When a restaurant adopts a delivery platform, it gains access to new markets and a workforce outside its own payroll. This changes the boundary of the firm: tasks that once had to be done inside the restaurant, or were too costly to provide at all, can now be supplied through a platform. This study asks who wins and who loses when this happens.
Salary caps for public-sector workers are a popular policy in many countries. While these caps can contribute to fiscal savings, many argue that they also undermine the efficiency of public-sector organizations by driving talented workers away.
How does access to public childcare shape the career trajectories of parents? And, what is the active ingredient behind the long-term impacts of childcare programs on children’s labor market outcomes?
Most adolescents in Switzerland face one of the most consequential decisions of their educational pathway at the early age of 14: choosing an apprenticeship from around 200 options, from baker to information technologist. In our new study, we show that non-cognitive skills of their classmates play an important role in this choice.
When workers change occupations, what makes firms willing to hire them? Most research on occupational mobility looks at it from the perspective of workers: who switches occupations and why. Less is known about how firms evaluate candidates from other occupations.
