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procyclical unemployment and a positively-sloped Beveridge curve. This paper presents a calibrated model which does indeed … generate countercyclical unemployment and a negatively-sloped Beveridge curve despite the presence of a participation margin. …
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I examine the dynamic evolutions of unemployment, hours of work and the service share since the war in the United … that the very low unemployment in Europe in the 1960s was due to the high productivity growth associated with technological …
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the ease with which individuals can move between employment, unemployment and inactivity over time. The results suggest … countries. Nonetheless, transitions from unemployment and inactivity back into the labour market are relatively weak in the euro … remaining in unemployment over two consecutive periods decreased in Sweden, the euro area, and,to a lesser extent, Denmark …
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Foreign investors are expected to contribute to economic development through a variety of channels. However, many foreign investment operations are small, and almost insignificant in their impact on the local environment. An important indication of the potential contribution of foreign investors...
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led to the emergence of a private sector and open unemployment. The Belarusian labor market is characterized by low … official unemployment, combined with a low share of the private sector in the aggregate employment. However, the cumulative …, and the youth unemployment remains high. The mismatch in skills between the unemployed and the vacancies and the …
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. Disaggregation by gender is necessary. Endogeneity of participation levels with respect to unemployment is treated in two ways, by … unemployment cannot be rejected. …
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in Kyrgyzstan, who cumulated a high risk of being unemployed, of remaining longer in unemployment, of being discouraged …
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This paper examines the determinants of wage pressure in large companies, including ownership characteristics and the impact of regional labour markets. By using a panel of 329 Polish largest firms during the period 1997- 2001, we find evidence of rent sharing activities, however there is also...
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Rising wage inequality in the U.S. and Britain and rising continental European unemployment have led to a popular view …
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