Local labor markets and earnings of refugee immigrants
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DOI: 10.1007/s00181-016-1067-7
Abstract: This paper estimates how local conditions at the time of immigration influence later outcomes for refugee immigrants to Norway, exploiting the quasi-experimental nature of the Norwegian system for settlement for “quota” or resettlement refugees. A… read more here.
Keywords: refugee immigrants; labor markets; labor; markets earnings ... See more keywords
More for less: adaptive labeling payments in online labor markets
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DOI: 10.1007/s10618-019-00637-z
Abstract: In many predictive tasks where human intelligence is needed to label training instances, online crowdsourcing markets have emerged as promising platforms for large-scale, cost-effective labeling. However, these platforms also introduce significant challenges that must be… read more here.
Keywords: labor markets; payment; adaptive labeling; performance ... See more keywords
Productivity crowding-out in labor markets with motivated workers
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2018.03.018
Abstract: When workers’ intrinsic motivation matters, a wage increase has mixed consequences on applicants’ productivity and motivation, as shown in public service, healthcare, education and politics. In a simple theoretical framework where ability and motivation are… read more here.
Keywords: productivity crowding; labor markets; productivity; workers productivity ... See more keywords
Age discrimination and academic labor markets
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2019.10.024
Abstract: Abstract In a sample of Canadian Ph.D.’s, Warman and Worswick (2010) report that forty-two percent obtained their degree at thirty-four years of age or older. One implication is that those starting their academic career vary… read more here.
Keywords: academic labor; labor markets; research; age ... See more keywords
Local labor markets and criminal recidivism
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2016.12.003
Abstract: This paper estimates the impact of local labor market conditions on criminal recidivism using administrative prison records on four million offenders released from 43 states between 2000 and 2013. Exploiting the timing of each offender's… read more here.
Keywords: labor markets; criminal recidivism; recidivism; local labor ... See more keywords
Internal Labor Markets, Wage Convergence, and Investment
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DOI: 10.1017/s0022109020000277
Abstract: Abstract I document wage convergence in conglomerates using detailed plant-level data: Workers in low-wage industries collect higher-than-industry wages when the diversified firm also operates in high-wage industries. I confirm this effect by exploiting the implementation… read more here.
Keywords: wage convergence; internal labor; labor markets; wage ... See more keywords
The Matching of STEM Degree Holders with STEM Occupations in Large Metropolitan Labor Markets in the United States
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DOI: 10.1080/00130095.2016.1220803
Abstract: abstract Workers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) are vital for regional and national prosperity. Not every person with STEM qualifications, however, finds employment in a STEM job. This article analyzes the geography of… read more here.
Keywords: labor markets; labor; geography; matching stem ... See more keywords
Measures, drivers and effects of green employment: evidence from US local labor markets, 2006–2014
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DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lby038
Abstract: This paper explores the nature and the key empirical regularities of green employment in US local labor markets in 2006–2014. The main methodological novelty consists of a new measure of green employment based on the… read more here.
Keywords: labor markets; green employment; markets 2006; local labor ... See more keywords
Gender and Globalization of Academic Labor Markets: Research and Teaching Staff at Nordic Universities
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DOI: 10.17645/si.v9i3.4131
Abstract: In this article, we investigate how the globalized academic labor market has changed the composition of teaching and research staff at Swedish, Norwegian, and Finnish universities. We use national statistical data on the gender and… read more here.
Keywords: labor markets; academic labor; nordic universities; research ... See more keywords