Search results for "Labor market"

Technology and Labor Regulations: Theory and Evidence

2015

This paper shows that different labor market policies can lead to differences in technology across sectors in a model of labor saving technologies. Labor market regulations reduce the skill premium and as a result, if technologies are labor saving, countries with more stringent labor regulation, which bind more for low skilled workers, become less technolog- ically advanced in their high skill sectors, but more technologically advanced in their low skill sectors. We then present data on capital-output ratios, on estimated productivity levels and on patent creation, which tend to support the predictions of our model.

THE IMPACT OF THE ECONOMIC CRISIS ON THE ROMANIAN LABOR MARKET - A REGIONAL ANALYSIS

2012

The global financial recession reconfigured the economical structures of many countries and in this context the labor markets all around the world faced major salary cuts and job losses. The Romanian economy wasn`t an exception, and for a better understanding of its labor structures we have analyzed the interactions between some of the most representative and measurable indicators using a regional econometric model. The results show that the dynamics of the labor market changed once the economic crisis was installed and are still continuing to modify since the magnitude of this global phenomena was very powerful.

Automation, workers' skills and job satisfaction.

2020

When industrial robots are adopted by firms in a local labor market, some workers are displaced and become unemployed. Other workers that are not directly affected by automation may however fear that these new technologies might replace their working tasks in the future. This fear of a possible future replacement is important because it negatively affects workers’ job satisfaction at present. This paper studies the extent to which automation affects workers’ job satisfaction, and whether this effect differs for high- versus low-skilled workers. The empirical analysis uses microdata for several thousand workers in Norway from the Working Life Barometer survey for the period 2016–2019, combin…

Prescription opioid use and employment : A nationwide Finnish register study

2021

Background: The secular decline in labor market participation and the concurrent increase in opioid use in many developed countries have sparked a policy debate on the possible connection between these two trends. We examined whether the use of prescription opioids was connected to labor market outcomes relating to participation, employment and unemployment among the Finnish population. Methods: The working-age population (aged 19–64 years) living in Finland during the period 1995–2016 was used in the analyses (consisting of 67 903 701 person-year observations). Lagged values of prescription opioid use per capita were used as the exposure. Instrumental variables (IV) estimation method was u…

Well-Being without Employment? Promoting the Employability of Refugees

2020

There are more than 25 million refugees in the world. Many of them try to reach the Mediterranean in order to enter Europe. Spain is one of the countries that receive refugees and have to integrate them. Many refugees have experienced persecution in their countries, as well as forced migration, rape, diseases, etc. Their integration requires support and coordination from the government, health services, and social agents. The first step in achieving this integration is getting a job, which is currently an important issue. Thus, we aim to analyze the employability of a specific group of refugees in Spain and then develop and implement an intervention program to improve their employability. O…

Edukacja dla rynku pracy czy dla emancypacji?

2018

In the article I present opposing goals of education: adaptation to the labor market and emancipation. I describe the paradoxes of modern democracy and I show the features of the modern labor market, its limitations for the development and emancipation of the individual. I ask a question about the sources and manifestations of the limitations of the emancipatory function of higher education, and I look for proposals to solve this problem

Wyjechać czy zostać? Rynek pracy a aspiracje zawodowe i edukacyjne, plany i dążenia życiowe opolskiej młodzieży

2014

Condicionantes de los procesos de flexibilización y precarización en el contexto de la globalización : un estudio comparativo del sector de las nueva…

2014

El objetivo principal de la tesis es realizar un análisis sobre España (Unión Europea) y Brasil (Latinoamérica), respecto a los condicionantes de los procesos de flexibilización y precarización en el contexto de la globalización y efectuar un estudio comparativo profundizando en el sector de las nuevas tecnologías de la información y de la comunicación en España y Brasil y su inserción en tres sectores dinámicos: banca, informática y telecomunicaciones en las dos economías en estudio. La hipótesis central de la investigación es que la utilización de las tecnologías de la información y de la comunicación genera tanto flexibilidad como precariedad laboral en el ámbito de las empresas, pero es…

Development of non-academic skills at university : what impact(s) on the employability of master's graduates?

2022

The job market has gone through changes requiring companies to adapt to internationalization as well as to the rise of new technologies and the place of digital. Recruiters expect their future employees to be able to evolve at the rate of these changes. The professional integration of young graduates is therefore conditioned by new criteria, including the acquisition of so-called non-academic skills. These non-academic skills refer to a set of skills that are closer to soft skills and less to theoretical knowledge. They depend on the ability of individuals to manage their emotions and react to others and are not specific to a discipline or a job. Based on a sample of 852 university master's…

Marchés du travail et disparités régionales en Pologne

2001

This article evaluates empirically the effect o f market introduction on the level o f regional inequalities and on the polarisation o f economic activities in Poland. We note an increase o f the disparities between regions over the relevant period. The re-polarisation process cannot been explained by a spatial re-allocation of labour force but rather results o f the differentiation of sectoral restructuring between regions the regional diversity o f sectoral adaptation. The search for agglomeration economies explains the spatial concentration o f services and o f added value in the regions where the biggest cities are located. A cumulative process o f agglomeration is observed. Therefore, …