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US employment inequality in the Great Recession and the COVID-19 pandemic
Steven M. Fazzari, Ella Needler - In: European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies: … 18 (2021) 2, pp. 223-239
This article compares inequality in employment across demographic groups in the Great Recession and the COVID-19 pandemic. We develop a measure to capture both how much employment declines during a recession and the persistence of employment losses. Results show a significant shift of job loss...
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COVID-19 Pandemic and the Health and Well-being of Vulnerable People in Vietnam
Dang, Hai-Anh; Do, Minh N. N. - 2022
Despite a sizable population and modest status as a low middle-income country, Vietnam has recorded a low COVID-19 fatality rate that rivals those of richer countries with far larger spending on health. We offer an early review of the emerging literatures in public health and economics on the...
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The Determinants of Part-Time Work in EU Countries : Empirical Investigations with Macro-Panel Data
Buddelmeyer, Hielke; Mourre, Gilles; Ward, Melanie E. - 2004
. Institutions and other structural factors are also found to be significant and important determinants of the rate of part … markets. Less robust evidence suggests the presence of unemployment traps for some potential part-time workers. Cross …
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Inequality in the Impact of the Coronavirus Shock: Evidence from Real Time Surveys
Adams-Prassl, Abi; Boneva, Teodora; Golin, Marta; Rauh, … - 2020
We present real time survey evidence from the UK, US and Germany showing that the labor market impacts of COVID-19 differ considerably across countries. Employees in Germany, which has a well-established short-time work scheme, are substantially less likely to be affected by the crisis. Within...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012207864
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Inequality in the Impact of the Coronavirus Shock: Evidence from Real Time Surveys
Adams-Prassl, Abi; Boneva, Teodora; Golin, Marta; Rauh, … - 2020
We present real time survey evidence from the UK, US and Germany showing that the labor market impacts of COVID-19 differ considerably across countries. Employees in Germany, which has a well-established short-time work scheme, are substantially less likely to be affected by the crisis. Within...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012214176
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Collective Bargaining Systems and Macroeconomic and Microeconomic Flexibility: The Quest for Appropriate Institutional Forms in Advanced Economies
Addison, John T. - 2015
institutions; on the basis of which, and recent theoretical developments, specific support is adduced for the German, contemporary …
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How do social networks affect labor markets?
Schmutte, Ian - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)
Social networks, or “job-referral” networks, can help make labor markets become more efficient. Outside the firm, they help workers obtain employment after displacement and secure higher-paying jobs. They can also match highly-skilled workers to more productive employment. Inside the firm,...
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A macroeconomic perspective on Asian development
Bhaduri, Amit - 2018
a comparative perspective some of the issues like unemployment, role of the state and market, domestic versus foreign …
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Unions, Firing Costs and Unemployment
Modesto, Leonor - 2004
unemployment and decrease old age unemployment. However, once we take the wage response into account, we find that firing costs … increase both youth and old age unemployment. This happens because unions react strategically, and respond to higher firing … increase their employment prospects. However, despite this cut youth unemployment still increases with firing costs. In the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261905
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Re-employment probabilities over the business cycle
Imbens, Guido W.; Lynch, Lisa M. - 2006
average re-employment probabilities. Living in an area with high local unemployment reduces re-employment chances as does … somewhat if a worker is unemployed in an area with high overall unemployment. …
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