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Tip suggestions and service efficiency 小费建议和服务效率

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Labour Economics Pub Date : 2025-08-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2025.102767

Guangli Zhang , Jeffrey Cross

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Work less but stay longer — Mature worker responses to a flexibility reform 少工作，长时间工作——成熟员工对灵活性改革的反应

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Labour Economics Pub Date : 2025-08-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2025.102771

Erik Hernæs , Zhiyang Jia , John Piggott , Trond Christian Vigtel

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Social networks and job referrals in recruitment 招聘中的社交网络和工作推荐

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Labour Economics Pub Date : 2025-08-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2025.102761

Marie Lalanne

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Performance pay for private program providers and impact on participants: A field experiment with employment services in Norway 私人项目提供者的绩效薪酬及其对参与者的影响：挪威就业服务的实地实验

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Labour Economics Pub Date : 2025-08-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2025.102753

Øystein M. Hernæs

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Does a flexible parental leave system stimulate maternal employment? 弹性产假制度会否刺激产妇就业？

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Labour Economics Pub Date : 2025-08-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2025.102762

Lennart Ziegler , Omar Bamieh

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The composition of applicants, mismatch, and matching efficiency in the German VET market 德国职业技术培训市场的申请人构成、不匹配和匹配效率

IF 2.6 2区经济学

Labour Economics Pub Date : 2025-08-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2025.102755

Bernd Fitzenberger , Anna Heusler , Anna Houštecká , Leonie Wicht

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This time it’s different – Generative artificial intelligence and occupational choice 这一次是不同的——生成人工智能和职业选择

IF 2.6 2区经济学

Labour Economics Pub Date : 2025-08-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2025.102746

Daniel Goller , Christian Gschwendt , Stefan C. Wolter

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What determines the gender pay gap in academia? 是什么决定了学术界的性别薪酬差距？

IF 2.6 2区经济学

Labour Economics Pub Date : 2025-08-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2025.102758

Jaan Masso , Jaanika Meriküll , Liis Roosaar , Kärt Rõigas , Tiiu Paas

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The value of school choice opportunities 择校机会的价值

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Labour Economics Pub Date : 2025-08-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2025.102742

Lukas Hörnig , Max Schäfer

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Socialism, identity and the well-being of unemployed women 社会主义，身份和失业妇女的福祉

IF 2.6 2区经济学

Labour Economics Pub Date : 2025-08-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2025.102752

Tom Günther , Jakob Conradi , Clemens Hetschko

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