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Wealth Effects On Consumption: Evidence From The Euro Area
May 2009
This paper estimates the wealth effects on consumption in the euro area as a whole. The author shows that: financial wealth effects are relatively large and statistically significant; housing...
Provided by European Central Bank
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White Papers
Understanding Inter-Industry Wage Structures In The Euro Area
Mar 2009
This paper focuses on the euro area wage structure and its potential determinants from a sectoral viewpoint. Merging information from the OECD Structural Analysis database with data from the EU...
Provided by European Central Bank
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White Papers
Sequential Bargaining In A New-Keynesian Model With Frictional Unemployment And Staggered Wage Negotiation
Feb 2009
The authors consider a model with frictional unemployment and staggered wage bargaining where hours worked are negotiated every period. The workers' bargaining power in the hour's negotiation...
Provided by European Central Bank
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White Papers
Understanding Sectoral Differences In Downward Real Wage Rigidity: Workforce Composition, Institutions, Technology And Competition
Feb 2009
This paper examines whether differences in wage rigidity across sectors can be explained by differences in workforce composition, competition, technology and wage-bargaining institutions. The...
Provided by European Central Bank
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White Papers
The Incidence Of Nominal And Real Wage Rigidity: An Individual-Based Sectoral Approach
Jul 2010
This paper presents estimates based on individual data of downward nominal and real wage rigidities for thirteen sectors in Belgium, Denmark, Spain and Portugal. The authors' methodology follows...
Provided by Banco de España
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White Papers
Employment Fluctuations In A Dual Labor Market
Apr 2010
In light of the huge cross-country differences in job losses during the recent crisis, the authors study how labor market duality - meaning the coexistence of "Temporary" contracts with low firing...
Provided by Banco de España
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White Papers
Price, Wage And Employment Response To Shocks: Evidence From The WDN Survey
Apr 2010
This paper analyses information from survey data collected in the framework of the Eurosystem's Wage Dynamics Network (WDN) on patterns of firm-level adjustment to shocks. The authors document...
Provided by Banco de España
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White Papers
Public And Private Sector Wages Interactions In A General Equilibrium Mode
Oct 2009
This paper develops a dynamic general equilibrium model in which the public and the private sector interact in the labor market. Previous studies that analyze the labor market effects of public...
Provided by Banco de España
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White Papers
Wage, Inflation And Employment Dynamics With Labour Market Matching
Aug 2009
In a search and matching environment, this paper assesses a range of modeling setups against macro evidence for the monetary transmission mechanism in the euro area. In particular, the authors...
Provided by Banco de España
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White Papers
The Effect Of Employment Protection Legislation And Financial Market Imperfections On Investment: Evidence From A Firm-Level Panel Of EU
Aug 2009
This paper analyzes the joint effect of EPL and financial market imperfections on investment, capital-labour substitution, labour productivity and job reallocation in a cross-country framework. In...
Provided by Banco de España
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White Papers
Job Changes And Individual-Job Specific Wage Dynamics
Aug 2009
This paper develops an error components model that is used to examine the impact of job changes on the dynamics and variance of individual log earnings. The author uses data on work histories...
Provided by Banco de España
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White Papers
On The Job Search In A Matching Model With Heterogeneous Jobs And Workers
Oct 2008
This paper examines the effects of transitory skill mismatch in a matching model with heterogeneous jobs and workers. In the authors' model, some high-educated workers may accept unskilled jobs...
Provided by Banco de España
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White Papers
Does Immigration Affect The Phillips Curve? Some Evidence For Spain
Oct 2008
The Phillips curve has flattened in Spain over 1995-2006: unemployment has fallen by 15 percentage points, with roughly constant inflation. This change has been more pronounced than elsewhere. The...
Provided by Banco de España
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White Papers
Inequality For Wage Earners And Self-Employed: Evidence From Panel Data
Oct 2007
In this paper, the authors study the evolution of income inequality for employees and self-employed workers. They highlight the importance of separately analyzing these different sources of income...
Provided by Banco de España
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White Papers
Firm Dynamics, Job Turnover, And Wage Distributions In An Open Economy
Apr 2011
This paper explores the effects of tariffs, trade costs, and firing costs on firm dynamics and labor markets outcomes. The analysis is based on a general equilibrium model with labor market search...
Provided by IMDEA
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White Papers
Returns To Migration, Education, And Externalities In The European Union
Nov 2009
This paper uses microeconomic data for more than 100,000 European individuals in order to analyse whether the individual economic returns to education vary between migrants and non-migrants and...
Provided by IMDEA
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White Papers
Agglomeration And Cross-Border Infrastructure
Jun 2008
This paper deals with the effects of cross-border transport infrastructure in the presence of agglomeration economies. Cross-border infrastructure is more likely to increase than to decrease...
Provided by IMDEA
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White Papers
Education And Income Inequality In The Regions Of The European Union
Sep 2007
This paper provides an empirical study of the determinants of income inequality across regions of the EU. Using the European Community Household Panel dataset for 102 regions over the period...
Provided by IMDEA
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White Papers
Re-Visiting The Interface Between Race And Accounting: The Case Of Filipino Workers
Jul 2010
The interface of race and accounting in sugar plantations in Hawaii is a subject that is unresolved in Accounting History (Fleischman & Tyson, 2000; 2002; Burrows, 2002). This paper presents...
Provided by Macquarie University
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White Papers
Making Your Own Future. Expectations And Occupation Choice
Nov 2010
The choice of a university career has a major saying in the future earnings and career opportunities of the individuals. In turn, prospective university students make their decisions mainly...
Provided by United Nations University
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White Papers
Individual Voice In Employment Relationships: A Comparison Under Different Collective Voice Regimes
Oct 2010
This paper examines the relationship between individual and collective employee voice, and management-led voice (appraisal), under contrasted collective voice regimes. In the first, collective...
Provided by Centre for Economic Performance
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White Papers
Institutions And The Management Of Human Resources: Incentive Pay Systems In France And Great Britain
Jul 2009
Using data from large-scale establishment surveys in Britain and France, the authors show that incentive pay for non-managers is more widespread in France than in Britain. They explain this...
Provided by Centre for Economic Performance
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White Papers
Government Spending Shocks And Rule-of-thumb Consumers: The Role Of Steady State Inequality
Aug 2010
Galí, López-Salido, and Vallés (2007) suggest that because part of the population follows a rule-of-thumb by which they spend their entire disposable income each period, private consumption...
Provided by Norges Bank
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White Papers
Rule-Of-Thumb Consumers, Productivity And Hours
Oct 2007
In this paper, the authors study the transmission mechanisms of productivity shocks in a model with rule-of-thumb consumers. In the literature, this financial friction has been studied only with...
Provided by Norges Bank
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White Papers
Immigration, Jobs And Employment Protection: Evidence From Europe
Jun 2011
In this paper, the authors analyze the effect of immigrants on native jobs in fourteen Western European countries. They test whether the inflow of immigrants in the period 1996-2007 decreased...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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White Papers
Job Loss In The Great Recession: Historial Perspective From The Displaced Workers Survey, 1984-2010
May 2011
The Great Recession from December 2007 to June 2009 is associated with a dramatic weakening of the labor market from which the labor market is now only slowly recovering. The unemployment rate...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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White Papers
Fighting Procrastination In The Workplace: An Experiment
Apr 2011
In this paper, the authors test whether procrastination and planning problems affect the performance, compensation and work satisfaction among employees. They conducted a randomized controlled...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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White Papers
10 Things HR Can Do To Help Align An Organization's Goals
May 2011
While performance management technology offers useful tools that help you align your workforce to company goals, it can't do all of the work for you. Discover ten steps that can save you time and...
Provided by SumTotal Systems
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Case Studies
Praxis Makes Time For Sales By Scheduling The Smart Way
Jun 2011
Praxis is one of the largest Dutch DIY retailers and part of the Maxeda DIY Group, operating 139 stores, including 29 mega stores and eleven with a gardening center. Praxis employs almost 4,500...
Provided by Capgemini
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White Papers
Overwhelmed At Work? Six Practical Solutions
Jul 2011
Feeling overwhelmed at work sucks - you feel stressed, tired; your mind is racing with 1000 thoughts but limited clarity; and you can't sleep well at night as your mind is constantly worrying...
Provided by Alibi Productions
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Webcasts
Low Wages And High Unemployment For U.S. Men
Aug 2011
In this webcast, the presenter discusses disturbing trends for men in the U.S. work force today: nearly one man in five is unemployed, wages for men who do have jobs are historically low, and...
Provided by Brookings Institution
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White Papers
Cycles Of Wage Discrimination
Aug 2011
Using CPS data from 1979-2009 the authors examine how cyclical downturns and industry-specific demand shocks affect wage differentials between white non-Hispanic males and women, Hispanics and...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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White Papers
Unemployment In Latin America And The Caribbean
Aug 2011
This paper constructs a new data set on unemployment rates in Latin America and the Caribbean and then explores the determinants of unemployment. The authors compare different countries, finding...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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White Papers
Employment, Wages And Voter Turnout
Aug 2011
This paper argues that, since activities that provide political information are complementary with leisure, increased labor market activity should lower turnout, but should do so least in...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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White Papers
Wage Effects Of Trade Reform With Endogenous Worker Mobility
Jul 2011
In this paper, the authors use a linked employer-employee database from Brazil to examine the impact of trade reform on the wages of workers employed at heterogeneous firms. Their analysis of data...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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White Papers
Future Skill Shortages In The U.S. Economy?
Jul 2011
The impending retirement of the baby boom cohort represents the first time in the history of the United States that such a large and well-educated group of workers will exit the labor force. This...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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White Papers
Early Maternal Employment And Family Wellbeing
Jul 2011
This paper uses longitudinal data from the NICHD Study on Early Child Care (SECC) to examine the effects of maternal employment on family well-being, measured by maternal mental and overall...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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White Papers
The Labor Market Impact Of Employer Health Benefit Mandates: Evidence From San Francisco's Health Care Security Ordinance
Jul 2011
A key issue surrounding employer benefit mandates is the incidence on workers through wages and employment. In this paper, the authors address this question using a pay-or-play policy implemented...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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White Papers
Using Implementation Intentions Prompts To Enhance Influenza Vaccination Rates
Jun 2011
The authors evaluate the results of a field experiment designed to measure the effect of prompts to form implementation intentions on realized behavioral outcomes. The outcome of interest is...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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White Papers
Clashing Theories Of Unemployment
Jun 2011
General-equilibrium models for studying monetary influences in general and the zero lower bound on the nominal interest rate in particular contain implicit theories of unemployment. In some cases,...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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White Papers
Winning Strategies For Recruiting And Retaining
Jan 2010
Today's candidates demand attractive compensation packages, including long-term deferred compensation and comprehensive health benefits. There is a continual increase in requests for...
Provided by Best Software
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White Papers
The Demand For Youth: Implications For The Hours Volatility Puzzle
Jan 2009
The employment and hours worked of young individuals fluctuate much more over the business cycle than those of prime-aged individuals. Understanding the mechanism underlying this observation is...
Provided by Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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White Papers
If You Want A More Successful Employee Referral Program, Think Experience
Oct 2007
If you want a more successful Employee Referral Program, you first need to make sure you are giving your employees something to brag about. As in our hypothetical resort scenario, job one is to...
Provided by American Management Association
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White Papers
Expatriate Assignments Are On The Rise
Oct 2008
The number of employees on international assignments has doubled over the last three years as part of the continuing trends toward globalization, according to a new survey conducted by Mercer. The...
Provided by American Management Association
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White Papers
Making Employee Orientation Count
May 2007
Face it. First impressions last a long time, yet employee orientations can be pretty dull stuff. The goal is usually to get new hires up to speed on work rules and environment. Most companies try...
Provided by American Management Association
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White Papers
Human Resource Management Strategy
Nov 2008
Developing and implementing a soundly based strategy for human resource management is a specific area for improvement in the Federation of the Future's section outlining the Framework for Action....
Provided by International Federation of Red Cross and Red Cresent Society
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White Papers
Globalization Implications For Human Resource Management Roles
Jul 2007
Globalization influences organizations that compete for customers with high expectations for performance, quality, and cost. Globalization also exerts pressure on the Human Resource Management...
Provided by Springer Science+Business Media
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White Papers
Smashing The Functional Barriers To Managing Business Processes & Projects
Sep 2008
In most organizations, functions are king and getting work done cross-functionally is difficult at best. For years companies have tried to solve this problem by changing the culture or...
Provided by Martin Training Associates
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White Papers
Strengthening The Weakest Link In Strategy Execution: Make Plans that People Can Execute!
Jan 2010
All organizations plan to execute on their strategy, yet many struggle to successfully execute their plans and achieve the results they were predicting. It's the old adage, "If you fail to plan,...
Provided by Martin Training Associates
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White Papers
Making Matrix Management Work
Jan 2010
Whether or not you have a formal matrix structure, your organization, like every organization, operates in as a matrix and should be managed as such. Organizations are matrices because work is...
Provided by Martin Training Associates
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White Papers
The New Matrix Management The Future Of Organizational Success
Jan 2010
Matrix management is not a new concept. Since the 1970's organizations have known that there was a need to find new ways of handling the cross-functional or horizontal needs in a vertically...
Provided by Martin Training Associates
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White Papers
High-Level Reverse Engineering
Dec 2007
This paper aims to present a methodical framework for high-level reverse engineering. The methodology is a culmination of existing tools and techniques within the IT security research community,...
Provided by Information Risk Management
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White Papers
Re-Engineering The Wireless Network In Healthcare To Support Mission Critical Patient Applications Today And Tomorrow
Feb 2009
The Healthcare industry has been heavy users and early adopters of mobility applications due to the productivity gains and improved patient care. These productivity gains and improvements in...
Provided by Radiant Networks
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White Papers
Rethink HR Strategy From The Outside In
Apr 2010
It comes as no surprise that the best performing companies identify and focus on activities that add the greatest value to customers and shareholders. Thus, every department in a company adds...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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White Papers
HR Practices Must Work Where They Work
Jan 2008
Employee turnover and retention are particularly challenging for MNCs, since the strategies embraced by corporate headquarters may not always work in foreign subsidiaries. MNCs must not only...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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White Papers
Subsidiaries Can Influence HRM Policy Imposed By HQ
Jan 2008
American multinationals maintain an iron grip over their subsidiaries' Human Resource Management (HRM) systems. Yet, evidence has emerged that when a subsidiary has an important role inside the...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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White Papers
Top Five HR Process Integrations That Drive Business Value
Jun 2010
This paper provides information on the importance of human resource integration that shall benefit business. Entrepreneurs and big corporate houses are on look out for developing strategies that...
Provided by Softscape
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Case Studies
Workforce Planning At British Gas Services
Jun 2008
British Gas is part of the Centrica Group. It is the country's best recognised energy brand. The UK energy market is highly dynamic. Customers look for the best deals and are increasingly prepared...
Provided by MBA Publishing
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White Papers
Paradoxes Ahead In HR's future
May 2009
No one can predict the future. An executive recently said that a business that took 20 years to create could be gone in two years if it cannot adapt quickly to unpredictable changes. Even with...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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White Papers
Change, Change, And Change Some More
May 2009
Change happens. It is in the technology that makes our cell phones internet devices and our new seemingly products out of date. It is in changing global economic cycles with simultaneous growth in...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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White Papers
The New HR Organization
May 2009
Increasingly diversified businesses require more complex human resources operations, Dave Ulrich contends. Here, the author and consultant breaks down the roles today's HR departments must fulfill...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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White Papers
Intuit Index: Wages, Hours Worked Remain Flat, Supply Of Workers Remains High
Apr 2010
Small businesses continued to hire more employees in March, extending a trend that began in mid-2009, according to the monthly Small Business Employment Index. The recently launched monthly index...
Provided by AccountingWEB
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Case Studies
How A Single, Integrated Human Capital Management Solution Helped Jump-Start The Flow Of Critical HR Information
Mar 2009
The HR organization of a large worldwide oil and gas company had reached the level of saturation after years of rapid growth through acquisition and hence was unable to deliver on key service and...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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Case Studies
Automaker Saves Money With A New Human Resources Service Delivery Model
Jan 2010
A large automaker was able to save money by bringing in the right kind of transformation in its human resources service delivery. This automobile manufacturer is renowned for its efficient...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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Case Studies
Life Sciences Company Seeks Improved HR Service Delivery
Jan 2010
A globally leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of medical devices was seeking ways to streamline its HR function, processes, and technologies that were faced with concerns of high costs...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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White Papers
Participative Management
Apr 2009
It is Monday morning, and one doesn't have to get up, just because they have decided that they are more affective after afternoon, that's why you go to work at that time... Sounds like sweet...
Provided by IPM
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White Papers
When Should A Firm Decentralize?: Corporate Features Can Determine Your Organization's Design
Feb 2008
Modern organizations typically organize according to four commonly observed structures: flat, divisional hierarchy, functional hierarchy, and matrix. To illustrate these structures, consider a...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
Primary Research And Analysis Of HR Technology Use In Australia, By Navigo
Mar 2010
In November and December 2009, primary research was conducted by phone and email in 164 Australian organisations with over 500 employees (dubbed "enterprise-level"), representing a total of over...
Provided by Navigo
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White Papers
Ready Or Not: Transform HR Now, Or Wait For Business Conditions To Improve?
Jan 2010
Over the years, HR organizations have made significant progress to reduce costs and increase operating effectiveness through system and process improvements, shared services, outsourcing and...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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White Papers
Human Resources (HR) Management Handbook For Acquisitions
Feb 2008
Human Resources (HR) Management has several essential functions in the execution and delivery of an acquisition or divestiture. HR's role during the transaction is to lead decision processes,...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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White Papers
Human Resource Management Systems (HRMS)
Jan 2009
Human Resource Management System (HRMS) allow enterprises to automate many aspects of human resource management, with the dual benefits of reducing the workload of the HR department as well as...
Provided by Best Price Computers
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Case Studies
Accenture Helps Transform China National Petroleum Corporations Human Resources Management
Jun 2009
China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) is a world-leading integrated international energy company. There are many challenges to be faced by such a large organization in order to attract and...
Provided by Accenture
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Case Studies
Bank Austria: Banking Post-Merger Integration
Dec 2008
Bank Austria is the result of the 1991 merger between Zentralsparkasse Wien (Vienna) and Österreichische Länderbank. Five years later the union was followed by the acquisition of Creditanstalt....
Provided by Accenture
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Case Studies
Helping Procter & Gamble Strengthen A Culture Of High Performance Through Its Learning Program
Apr 2009
Procter & Gamble (P&G) understands, better than most, that the path to long-term success is forged through the efforts, talents and skills of its global workforce. To that end, the company is...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
A Review Of De Cieri And Dowling's 'Artificial Split' Between Domestic And International HRM
Jul 2009
This paper challenges De Cieri and Dowling's SHRM model on the grounds that it ignores established national perspectives on localized HRM systems and policies. The wish to integrate domestic HRM...
Provided by Ben van den Anker
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White Papers
Understand The HRIS Input Requirements
Jan 2009
A new Human Resource Information System (HRIS) can save you tremendous amounts of time and make you and your staff far more effective at your job, but it is important to understand work will be...
Provided by HR Pay 'n' Time
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White Papers
HRIS Software - Can You Implement It Yourself?
Jan 2009
If you work for an organization with less than a few hundred employees, it is not completely out of the question for you to implement the HRIS system yourself as long as you are provided adequate...
Provided by HR Pay 'n' Time
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White Papers
Human Resources Software Report Writing Defined
Jan 2009
Much of the benefit from using a Human resources Software application will be derived from data you can pull from the system. The purpose of this paper is to define how you should view the human...
Provided by HR Pay 'n' Time
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White Papers
HRIS Benefits Automation Defined
Jan 2009
One of the most important features of a typical HRIS Software application is the capability of automating the difficult and time consuming process of administering HRIS benefits. The purpose of...
Provided by HR Pay 'n' Time
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White Papers
HRIS Applications - Employee Self Service
Jan 2009
Employee Self-Service (ESS) HRIS applications have gained in popularity over the last several years. In a nutshell, these HRIS applications are Internet-based products that allow employees to view...
Provided by HR Pay 'n' Time
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White Papers
Sequential Bargaining In A New-Keynesian Model With Frictional Unemployment And Staggered Wage Negotiation
Feb 2009
The authors consider a model with frictional unemployment and staggered wage bargaining where hours worked are negotiated every period. The workers' bargaining power in the hour's negotiation...
Provided by European Central Bank
-
White Papers
Understanding Sectoral Differences In Downward Real Wage Rigidity: Workforce Composition, Institutions, Technology And Competition
Feb 2009
This paper examines whether differences in wage rigidity across sectors can be explained by differences in workforce composition, competition, technology and wage-bargaining institutions. The...
Provided by European Central Bank
-
White Papers
The Incidence Of Nominal And Real Wage Rigidity: An Individual-Based Sectoral Approach
Jul 2010
This paper presents estimates based on individual data of downward nominal and real wage rigidities for thirteen sectors in Belgium, Denmark, Spain and Portugal. The authors' methodology follows...
Provided by Banco de España
-
White Papers
Employment Fluctuations In A Dual Labor Market
Apr 2010
In light of the huge cross-country differences in job losses during the recent crisis, the authors study how labor market duality - meaning the coexistence of "Temporary" contracts with low firing...
Provided by Banco de España
-
White Papers
Price, Wage And Employment Response To Shocks: Evidence From The WDN Survey
Apr 2010
This paper analyses information from survey data collected in the framework of the Eurosystem's Wage Dynamics Network (WDN) on patterns of firm-level adjustment to shocks. The authors document...
Provided by Banco de España
-
White Papers
Public And Private Sector Wages Interactions In A General Equilibrium Mode
Oct 2009
This paper develops a dynamic general equilibrium model in which the public and the private sector interact in the labor market. Previous studies that analyze the labor market effects of public...
Provided by Banco de España
-
White Papers
Wage, Inflation And Employment Dynamics With Labour Market Matching
Aug 2009
In a search and matching environment, this paper assesses a range of modeling setups against macro evidence for the monetary transmission mechanism in the euro area. In particular, the authors...
Provided by Banco de España
-
White Papers
The Effect Of Employment Protection Legislation And Financial Market Imperfections On Investment: Evidence From A Firm-Level Panel Of EU
Aug 2009
This paper analyzes the joint effect of EPL and financial market imperfections on investment, capital-labour substitution, labour productivity and job reallocation in a cross-country framework. In...
Provided by Banco de España
-
White Papers
Job Changes And Individual-Job Specific Wage Dynamics
Aug 2009
This paper develops an error components model that is used to examine the impact of job changes on the dynamics and variance of individual log earnings. The author uses data on work histories...
Provided by Banco de España
-
White Papers
On The Job Search In A Matching Model With Heterogeneous Jobs And Workers
Oct 2008
This paper examines the effects of transitory skill mismatch in a matching model with heterogeneous jobs and workers. In the authors' model, some high-educated workers may accept unskilled jobs...
Provided by Banco de España
-
White Papers
Does Immigration Affect The Phillips Curve? Some Evidence For Spain
Oct 2008
The Phillips curve has flattened in Spain over 1995-2006: unemployment has fallen by 15 percentage points, with roughly constant inflation. This change has been more pronounced than elsewhere. The...
Provided by Banco de España
-
White Papers
Inequality For Wage Earners And Self-Employed: Evidence From Panel Data
Oct 2007
In this paper, the authors study the evolution of income inequality for employees and self-employed workers. They highlight the importance of separately analyzing these different sources of income...
Provided by Banco de España
-
White Papers
Firm Dynamics, Job Turnover, And Wage Distributions In An Open Economy
Apr 2011
This paper explores the effects of tariffs, trade costs, and firing costs on firm dynamics and labor markets outcomes. The analysis is based on a general equilibrium model with labor market search...
Provided by IMDEA
-
White Papers
Returns To Migration, Education, And Externalities In The European Union
Nov 2009
This paper uses microeconomic data for more than 100,000 European individuals in order to analyse whether the individual economic returns to education vary between migrants and non-migrants and...
Provided by IMDEA
-
White Papers
Agglomeration And Cross-Border Infrastructure
Jun 2008
This paper deals with the effects of cross-border transport infrastructure in the presence of agglomeration economies. Cross-border infrastructure is more likely to increase than to decrease...
Provided by IMDEA
-
White Papers
Education And Income Inequality In The Regions Of The European Union
Sep 2007
This paper provides an empirical study of the determinants of income inequality across regions of the EU. Using the European Community Household Panel dataset for 102 regions over the period...
Provided by IMDEA
-
White Papers
Re-Visiting The Interface Between Race And Accounting: The Case Of Filipino Workers
Jul 2010
The interface of race and accounting in sugar plantations in Hawaii is a subject that is unresolved in Accounting History (Fleischman & Tyson, 2000; 2002; Burrows, 2002). This paper presents...
Provided by Macquarie University
-
White Papers
Making Your Own Future. Expectations And Occupation Choice
Nov 2010
The choice of a university career has a major saying in the future earnings and career opportunities of the individuals. In turn, prospective university students make their decisions mainly...
Provided by United Nations University
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White Papers
Individual Voice In Employment Relationships: A Comparison Under Different Collective Voice Regimes
Oct 2010
This paper examines the relationship between individual and collective employee voice, and management-led voice (appraisal), under contrasted collective voice regimes. In the first, collective...
Provided by Centre for Economic Performance
-
White Papers
Institutions And The Management Of Human Resources: Incentive Pay Systems In France And Great Britain
Jul 2009
Using data from large-scale establishment surveys in Britain and France, the authors show that incentive pay for non-managers is more widespread in France than in Britain. They explain this...
Provided by Centre for Economic Performance
-
White Papers
Government Spending Shocks And Rule-of-thumb Consumers: The Role Of Steady State Inequality
Aug 2010
Galí, López-Salido, and Vallés (2007) suggest that because part of the population follows a rule-of-thumb by which they spend their entire disposable income each period, private consumption...
Provided by Norges Bank
-
White Papers
Rule-Of-Thumb Consumers, Productivity And Hours
Oct 2007
In this paper, the authors study the transmission mechanisms of productivity shocks in a model with rule-of-thumb consumers. In the literature, this financial friction has been studied only with...
Provided by Norges Bank
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White Papers
Immigration, Jobs And Employment Protection: Evidence From Europe
Jun 2011
In this paper, the authors analyze the effect of immigrants on native jobs in fourteen Western European countries. They test whether the inflow of immigrants in the period 1996-2007 decreased...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
-
White Papers
Job Loss In The Great Recession: Historial Perspective From The Displaced Workers Survey, 1984-2010
May 2011
The Great Recession from December 2007 to June 2009 is associated with a dramatic weakening of the labor market from which the labor market is now only slowly recovering. The unemployment rate...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
-
White Papers
Fighting Procrastination In The Workplace: An Experiment
Apr 2011
In this paper, the authors test whether procrastination and planning problems affect the performance, compensation and work satisfaction among employees. They conducted a randomized controlled...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
-
White Papers
10 Things HR Can Do To Help Align An Organization's Goals
May 2011
While performance management technology offers useful tools that help you align your workforce to company goals, it can't do all of the work for you. Discover ten steps that can save you time and...
Provided by SumTotal Systems
-
Case Studies
Praxis Makes Time For Sales By Scheduling The Smart Way
Jun 2011
Praxis is one of the largest Dutch DIY retailers and part of the Maxeda DIY Group, operating 139 stores, including 29 mega stores and eleven with a gardening center. Praxis employs almost 4,500...
Provided by Capgemini
-
White Papers
Overwhelmed At Work? Six Practical Solutions
Jul 2011
Feeling overwhelmed at work sucks - you feel stressed, tired; your mind is racing with 1000 thoughts but limited clarity; and you can't sleep well at night as your mind is constantly worrying...
Provided by Alibi Productions
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Webcasts
Low Wages And High Unemployment For U.S. Men
Aug 2011
In this webcast, the presenter discusses disturbing trends for men in the U.S. work force today: nearly one man in five is unemployed, wages for men who do have jobs are historically low, and...
Provided by Brookings Institution
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Cycles Of Wage Discrimination
Aug 2011
Using CPS data from 1979-2009 the authors examine how cyclical downturns and industry-specific demand shocks affect wage differentials between white non-Hispanic males and women, Hispanics and...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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Unemployment In Latin America And The Caribbean
Aug 2011
This paper constructs a new data set on unemployment rates in Latin America and the Caribbean and then explores the determinants of unemployment. The authors compare different countries, finding...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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Employment, Wages And Voter Turnout
Aug 2011
This paper argues that, since activities that provide political information are complementary with leisure, increased labor market activity should lower turnout, but should do so least in...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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Wage Effects Of Trade Reform With Endogenous Worker Mobility
Jul 2011
In this paper, the authors use a linked employer-employee database from Brazil to examine the impact of trade reform on the wages of workers employed at heterogeneous firms. Their analysis of data...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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Future Skill Shortages In The U.S. Economy?
Jul 2011
The impending retirement of the baby boom cohort represents the first time in the history of the United States that such a large and well-educated group of workers will exit the labor force. This...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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Early Maternal Employment And Family Wellbeing
Jul 2011
This paper uses longitudinal data from the NICHD Study on Early Child Care (SECC) to examine the effects of maternal employment on family well-being, measured by maternal mental and overall...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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The Labor Market Impact Of Employer Health Benefit Mandates: Evidence From San Francisco's Health Care Security Ordinance
Jul 2011
A key issue surrounding employer benefit mandates is the incidence on workers through wages and employment. In this paper, the authors address this question using a pay-or-play policy implemented...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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Using Implementation Intentions Prompts To Enhance Influenza Vaccination Rates
Jun 2011
The authors evaluate the results of a field experiment designed to measure the effect of prompts to form implementation intentions on realized behavioral outcomes. The outcome of interest is...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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Clashing Theories Of Unemployment
Jun 2011
General-equilibrium models for studying monetary influences in general and the zero lower bound on the nominal interest rate in particular contain implicit theories of unemployment. In some cases,...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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Should Unemployment Insurance Vary With The Unemployment Rate? Theory And Evidence
Jun 2011
The authors study how the level of Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits that trades off the consumption smoothing benefit with the moral hazard cost of distorting job search behavior varies over...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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Fiscal Policy: Why Aggregate Demand Management Fails And What To Do About It
Jan 2011
This paper argues for a fundamental reorientation of fiscal policy, from the current aggregate demand management model to a model that explicitly and directly targets the unemployed. Even though...
Provided by Levy Economics Institute
