Labor Economics - Science topic

This paper examines gender differences in paid work over time and illustrates the pitfalls encountered by any comparative research that only considers either labor force participation rates or average working hours. To do so, we analyze harmonized survey data from Europe and the United States from 1992 to 2022 (N = 43,283,172) and show that more pr...

The relationship between aviation logistics and the regional economy (AL&RE) is mutually reinforcing. This study aims to develop a research framework for evaluating the coupling coordination level and identifying critical influencing factors in regional AL&RE by integrating the coupling coordination degree model with grey relational analysis. The f...

This paper explains the relationship between public services expenditure and agglomeration economy from the perspective of spatial structure, considering that the allocation of public service expenditure by local governments does not fully leverage the benefits of agglomeration effects. We constructed a general equilibrium model that examines the c...

2019 г. зъботехниците в България имат своя съсловна организация и членството в нея е за-дължително по закон. Цел на настоящата статия е да се проучи членството и да се направи сравни-телен анализ на политиките и стратегиите на съсловни организации на зъботехниците в чужбина. За постигане на целта са използвани: документален метод, проучване на лите...

The COVID-19 pandemic caused an unprecedented economic crisis, intensifying poverty levels in Latin America, particularly in Chile. This study examines the short- and long-term socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19 on income poverty in Chile, focusing on regional disparities, rurality, ethnicity, educational attainment, and immigration. Using data from...

The application of digital inclusive finance in various industries, particularly in rural areas, is gaining significant attention. The traditional agricultural sector, which focuses on rural labor economics (RLE), is more sensitive to financial innovations due to geographical and other constraints. This paper investigates how digital inclusive fina...

Background Acupuncture has been used for pain relief for thousands of years in China, and could be an alternative to drug prophylaxis for migraine prevention. Recently, promising clinical data on acupuncture for migraine prevention has emerged. However, few studies have investigated the economic impact of acupuncture on migraine prevention in Taiwa...

The study analyzes the relationship between nominal wages and the consumer price index in Ecuador, assessing the existence of a long-run link and the dynamics of adjustment to changes in inflation. An econometric approach based on time series is used, applying unit root tests, cointegration and an error correction model. The results show that both...

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This perspective paper examines a fundamental paradox in the relationship between professional expertise and artificial intelligence: as domain experts increasingly collaborate with AI systems by externalizing their implicit knowledge, they potentially accelerate the automation of their own expertise. Through analysis of multiple professional conte...

Dear Colleagues, The Special Issue, titled "Navigating Inequality and Well-Being in the Changing World of Work: A Cross-Sectoral Perspective", aims to examine the complex and evolving dynamics between technological transformation, labor market shifts, and social equity across different sectors. It seeks to address how digitalization, sustainabilit...

Purpose Significant changes have been observed in Türkiye labor market over the last two decades, driven by the substantial increase in the number of universities and students and by factors such as economic crises and unemployment. This phenomenon has also affected the number of overeducated (undereducated) wage earners in the labor market. In thi...

Legal documents filed in support of National Endowment for Democracy (NED) funding share some information with Court that have never been provided union members about AFL-CIO foreign policy program, and share AFL-CIO's mealy-mouth response to Trump's attack on workers, Constitution and established institution. This article has been published at ht...

Objectives: This study examines the impact of non-standard employment (NSE) in the contemporary labor market, with a particular focus on the socio-economic and legal implications of this phenomenon in the context of technological transformations. The research analyzes the consequences of NSE on access to social protection, job stability, and job sa...

Despite the significance of economic freedom in tourism dynamics, especially from a spatial standpoint, its nuanced influence remains unexplored mainly in current research. To fill this gap, our study introduces a novel spatial panel data analysis to investigate how various components of the economic freedom index affect tourist arrivals in 41 Euro...

The Covid-19 pandemic is a textbook case of significant situational stress induced by various disruptions beyond mere health concerns, such as social isolation and financial constraints. For the workforce, it is essential to anticipate how these disruptions may undermine employees’ resilience, to avoid a negative spiral where poor well-being lowers...

Understanding structural dynamics and workforce segmentation has become essential for sustainable economic policy and employment regulation in the context of global economic transformation, technological change, and labour market volatility. The goal of the current study is to identify key worker groups with varying levels of employment stability,...

Using data from the China Household Finance Survey (CHFS), this study demonstrates the impact of married women’s labor participation on household financial vulnerability. The results show that married women’s labor participation significantly reduces household financial vulnerability. Using regression analysis, the study finds that raising househol...

Urban agglomerations serve as crucial spatial carriers of economic development, and their spatial structure profoundly influences regional economic resilience. This study draws on Martin’s conceptualization of economic resilience and, considering the administrative hierarchy and development stage of China’s urban system, examines the impact of the...

We review the minimum wages (MWs) literature with a special focus on: (i) the impacts of MW on inequality; (ii) and the importance of labor law enforcement and compliance. We provide novel descriptive data about the actors and institutions fixing and enforcing MWs in the region integrating the labor politics and labor economics literatures. Our int...

Call for Papers 1st International Conference on Applied Economics and Financial Issues: Policy Implications (AEFI) 28-29 August 2025, Thessaloniki, Greece The University of Piraeus in collaboration with The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, is pleased to announce the 1st International Conference on Applied Economics and Financial Issues (AEFI),...

This study presents an analysis of the impact of social contracts on occupational health and safety (OHS) disclosure. The novelty of this study lies in examining the influence of social contracts on OHS disclosure using the perspective of Social Contract Theory, which has not been found in previous studies. Social Contract Theory is operationalized...

This study examines the impact of eco-innovation on the economic, social, and environmental performance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Colombia. SMEs are pivotal to Colombia’s economic landscape, contributing significantly to job creation, economic growth, and regional development. The research utilizes structural equation modeling (SEM)...

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has been widely discussed. However, the existing literature does not delve into the theoretical mechanism to show how companies adjust their CSR in the face of minimum wage increases. This may be due to the lack of a theoretical framework that clarifies the relationship between minimum wage increases and CSR ad...

Economic performance is an important indicator of the efficiency and quality of a company’s production, which is closely related to the profitability of the company and is crucial for the development of the manufacturing industry.This paper aims to develop a theoretical framework for assessing economic performance within the Chinese manufacturing i...

This study examines how media acquisitions by corporate conglomerates influence the political slant of Australian newspapers. Using a comprehensive measure based on the language of over 30 million news articles from more than 200 newspapers, we analyze the impact of three major acquisitions between 2016 and 2019. Employing a synthetic difference-in...

Chapter 4 introduces cognitive labor economics . Inspired by the industrial revolution, standard production functions model the transformation of physical factors of production into physical outputs. With the growing importance of higher level decision-making skills, we need to model inputs as cognitive and outputs as improvements in decision quali...

This study explores the impact of educational attainment on nominal wages and wage growth rates, focusing on whether education reduces or exacerbates wage inequality. As globalization and technological advancements reshape the labor market, understanding these dynamics is crucial for identifying and supporting disadvantaged groups to mitigate econo...

Taking the development of China’s digital economy as a background, the article provides an in-depth analysis and summarises the influencing factors of labour force employment polarisation. The study employs provincial panel data from 2010 to 2020, applies fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis methods, and constructs a fixed-effects model in or...

RESUMEN El surgimiento y posterior llegada del COVID-19 al mundo entero ha conllevado un sinfín de cambios en el ámbito laboral, económico, social y tecnológico. Sin embargo, se ha dejado de lado en los medios de comunicación masiva, todas las implicaciones y consecuencias que ha traído esta pandemia en la educación a los jóvenes. En este trabajo d...

This paper documents the difference in asymmetric labor adjustment between male and female employees, as alluded to in the labor economics literature. Based on detailed gender-specific employment disclosures of Korean-listed firms, we report a significant presence of labor cost stickiness. Breaking labor costs down, we further show that labor cost...

Introduction A preventive approach to occupational health and safety management (OHSM) can improve working conditions, but more knowledge is needed on how this should be organised in practice. Here, we describe the development, validity and reliability of a questionnaire used to examine employers’ preventive OHSM within the Swedish welfare sector....

This paper aims to investigate trade openness’s effects on total factor productivity (TFP) using monthly data from December 1991 to March 2024. The analysis also incorporated absorptive capacity to examine the behavior of TFP components. Our findings from a multivariate VECM model indicated that absorptive capacity did not significantly impact TFP,...

Employee retention is a critical concern for self-financing colleges aiming to maintain institutional stability and quality. This abstract provides an overview of the techniques implemented by self-financing colleges to enhance employee retention. The strategies discussed encompass various aspects, including competitive compensation packages, profe...

In the continuous development of the Chinese economy, the desire for common prosperity among the people has become increasingly strong. However, the complex domestic and international situations, along with the economic uncertainties post-pandemic, have introduced significant uncertainties into government economic policies. In the long term, this u...

The healthcare sector is ubiquitously plagued by workforce shortages in economies around the globe. The fragility of this structural shortage becomes apparent when external shocks, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, exacerbate the lack of workers in clinical practice. In this article, we summarize current trends in healthcare workforce development acro...

1. Introduzione: i nostri primi ricordi di Carlo Borzaga Abbiamo accolto con grande piacere e anche molta nostalgia la possibilità di scrivere questo articolo sull' eredità intellet-tuale del Professor Carlo Borzaga, che ci ha lasciato ai pri-mi di marzo di quest' anno. Prima come suoi studenti e poi come collaboratori ai suoi numerosi progetti di...

The rapid changes in consumer preferences and technological advancements characterize the beauty industry. These changes, therefore, require massive impacts on the workers at the beauty parlour, who equally need to adjust. Based on this fact, this paper examines how current trends in the beauty industry in relation to each other are sustainability,...

Background Cosmetic surgery has a profound impact on health and other aspects. As a means of enhancing physical attractiveness, it is increasingly being considered by female college students in China. However, current knowledge about the determinants of cosmetic surgery consideration among Chinese female college students still needs to be improved...

This article explores the ongoing debate about whether there is a workforce shortage in veterinary medicine. Despite numerous discussions, no consensus has been reached on whether the demand for veterinarians and their teams exceeds supply. The authors argue that current public discussions fail to address the core issues. The article explores the w...

Labor supply and demand is being one part of labor issues in an area of labor economics. The labor supply and demand is behavior of individuals in the economy is worth study. This is because their supply and demand behavior in the labor market is crucial in the design and formulation of employment policies and strategies. Furthermore, it also refle...

The COVID-19 pandemic, a global health crisis, was acutely felt in the labour market for many young workers. Importantly, precarious employment, identified as an emergent social determinant of health, may negatively affect the mental health and well-being of young workers. To this end, we engaged with young workers to understand their workplace nee...

Este artículo describe un nuevo concepto denominado economía de los mandados. Examina el lado oscuro de la economía de plataforma y la “economía de changas” y hace una valiosa contribución a este campo. Estos conceptos, especialmente para los estudiosos liberales, ocultan el impacto negativo del capitalismo de plataforma en las relaciones de produc...

This chapter focuses on Australian government policy but also provides relevant international examples. It discusses gender equality policy during the period of the Hawke and Keating governments. It highlights internationally innovative policy developments such as the introduction of Women’s Budget Statements, later exported to the world in the for...

Labor supply being one part of labor issues is an area of labor economics. The labor supply behavior of individuals in the economy is worth study. This because their supply condition in the labor market is crucial in the design and formulation of employment policies and strategies in the factory to increase profitability of the factory. Furthermore...

Objective: This study investigates the influence of income from co-financed universities on the salary expenses of teaching and administrative staff, aiming to understand how changes in employee salaries impact university revenues. Theoretical Framework: The research is grounded in labor economics and higher education finance theories, providing a...

The theoretical and methodological principles of assessing the potential of agricultural regions as prerequisites for the formation of territory branding strategy are considered. The stages of using the branding of the agricultural region as a strategic development tool and the components of the brand of the agricultural region in the context of de...

Review of Business and Economics Studies (RoBES) is a peer-reviewed academic journal launched by the Financial University in 2013. The Journal is published in English with Russian abstracts and bibliography. RoBES publishes research papers of high scientific quality, promoting the communication and exchange of knowledge and ideas between teachers,...

In this study, we employ ‘hidden workers’ as a key concept to integrate the three vulnerable subgroups of aging workers: underemployed, unemployed, and discouraged workers. (1) Background: The challenges faced by underemployed, unemployed, and discouraged workers in the older population are complex. It would be beneficial to visualize the intellect...

This study examines the impact of accounting comparability on firms’ labor productivity. Using a panel data of China’s A-share listed firms from 2011 to 2022, we find that accounting comparability is positively related to firms’ labor productivity, and with every one-unit increase in the level of accounting comparability, the firms’ labor productiv...

This paper presents a novel framework for benchmarking hierarchical gender hiring bias in Large Language Models (LLMs) for resume scoring, revealing significant issues of reverse bias and overdebiasing. Our contributions are fourfold: First, we introduce a framework using a real, anonymized resume dataset from the Healthcare, Finance, and Construct...

Claudia Goldin won the 2023 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences “for having advanced our understanding of women’s labor market outcomes.” Wielding her expertise in economic history and labor economics, she produced the first comprehensive account of the evolution of women’s labor supply and earnings in a span of 200 years. While recognizing t...

The article examines the role and impact of artificial intelligence (AI) in the financial sector to determine its impact on the future workforce and the US's pivotal role in shaping technology trends around the world. Drawing from labor economics and sociology, it analyzes how AI adoption affects job roles, skills demanded, and employment patterns...

This qualitative research explores labor mobility and wage dynamics within contemporary labor economics. The study aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the factors influencing labor market outcomes and inform evidence-based policymaking. The research methodology involves a systematic review of literature, employing established guideline...

The struggle of the Indramayu people against Japan occurred in the context of the social, economic and political oppression experienced under Japanese rule. Japanese policies such as forced labor, economic exploitation, and political and cultural control sparked popular anger and resistance. The resistance of the Indramayu people to Japanese rule w...

In the face of the new economic environment, enterprises must continuously enhance their capabilities to achieve long-term development. In the current market scenario, business management relies on economic principles and legal accounting. Considering the current market situation, the article analyzed enterprises system reform and production planni...

This paper establishes a coherent framework for delineating the nexus between the digital economy and the subjective efficacy of labor resource allocation. It elucidates the theoretical underpinnings of the digital economy’s impact and its channel effects on the efficiency of labor allocation. Within the digital economy landscape, the phenomena of...

The advancement of the sports industry’s development constitutes a critical concern shared by regional authorities and the scholarly community, reflecting its significant role in economic and social development. This study employs a Fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) methodology to examine the 31 provincial-level administrative unit...

The Easterlin paradox questions the link between economic growth and national well-being, emphasizing the necessity to explore the impact of economic elasticity, income inequality, and their temporal and spatial heterogeneity on subjective happiness. Despite the importance of these factors, few studies have examined them together, thus ongoing deba...

Green and low carbon reflect the high-quality development, while income distribution is an indicator of the balance of development. Is there a lack of fairness in the process of green and low carbon transition of enterprises? Using data from A-share listed companies from 2009 to 2016, this paper constructs a DID identification framework for control...

This data article describes a dataset of US CEO turnover types created with manual data collection through searches of news stories related to CEO turnover. The data identify the fiscal year of turnover and its type for top managers in publicly-traded US firms. Researchers in economics, finance and accounting explore the role of CEO turnover in var...

The article voices the problems of multiple approaches to building a system of employee incentives from the positions of labor economics, psychology and management. An analysis of the content characteristics of the personnel incentives category used by the authors in the scientific literature is carried out, and in order to compile a holistic pictu...

As a leading industry in the national economy, circulation industry can not only guide production and consumption, but also play a vital role in absorbing employment. With the progress of science and technology, technical change has penetrated into the circulation industry of China, which has not only improved its development, but also affected its...

This paper evaluates the relationship between investing in workforce well-being and profitability of listed companies in Mexico compared to European companies from an Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) investor perspective. In this case, the Refinitiv workforce score or High-Performance Work Policies (HPWP) is used as an indicator of the q...

China’s tourism economy has experienced significant regional disparities. However, little attention has been paid to understanding the intricate mechanisms through which the interplay of influential factors gives rise to such disparities. Utilizing statistical data from the tourism economy of 31 provinces in mainland China, this study investigates...

The regional networking strategy is widely implemented in China as a normative policy aimed at fostering cohesion and enhancing competitiveness. However, the empirical basis for this strategy remains relatively weak due to limitations in measurement methods and data availability. This paper establishes the urban networks by the enterprise investmen...

The intricately connected interactions among personal choices, traditional cultural ideologies, and modern societal backgrounds have provoked dynamic interpretations and practices in performing domestic labor. The value of domestic labor in terms of macro considerations, such as reproductive value, economic value, and caring value, has been establi...

The purpose of this study is to explore the impact of GDP per capita income (GDPPCI), unemployment, higher education (HE), and economic growth (EG) on migration in Sri Lanka. Numerous global and local studies have explored the influence of macroeconomic and socioeconomic factors on migration. In the Sri Lankan context, fewer studies have probed the...

This article uses the Novy model improved by value-added trade data to measure the cost of inter-provincial trade in the Yangtze River Delta and, on this basis, uses the differential decomposition method to explore the promoting effect of inter-provincial trade costs on the development of inter-provincial trade in the Yangtze River Delta. The resul...

Background Population mental health in the United Kingdom (UK) has deteriorated, alongside worsening socioeconomic conditions, over the last decade. Policies such as Universal Basic Income (UBI) have been suggested as an alternative economic approach to improve population mental health and reduce health inequalities. UBI may improve mental health (...

This paper empirically examines the signaling role of feedback in the repeated public goods game. To eliminate the potential impact of feedback’s informative function, we test whether the provision of detailed yet redundant feedback leads to increased contributions. Our findings demonstrate that redundant information significantly promotes contribu...

This research aims to determine: (1) The implementation of the Mind Mapping learning model in learning Economics with Employment material for Class XI Students at Tri Dharma Ende High School. (2) Achievement in learning Economics with Employment Material for Class after applying the Mind Mapping model. The type of research used is classroom action...

Gary Becker founded two workshops: the Labor Workshop at Columbia University in 1958 and the Applications of Economics Workshop at Chicago in 1970. At Columbia, Becker ran the Labor Workshop for more than a decade; Jacob Mincer co-directed it for about half of that time and then became its principal director. The workshops fostered novel applicatio...

By exploiting the local randomness in close-call labor elections, the authors find a negative impact of labor unionization at a firm on its real earnings management (REM). The finding suggests a managerial pressure effect of increased labor power. In a local regression discontinuity (RD) analysis, firms that narrowly pass the 50% threshold show a s...

El quinto Objetivo de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) busca la igualdad de género. Así también dentro del Plan Nacional de Desarrollo de Paraguay (PND 2030) se promueve la inclusión igualitaria entre hombres y mujeres, sin embargo, independientemente a los distintos objetivos y metas que se puedan plantear a nivel nacional e internacional, todavía prex...

Both the basic human values approach and the economic preference approach have been developed and applied to represent fundamental drivers of human behavior in various domains by measuring people’s underlying preferences and motivations. Both of them have been used, however, in isolation from each other, the former primarily in social psychology st...

This study’s objective is to test one of the key theoretical orientations in the literature on intergroup relations, realistic conflict theory, from a dynamic perspective. In this study, we focus on adolescents who are, according to the ‘impressionable years’-hypothesis, most likely to change in their rejection of equal opportunities. Realistic con...

Definition The role of labor market institutions and policies has received great attention throughout the history of labor economics. Labor market institutions are responsible for a wide range of policies, regulations, and organizations that affect the labor market, though their impact on employment can vary depending on the specific institutions a...

This article proposes a class of M-estimators that double weight for the joint problems of nonrandom treatment assignment and missing outcomes. Identification of the main parameter of interest is achieved under unconfoundedness and missing at random assumptions with respect to the treatment and sample selection problems, respectively. Given the par...

In modern realities, the urgent question is how enterprises can remain competitive in their production niche. The key areas in this context are cost reduction and evidence-based cost management while maintaining high quality products. The cost of production is an important economic category that characterizes the sum of all the costs of an enterpri...

Considerable debate has arisen around the potential effects of increasing the minimum wage on employment. This study aims to analyze the impact of changes in China's minimum wage standard on employment. The research utilises the canonical model method and constructs a regression model based on standard labor economics theory. The analysis is conduc...

The academic and public debate on social inequality has recently been fuelled by large disparities in income and wealth, profound changes in the labour market, and other emerging cleavages in post-industrial societies. This article contributes to the discussion by arguing that class divisions are theoretically based on four types of capital: people...

Full employment is important to promote the high-quality development of the urban economy. Using urban-level data on China from 2004 to 2018, we analyse the effects and mechanism of expanding imports on urban manufacturing employment. We use the Guiding Opinions on Strengthening Import to Promote Balanced Development of Foreign Trade issued by the...

Employees who receive part of their compensation as tips may be subject to a type of discrimination that is not regulated or prohibited. This discrimination affects not only earnings, but employment. In many US states, employers are able to pay a reduced minimum wage to employees who receive regular tips, as long as the tips are sufficient to bring...

The contemporary economic landscape has placed significant emphasis on the digital economy and economic resilience, progressively emerging as pivotal focal points for examining the high-quality development of economic systems. However, there remains to be more research on several critical topics. This includes the characteristics of coordinated dev...

This comprehensive study strategically addresses the export of human capital from Pakistan, focusing specifically on the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) region, within the framework of game theory and the crucial influence of social capital. Employing a game-theoretic model, this research navigates the complex interplay between potential migrants and host...

Carbon price prediction is of great importance to regulators and participants in the carbon trading market. It is the basis for developing policies related to the carbon trading market and stabilizing that market. Considering the numerous factors that influence carbon prices in China, dimensionality reduction is needed to improve the prediction acc...

This paper aims to study the relationship between regional logistics efficiency and economic development in 31 provinces of China and analyze their coupling coordination. To comprehensively evaluate the coordination between logistics and the economy, we introduced external indicators, such as carbon emissions, based on traditional evaluation indica...

Data literacy is a critical component of doing economics well. This paper outlines using thepodcast Inside Economics and a series of data literacy moments in a labor economics courseto foster data literacy. An added benefit was the development of classroom camaraderie,which harnessed the power of emotions like happiness and humor to foster engagem...

This is a course in the economics of labor markets. Labor economics encompasses many of the most important issues in economics. Most people earn most of their income by selling their labor time. So labor economics deals with the major source of personal income, what determines it, and why it may differ for different individuals. It also deals Labor...

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A CONCEPTUAL PROPOSAL FOR TWO ECO-NOMIC VALUES BROUGHT TO THE CITY OF MARDIN BY A REAL PERSON: “CONSOLIDATED / DONATED WORK” In this study, this behavior and motivation of Şeyhmus ERGİNOĞLU, who lives in Mardin Artuklu, has been operating in two economic branches for 26 years and does not receive the wages for his labor, and this behavior and moti...

We investigate how the 2008–2012 economic crisis relates to entrepreneurs’ confidence ten years later and, in turn, their venture’s entrepreneurial orientation. Conceptually, we introduce the new concept of ‘hard times’ to capture an entrepreneur’s sense of their venture’s hardship during the crisis. Theoretically, we extend ideas on imprinting, to...