Using two data sets derived from German administrative data, including a linked employer-employee data set, we investigate the cyclicality of worker and job flows. The analysis stresses the importance of two-sided labour market heterogeneity in this context, taking into account both observed and unobserved characteristics. We find that small firms hire mainly unemployed workers, and that they d...

Flexibility vs. Rigidity: Does Spain have the worst of both Worlds? In this paper we study the structure of labor market flows in Spain and compare them with France and the US. We characterize a number of empirical regularities and stylized facts. One striking result is that the job finding rate is slightly higher than in France, while the jon loss rate is much higher, putting Spain half-way be...

If the future market wage is uncertain, engaging in long–term employment is risky, with the risk depending on how regulated the labor market is. In our experiment long– term employment can result either from offering long–term contracts or from repeatedly and mutually opting for rematching. Treatments differ in how regulations restrict the employer’s flexibility in adapting the employment contr...

In labor markets with worker and firm heterogeneity, the matching between firms and workers may be assortative, meaning that the most productive workers and firms team up. We investigate this with longitudinal population-wide matched employer-employee data from Portugal. Using dynamic panel data methods, we quantify a firm-specific productivity term for each firm, and we relate this to the skil...

The paper builds an argument that international trade can be an explanation behind polarization of employment in the labor market observed in developed countries such as U.K. and U.S. It considers a small open economy, having production sectors which use three types of labor: high-skill, middle-skill and low-skill. The economy faces an increase in the relative price of the high-skill intensive ...

This paper documents the variation in living standards of the poorest fifth of children in rich (and some middle-income) nations, with a focus on the relative importance and interaction of social transfers (net of taxes) and labour market incomes. Overall, the cross-national variation in the disposable income of disadvantaged children is comprised equally of variation in market and transfer inc...

The article discusses the concept of work motivation by identification it’s level for getting more clear view about possibilities to improve business performance. presents sociological research methodology focused on longitudinal monitoring three specific indicators performed in Institute Social Technologies at Samara State University (Russian Federation), which is common harmonized EU Program ...

Abstract Using the National Compensation Survey between 2004 and 2017, we document four stylized facts quantify cyclical heterogeneity among performance pay (PP) fixed wage (FW) jobs. First, there is substantial dispersion in incidence of PP, even within same occupation; hourly compensation growth PP jobs has been nearly three-times as large that FW jobs; share increasing employer size; provisi...

ABSTRACT The leading contenders for the seeds of z > 6 quasars are direct-collapse black holes (DCBHs) forming in atomically cooled haloes at ? 20. However, Lyman–Werner (LW) UV background required to form DCBHs 105 M? extreme, about 104 J21, and may have been rare early universe. Here we investigate formation intermediate-mass (IMBHs) under moderate LW backgrounds 100 500 which were muc...