.cereq.fr/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=60159

Re-employment expectations and realisations: Prediction errors and behavioural responses / Sonja C. Kassenboehmer in Labour economics, vol. 44 (January 2017)  

Public ISBD [article]  inLabour economics > vol. 44 (January 2017) . - pp. 161-176 Titre : Re-employment expectations and realisations: Prediction errors and behavioural responses Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Sonja C. Kassenboehmer ; Sonja G. Schatz Année de publication : 2017 Article en page(s) : pp. 161-176 Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Thésaurus CEREQ REINSERTION PROFESSIONNELLE ; CHOMEUR ; RECHERCHE D'EMPLOI ; COMPORTEMENT ; SECURITE D'EMPLOI ; CHOMAGE ; MESURE POUR L'EMPLOI ; SORTIE DU CHOMAGE ; ALLEMAGNE Résumé : Using a nationally representative panel dataset, this study investigates the extent and impact of systematic misconceptions that the currently unemployed have about their prospect of re-employment. Such biased expectations are of interest because of their capacity to drive sub-optimal labour market behaviour. Specifically, people with unemployment experience of three to five years significantly underestimate their probability of re-employment. Simply having information about the individuals' previous unemployment experience is sufficient to produce more accurate predictions than those of the individuals themselves. People who underestimate their re-employment probability are less likely to search actively for a job and more likely to exit the labour force. If re-employed, they are more likely to accept lower wages, work fewer hours, work part-time and experience lower levels of life satisfaction. By improving the accuracy of re-employment expectations, employment agency caseworkers may use this information to enhance their clients' labour market decision-making and prevent adverse job-seeking behaviours. (Source : revue) Document Céreq : Non En ligne : https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927537116304122 Permalink : https://pmb.cereq.fr/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=60162 [article] Re-employment expectations and realisations: Prediction errors and behavioural responses [texte imprimé] / Sonja C. Kassenboehmer ; Sonja G. Schatz . - 2017 . - pp. 161-176. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Labour economics > vol. 44 (January 2017) . - pp. 161-176 Catégories : Thésaurus CEREQ REINSERTION PROFESSIONNELLE ; CHOMEUR ; RECHERCHE D'EMPLOI ; COMPORTEMENT ; SECURITE D'EMPLOI ; CHOMAGE ; MESURE POUR L'EMPLOI ; SORTIE DU CHOMAGE ; ALLEMAGNE Résumé : Using a nationally representative panel dataset, this study investigates the extent and impact of systematic misconceptions that the currently unemployed have about their prospect of re-employment. Such biased expectations are of interest because of their capacity to drive sub-optimal labour market behaviour. Specifically, people with unemployment experience of three to five years significantly underestimate their probability of re-employment. Simply having information about the individuals' previous unemployment experience is sufficient to produce more accurate predictions than those of the individuals themselves. People who underestimate their re-employment probability are less likely to search actively for a job and more likely to exit the labour force. If re-employed, they are more likely to accept lower wages, work fewer hours, work part-time and experience lower levels of life satisfaction. By improving the accuracy of re-employment expectations, employment agency caseworkers may use this information to enhance their clients' labour market decision-making and prevent adverse job-seeking behaviours. (Source : revue) Document Céreq : Non En ligne : https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927537116304122 Permalink : https://pmb.cereq.fr/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=60162

Working conditions and regulation / Philipp Weinschenk in Labour economics, vol. 44 (January 2017)  

Public ISBD [article]  inLabour economics > vol. 44 (January 2017) . - pp. 177-191 Titre : Working conditions and regulation Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Philipp Weinschenk Année de publication : 2017 Article en page(s) : pp. 177-191 Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Thésaurus CEREQ CONDITION DE TRAVAIL ; HYGIENE-SECURITE ; ACCIDENT DU TRAVAIL ; MALADIE PROFESSIONNELLE ; STRESS ; LEGISLATION DU TRAVAIL ; POLITIQUE DE L'EMPLOI ; NEGOCIATION ; POLITIQUE SALARIALE ; PRATIQUE DE GRH ; ECONOMETRIE Résumé : Do employers invest sufficiently in the working conditions of employees? We examine this question in a simple principal-agent model. We show that, even though investment is contractible, the principal underinvests whenever her agent's alternatives are rather poor. This provides a reason for regulation. The indirect regulatory approach of taking measures that improve the agent's bargaining power or outside option at least weakly enhances the agent's well-being and welfare. The direct regulatory approach of demanding a certain standard of working conditions increases the principal's investment, but may nonetheless leave the agent's well-being unaffected and deteriorate welfare. This holds true since due to a standard, the principal may provide the agent with a lower-powered incentive scheme and implement a lower effort level. (Source : revue) Document Céreq : Non En ligne : https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S092753711730043X Permalink : https://pmb.cereq.fr/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=60165 [article] Working conditions and regulation [texte imprimé] / Philipp Weinschenk . - 2017 . - pp. 177-191. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Labour economics > vol. 44 (January 2017) . - pp. 177-191 Catégories : Thésaurus CEREQ CONDITION DE TRAVAIL ; HYGIENE-SECURITE ; ACCIDENT DU TRAVAIL ; MALADIE PROFESSIONNELLE ; STRESS ; LEGISLATION DU TRAVAIL ; POLITIQUE DE L'EMPLOI ; NEGOCIATION ; POLITIQUE SALARIALE ; PRATIQUE DE GRH ; ECONOMETRIE Résumé : Do employers invest sufficiently in the working conditions of employees? We examine this question in a simple principal-agent model. We show that, even though investment is contractible, the principal underinvests whenever her agent's alternatives are rather poor. This provides a reason for regulation. The indirect regulatory approach of taking measures that improve the agent's bargaining power or outside option at least weakly enhances the agent's well-being and welfare. The direct regulatory approach of demanding a certain standard of working conditions increases the principal's investment, but may nonetheless leave the agent's well-being unaffected and deteriorate welfare. This holds true since due to a standard, the principal may provide the agent with a lower-powered incentive scheme and implement a lower effort level. (Source : revue) Document Céreq : Non En ligne : https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S092753711730043X Permalink : https://pmb.cereq.fr/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=60165

Coworker networks in the labour market / Albrecht Glitz in Labour economics, vol. 44 (January 2017)  

Public ISBD [article]  inLabour economics > vol. 44 (January 2017) . - pp. 218-230 Titre : Coworker networks in the labour market Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Albrecht Glitz Année de publication : 2017 Article en page(s) : pp. 218-230 Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Thésaurus CEREQ RESEAU SOCIAL ; RELATION HUMAINE ; CHOMEUR ; SORTIE DU CHOMAGE ; SALAIRE ; ALLEMAGNE Résumé : This paper studies the effect of coworker-based networks on individual labour market outcomes. I analyse how the provision of labour market relevant information by former coworkers affects the employment probabilities and, if hired, the wages of male workers who have previously become unemployed as the result of an establishment closure. To identify the causal effect of an individual worker's network on labour market outcomes, I exploit exogenous variation in the strength of these networks that is due to the occurrence of mass-layoffs in the establishments of former coworkers. The empirical analysis is based on administrative data that comprise the universe of workers employed in Germany between 1980 and 2001. The results suggest a strong positive effect of a higher employment rate in a worker's network of former coworkers on his re-employment probability after displacement: a 10 percentage point increase in the prevailing employment rate in the network increases the re-employment probability by 7.5 percentage points. In contrast, there is no evidence of a statistically significant effect on wages. (Source : revue) Document Céreq : Non En ligne : https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927537116304225 Permalink : https://pmb.cereq.fr/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=60172 [article] Coworker networks in the labour market [texte imprimé] / Albrecht Glitz . - 2017 . - pp. 218-230. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Labour economics > vol. 44 (January 2017) . - pp. 218-230 Catégories : Thésaurus CEREQ RESEAU SOCIAL ; RELATION HUMAINE ; CHOMEUR ; SORTIE DU CHOMAGE ; SALAIRE ; ALLEMAGNE Résumé : This paper studies the effect of coworker-based networks on individual labour market outcomes. I analyse how the provision of labour market relevant information by former coworkers affects the employment probabilities and, if hired, the wages of male workers who have previously become unemployed as the result of an establishment closure. To identify the causal effect of an individual worker's network on labour market outcomes, I exploit exogenous variation in the strength of these networks that is due to the occurrence of mass-layoffs in the establishments of former coworkers. The empirical analysis is based on administrative data that comprise the universe of workers employed in Germany between 1980 and 2001. The results suggest a strong positive effect of a higher employment rate in a worker's network of former coworkers on his re-employment probability after displacement: a 10 percentage point increase in the prevailing employment rate in the network increases the re-employment probability by 7.5 percentage points. In contrast, there is no evidence of a statistically significant effect on wages. (Source : revue) Document Céreq : Non En ligne : https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927537116304225 Permalink : https://pmb.cereq.fr/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=60172