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Employment in Poland 2005

Bukowski, Maciej; Lewandowski, Piotr; Magda, Iga; … - EconWPA - 2005

present a comprehensive statistical and econometric analysis of employment, unemployment and participation in Poland in the … with some policy prescriptions. At the moment Poland exhibits the highest unemployment rate in OECD and one of the lowest … increase of unemployment in 1998- 1999 and its later persistence. We find that the supply-side characteristics and sectoral …

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Is Variation in Hours of Work Driven by Supply or Demand? Evidence from Finnish Manufacturing Industries

Böckerman, Petri; Jäntti, Markus - EconWPA - 2005

This paper uses panel data from 1989 to 1995 on blue-collar workers in Finnish manufacturing industries and their establishments to assess the extent to which hours of work are affected by individual or establishment characteristics - observed as well as unobserved. We argue that recent research...

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Effects of Business Cycles on Labour Market Assimilation of Immigrants

Aydemir, Abdurrahman - EconWPA - 2003

This study addresses the effects of macroeconomic conditions on the labour market outcomes of immigrants. It simultaneously identifies the separate effects of macro conditions at the time of entry to the labour market and at the time of the survey, while allowing for cohort effects. Also, for...

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Effects of Business Cycles on Labour Market Assimilation of Immigrants

Aydemir, Abdurrahman - EconWPA - 2003

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Is corporatism feasible?

Acocella, Nicola; Bartolomeo, Giovanni Di - EconWPA - 2003

In this paper we consider a standard policy game between the Government and a union. In such a framework, we first investigate the effects of corporatism on macroeconomic performance vis-à-vis different kinds of non-co-operative equilibria. Afterwards, we introduce in the literature the issue...

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Trade Liberalization and Employment

Lee, Eddy - Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations - 2005

This paper reviews both multi-country and country studies on the impact of trade liberalization on growth and employment in developing countries. These studies reveal sharply contrasting effects of trade liberalization on employment, suggesting that country-specific and contingent factors are...

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Microfinance as a Poverty Reduction Tool—A Critical Assessment

Chowdhury, Anis - Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations - 2009

This paper attempts to provide a critical appraisal of the debate on the effectiveness of microfinance as a universal poverty reduction tool. It argues that while microfinance has developed some innovative management and business strategies, its impact on poverty reduction remains in doubt....

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Do labour taxes (and their composition) affect wages in the short and in the long run?

Arpaia, Alfonso; Carone, Giuseppe - EconWPA - 2004

Measures aimed at reducing the tax burden on labour have been advocated to alleviate the EU unemployment problem. Most … of the analyses document a relationship between the unemployment rate and the tax burden on labour. Hence, it is not … possible to discern whether the effect on unemployment derives from labour demand, labour supply or through the wage formation …

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Land Inequality and the Origin of Divergence and Overtaking in the Growth Process

Galor, Oded; Moav, Omer; Vollrath, Dietrich - EconWPA - 2004

associated with inequality adversely affected the emergence of institutions that promote human capital accumulation. The research …

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Land Inequality and the Emergence of Human Capital Promoting Institutions

Galor, Oded; Moav, Omer; Vollrath, Dietrich - EconWPA - 2005

distribution of land ownership, adversely affected the implementation of human capital promoting institutions (e.g., public …

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