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Title:Labor migration from India to Italy : debunking the myth of the undesirable low-skilled migrant in the European Union Author(s):LUM, Kathryn Date:2015Citation:Diego ACOSTA ARCARAZO and Anja WIESBROCK (eds), Global migration : old assumptions, new dynamics, Volume 1, Santa Barbara : ABC-CLIO, 2015, pp. 219-250Type:Contribution to bookSeries/Number:[Migration Policy Centre]Abstract:EU migration policy in its current form is characterized by three main dimensions: attracting highly skilled workers, deterring irregular migration and promoting the integration of third-country nationals. The EU approach ...
Title:The Labor Question in Colonial Cyprus, 1936-1941: Political Stakes in a Battle of Denominations Author(s):RAPPAS, AlexisDate:2009Citation:International Labor and Working-Class History, 2009, 76, 1, 194-216Type:ArticleAbstract:Taking as a starting point two strikes in colonial Cyprus in the 1930s––the miners’ strike in 1936 in which both Greek-Cypriots and Turkish-Cypriots were involved and the all-female spinners’ strike in 1938––this paper ...
Title:Labor regimes of indenture : a global overview of migrant domestic work Author(s):SALAZAR PARRENAS , RhacelDate:2017Type:VideoSeries/Number:MWP; Video Lecture; 2017/03Abstract:Across the globe, migrant domestic workers are unfree workers whose legal residency is contingent on their continued employment as a live-in worker with a designated sponsor. This talk examines the politics of their ...
Title:Labor share decline and intellectual property products capital Author(s):KOH, Dongya; SANTAEULÀLIA-LLOPIS, Raül; ZHENG, Yu Date:2015Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 2015/05Abstract:We study the behavior of the US labor share over the past 65 years. We find that intellectual property products (IPP) capital entirely accounts for the observed decline of the US labor share, which otherwise is secularly ...
Title:Labor Turnover before Plant Closure: ‘Leaving the sinking ship’ vs. ‘Captain throwing ballast overboard’ Author(s):SCHWERDT, GuidoDate:2007Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 2007/22Abstract:Involuntary job loss in administrative data is commonly identified by focusing on mass-layoffs or plant closures. However, such events usually do not happen without prior knowledge, which potentially leads to selection ...
Title:Labor-Market Volatility in the Search-and-Matching Model: The Role of Investment-Specific Technology Shocks Author(s):FACCINI, Renato; ORTIGUEIRA, SalvadorDate:2008Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 2008/39Abstract:Shocks to investment-specific technology have been identified as a main source of U.S. aggregate output volatility. In this paper we assess the contribution of these shocks to the volatility of labor market variables, ...
Title:Labor-Market Volatility in the Search-And-Matching Model: The Role of Investment-Specific Technology Shocks Author(s):FACCINI, Renato; ORTIGUEIRA, SalvadorDate:2010Citation:Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control, 2010, 34, 8, 1509-1527Type:ArticleAbstract:Shocks to investment-specific technology have been identified as a main source of U.S. aggregate output volatility. In this paper, we present a model with frictions in the labor market and explore the contribution of these ...
Title:Laboratory experiments for economic policy making Author(s):NORMANN, Hans-Theo; RICCIUTI, RobertoDate:2009Citation:Journal of economic surveys, Vol. 23, No. 3, pp. 407-432Type:ArticleAbstract:In this paper, we assess the scope and the specific contribution of laboratory experiments for economic policy making. We review experiments which have addressed a specific problem, institution, mechanism design or tool ...
Title:A Laboratory of Transnational History. Ukraine and Recent Ukrainian Historiography Editor(s):KASIANOV, Georgiy; THER, PhilippDate:2009Citation:Budapest/New York, Central European University Press, 2009Type:Book
Title:Labour as labour : exploring an employment model of regulation for commercial surrogacy Author(s):TAYLOR ARMSTRONG, Sylvie Grace Date:2022Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2022Version:Chapters 1 'Introduction' and Chapter 4 'Surrogacy: could it really be regulated as labour' draw upon an earlier article: ‘Surrogacy: Time We Recognised it as a Job?’ (2021) published in the Journal of Gender Studies. Chapter 2 'Should surrogacy be marketized?' and Chapter 3 ' The current legal landscape' draw upon ‘Commercial surrogacy : building families outside of family law’, (2022) published in the Hastings Journal of Gender and the Law. Chapters 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 draw upon ‘Labour is labour : what surrogates can learn from the Sex Work Is Work movement' (2022) published in the Journal of law and society.Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; LAW; PhD ThesisAbstract:Commercial surrogacy continues to grow in popularity. Lack of legal provisions at the international and domestic levels, however, has given rise to myriad problems. This has increasingly caused states and academics to ...
Title:Labour demand, pricing and investment decisions in Italy : an econometric analysis Author(s):GIANNELLI, GiannaDate:1988Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 1988Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI Working Papers; 352
Title:The Labour Dimensions of Irregular Migration in Turkey Author(s):İÇDUYGU, AhmetDate:2006Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:[Migration Policy Centre]; [CARIM-South]; CARIM Research Report; 2006/05
Title:Labour force transitions of married women in Spain Author(s):ADAM-BERNAD, PaulaDate:1996Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 1996Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; ECO; PhD Thesis
Title:Labour is labour : what surrogates can learn from the sex work is work movement Author(s):TAYLOR ARMSTRONG, Sylvie Grace Date:2022Citation:Journal of law and society, 2022, Vol. 49, No. 1, pp. 170-192Type:ArticleAbstract:Though it is widely accepted that United Kingdom (UK) surrogacy laws are in need of reform, how they should be reformed remains a matter of considerable disagreement. This article explores a new regulatory suggestion: ...
Title:Labour law, development and the uses of informality Author(s):MCHUGH-RUSSELL, Liam Date:2019Citation:Diamond ASHIAGBOR (ed.), Re-imagining labour law for development : informal work in the global north and south, Oxford ; Chicago : Hart Publishing, 2019, pp. 51-76Type:Contribution to bookAbstract:What are we to do with ‘informality? ’ Rather than being a label for a definite but poorly understood collection of economic practices or a term whose loose usage muddles a multiplicity of referents, informality is an ...
Title:Labour managed firms, employee participation and profit-sharing : theoretical perspectives and European experience Author(s):BARTLETT, Will; UVALIC, Milica Date:1986Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 1986Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI Working Papers; 236
Title:Labour Market and Investment Decisions: The case of Italy, 1970-1984 Author(s):GIANNELLI, GiannaDate:1987Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 1987Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; ECO; PhD Thesis
Title:The Labour Market Consequences of Self-Employment Spells: European Evidence Author(s):HYYTINEN, Ari; ROUVINEN, PetriDate:2006Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2006/08
Title:The labour market effects of applied service regimes and service sector reforms Author(s):SHINGAL, Anirudh ; SAUVE, PierreDate:2019Citation:International labour review, 2019, Vol. 158, No. 1, pp. 191-211Type:ArticleAbstract:This article offers novel insights into the modal and sectoral characteristics of trade in services that may exert an influence on the redistributive properties of liberalization in service trade and investment. It uses ...
Title:Labour market effects of currency appreciation : the case of Switzerland Author(s):EGGER, Peter H.; SCHWARZER, Johannes; SHINGAL, Anirudh Date:2018Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2018/30; Global Governance Programme-308; [Global Economics]Abstract:Recent work on labour market effects of globalization has generated both academic and populist interests. However, this work has focussed exclusively on the manufacturing sector. Moreover, general equilibrium effects of ...