Most research in labor economics concerning Þrm size has focused on the size-wage puzzle, but little attention has been paid to the differences in hiring practices and wage structures between large and small Þrms. In this paper, I use data from the BeneÞts Supplement to the Current Population Survey (CPS) to demonstrate that large Þrms hire younger workers than small Þrms do, especially for whi...

AIMS To assess mortality in 1997 among 493 former workers of a US chromate production plant employed for at least one year between 1940 and 1972. METHODS Cohort members were followed for mortality to 31 December 1997. Standardised mortality ratios (SMRs) were calculated for selected cause specific categories of death including lung cancer. Lung cancer mortality was investigated further by cal...

The purpose of this study is to assess the Malaysian consumer credit industry's current responsible lending policy which includes banking, pawnbroking, hire-purchase, moneylending, sale, and cooperatives, as industries are regulated separately. This employs a doctrinal legal research methodology content analysis primary secondary sources law, including Financial Services Act 2013, Moneylenders ...

healthy hire effect (hhe) is considered as an epidemiological phenomenon, complicating the assessment of a true cause - effect relationship between occupational exposure and health status of workers. the current study was aimed at identification and elimination of hhe in the risk assessment of arterial hypertension (ah) in coal miners. overall, 1553 miners, working in west siberia, were enrolle...

• Managers who hire refugees often do so for humanitarian reasons. This approach can be detrimental both and firms. Well-intended workplace integration efforts undermine refugees’ growth. Instead, a pragmatic to employing offers more benefits. Pragmatic explicitly recognize agency skills.