The Informal Sector: What Is It, Do We Measure It? CHAPTER 1
... are manifold, dictating caution in employing the term. Yet two stylized facts remain: First, however measured, informality is high in Latin America, although not obviously so for the region’s level of development; and it remains an important phenomenon. Second, in several countries it has experience ...
... are manifold, dictating caution in employing the term. Yet two stylized facts remain: First, however measured, informality is high in Latin America, although not obviously so for the region’s level of development; and it remains an important phenomenon. Second, in several countries it has experience ...
Social Networks, Employee Selection and Labor Market Outcomes
... employees is at the core of modern labor economics. Information asymmetries between workers and firms at the time of recruitment motivates fundamental economic concepts such as statistical discrimination, the signaling returns to education, and the matching function which serves as the keystone of c ...
... employees is at the core of modern labor economics. Information asymmetries between workers and firms at the time of recruitment motivates fundamental economic concepts such as statistical discrimination, the signaling returns to education, and the matching function which serves as the keystone of c ...
Living and working in the new economy
... conditions of producers, although by no means all do so. These conditions can be particularly desperate owing to the global nature of the competition. The corresponding downward pressure on wage costs is intensified by the uncertainty of fashion, leading to long working hours, largely by women, espe ...
... conditions of producers, although by no means all do so. These conditions can be particularly desperate owing to the global nature of the competition. The corresponding downward pressure on wage costs is intensified by the uncertainty of fashion, leading to long working hours, largely by women, espe ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES CONFIDENCE, CRASHES AND ANIMAL SPIRITS Roger E.A. Farmer
... The General Theory contains many ideas, some of which are internally inconsistent, and Keynes did not try to reconcile his theory with Walrasian economics. That task was carried out by a group of interpreters including Alvin Hansen (1936) and John Hicks (1937). The current dominant paradigm, new-Key ...
... The General Theory contains many ideas, some of which are internally inconsistent, and Keynes did not try to reconcile his theory with Walrasian economics. That task was carried out by a group of interpreters including Alvin Hansen (1936) and John Hicks (1937). The current dominant paradigm, new-Key ...
Slide 1
... losss can be minimised and profits can be enhanced substantially. The PSUs can discharge their role efficiently only if they are financially self-reliant and increase in professionalism and accountability in the functioning of PSUs. ...
... losss can be minimised and profits can be enhanced substantially. The PSUs can discharge their role efficiently only if they are financially self-reliant and increase in professionalism and accountability in the functioning of PSUs. ...
Organisation structures
... Key worker Decisions can be made quickly in this structure Key worker ...
... Key worker Decisions can be made quickly in this structure Key worker ...
Chapter 2: Management -- Past and Present
... – Organization — to provide and mobilize resources to implement the plan. – Command — to lead, select, and evaluate workers to get the best work toward the plan. – Coordination — to fit diverse efforts together and ensure information is shared and problems solved. – Control — to make sure things hap ...
... – Organization — to provide and mobilize resources to implement the plan. – Command — to lead, select, and evaluate workers to get the best work toward the plan. – Coordination — to fit diverse efforts together and ensure information is shared and problems solved. – Control — to make sure things hap ...
Chapter 16 - NMHU International Business Consulting, Training and
... Labor has responded to the increased bargaining power of multinationals by doing all of the following except a) Establishing global unions b) Trying to set-up their own international organizations c) Lobbying for national legislation to restrict multinationals d) Trying to achieve regulations of mul ...
... Labor has responded to the increased bargaining power of multinationals by doing all of the following except a) Establishing global unions b) Trying to set-up their own international organizations c) Lobbying for national legislation to restrict multinationals d) Trying to achieve regulations of mul ...
Institutional Competitiveness in the Global Economy
... This paper is concerned primarily with a third stream of research, which focuses on the effects that neoliberalism has had on socioeconomic outcomes. Much of this work is quantitative, highly technical, and compares socioeconomic performance across the OECD countries. For instance, Hicks and Kenwor ...
... This paper is concerned primarily with a third stream of research, which focuses on the effects that neoliberalism has had on socioeconomic outcomes. Much of this work is quantitative, highly technical, and compares socioeconomic performance across the OECD countries. For instance, Hicks and Kenwor ...
The world at work: Jobs, pay, and skills for 3.5 billion
... countries, helping lift hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. During this time, advanced economies were able to raise productivity by investing in technology and tapping new sources of low-cost labor, while creating new high‑wage jobs for high‑skill workers. Strains in this global labor mar ...
... countries, helping lift hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. During this time, advanced economies were able to raise productivity by investing in technology and tapping new sources of low-cost labor, while creating new high‑wage jobs for high‑skill workers. Strains in this global labor mar ...
Macroeconomic Implications of Profit Sharing
... reform of microeconomicincentives as a kind of alternative, or at least complementary,approach. While macroeconomic theory is currently in a state of great controversy, most economists still agree that mainstreamIS-LMpolicies can be used as a crude rudder for aiming the economy in one direction or t ...
... reform of microeconomicincentives as a kind of alternative, or at least complementary,approach. While macroeconomic theory is currently in a state of great controversy, most economists still agree that mainstreamIS-LMpolicies can be used as a crude rudder for aiming the economy in one direction or t ...
Empowering Workers: The Privatization Of Social
... system has led three other South American countries to follow suit. In recent years, Argentina (1994), Peru (1993), and Colombia (1994) undertook a similar reform. In the four South American countries, around 11 million workers have personal retirement accounts. The Chilean experience can be instruc ...
... system has led three other South American countries to follow suit. In recent years, Argentina (1994), Peru (1993), and Colombia (1994) undertook a similar reform. In the four South American countries, around 11 million workers have personal retirement accounts. The Chilean experience can be instruc ...
Globalization and U.S. Wages: Modifying Classic Theory to Explain
... Borjas, Freeman, and Katz 1997). Most studies found some link from trade to rising inequality, but with a few exceptions, the magnitude was not large. Cline’s (1997) comprehensive survey argued that “a reasonable estimate based on the literature would be that international influences contributed abo ...
... Borjas, Freeman, and Katz 1997). Most studies found some link from trade to rising inequality, but with a few exceptions, the magnitude was not large. Cline’s (1997) comprehensive survey argued that “a reasonable estimate based on the literature would be that international influences contributed abo ...
Fayol`s approach differed from scientific management in
... management. However, Fayol differed from Taylor in his focus and developed his ideas independently. Taylor was concerned with task time and improving worker efficiency, while Fayol was concerned with management and the human and behavioral factors in management. Another major difference between Tayl ...
... management. However, Fayol differed from Taylor in his focus and developed his ideas independently. Taylor was concerned with task time and improving worker efficiency, while Fayol was concerned with management and the human and behavioral factors in management. Another major difference between Tayl ...
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... of strategy and hence its more precise definition. Here appears the necessity of decision-making concerning the mission and the subject of the enterprise. In other words, we have to find out and describe the nature of the subject of our activity, settle the firm using market segmentation and establi ...
... of strategy and hence its more precise definition. Here appears the necessity of decision-making concerning the mission and the subject of the enterprise. In other words, we have to find out and describe the nature of the subject of our activity, settle the firm using market segmentation and establi ...
The world at work: Jobs, pay, and skills for 3.5 billion people
... countries, helping lift hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. During this time, advanced economies were able to raise productivity by investing in technology and tapping new sources of low-cost labor, while creating new high-wage jobs for high-skill workers. Strains in this global labor mar ...
... countries, helping lift hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. During this time, advanced economies were able to raise productivity by investing in technology and tapping new sources of low-cost labor, while creating new high-wage jobs for high-skill workers. Strains in this global labor mar ...
Corporate Profit, Entrepreneurship Theory and Business - Hal-SHS
... not necessarily know he is an entrepreneur before he becomes one. And he can only become one through practice, as a participant in the production and innovation process. It is much more difficult to write a contract that recognizes such a contribution ex-post. As we show later on, modern firms do so ...
... not necessarily know he is an entrepreneur before he becomes one. And he can only become one through practice, as a participant in the production and innovation process. It is much more difficult to write a contract that recognizes such a contribution ex-post. As we show later on, modern firms do so ...
Identity Diversity in Family Firms: Concept and Implications
... situations, family will be relevant and the expectations from the family will impact the family member’s behavior. As a result, family members may take actions that are hard to explain by traditional economic theory but make sense from an identity point of view. A typical example concerns the existe ...
... situations, family will be relevant and the expectations from the family will impact the family member’s behavior. As a result, family members may take actions that are hard to explain by traditional economic theory but make sense from an identity point of view. A typical example concerns the existe ...
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... In the multiplying crises we face, ecological and financial, we can read signals that the old system design is breaking down. As Alperovitz and Dubb emphasize, leaving the existing corporate economic system essentially intact, and hedging it around with further regulations, seems less and less to re ...
... In the multiplying crises we face, ecological and financial, we can read signals that the old system design is breaking down. As Alperovitz and Dubb emphasize, leaving the existing corporate economic system essentially intact, and hedging it around with further regulations, seems less and less to re ...
Chapter 4 The Social Market Economy
... called “guidance planning”. It was designed to overcome the “anarchy of the market” and therefore shows the influence of Marx (see Chapter 3). In this kind of economic planning, the government would first gather information in consultation with the leading economic actors (big corporations, labor un ...
... called “guidance planning”. It was designed to overcome the “anarchy of the market” and therefore shows the influence of Marx (see Chapter 3). In this kind of economic planning, the government would first gather information in consultation with the leading economic actors (big corporations, labor un ...
Are Employed Managers and Self-employed
... employed.24 Low self-employment itself is no reason for governmental action. The question is why selfemployment in Germany is low. This can best be answered by looking at the differences in motivation of the self-employed owner and the employed manager. As an example, these differences are shown for ...
... employed.24 Low self-employment itself is no reason for governmental action. The question is why selfemployment in Germany is low. This can best be answered by looking at the differences in motivation of the self-employed owner and the employed manager. As an example, these differences are shown for ...
- University of Bath Opus
... were forms of dominance that have deeply impacted on the nature of the modern world by shaping the economic, political and social structures of the societies which they colonised. Indeed, the colonial Empires played a major role in drawing boundaries and establishing the identity of territories as s ...
... were forms of dominance that have deeply impacted on the nature of the modern world by shaping the economic, political and social structures of the societies which they colonised. Indeed, the colonial Empires played a major role in drawing boundaries and establishing the identity of territories as s ...
Briefing: Managers and Management
... • The individuals in the behavioral science branch of the behavioral approach believe that the human is more complex than the “economic man” description of the classical approach and the “social man” description of the human relations approach. • The behavioral science approach concentrates more on ...
... • The individuals in the behavioral science branch of the behavioral approach believe that the human is more complex than the “economic man” description of the classical approach and the “social man” description of the human relations approach. • The behavioral science approach concentrates more on ...
... A commonly-claimed benefit of having government UI programs is that they help to stabilize the economy. The theory is that when the economy has fallen into a recession, it needs increased consumer spending, which is immediately provided by a surge in UI benefits to the unemployed. On the other hand, ...
KaSAPI - Social Protection
... Cooperatives used loans to pay for PhilHealth premiums high default rate High administrative cost for partner organization groups Not attractive enough high out of pocket spending due to expensive medicines & unregulated practice of health care providers Low awareness on health insurance increa ...
... Cooperatives used loans to pay for PhilHealth premiums high default rate High administrative cost for partner organization groups Not attractive enough high out of pocket spending due to expensive medicines & unregulated practice of health care providers Low awareness on health insurance increa ...