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A high-resolution lead-lag analysis of US GDP, employment, and unemployment 1977-2021 : Okun's law and the puzzle of jobless recovery
Seip, Knut Lehre; Zhang, Dan - In: Economies : open access journal 10 (2022) 10, pp. 1-16
Okun's law is formulated as the ratio between GDP and unemployment (UE): β = f(GDP/UE). It is used to investigate the …
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Economic reforms, labour markets and formal sector employment : evidence from India
Shembavnekar, Nihar - In: Economies : open access journal 7 (2019) 2/31, pp. 1-42
Development economists generally concur that the implications of economic reform for employment are influenced by an economy's institutional framework. This paper examines the extent to which differences in regional labour market flexibility shaped the impact of unanticipated economic reforms on...
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The impact of the transitions and maintenance patterns of physical activity and tobacco smoking on labor market outcomes in South Africa
Megbowon, Ebenezer Toyin - In: Economies : open access journal 12 (2024) 1, pp. 1-14
Background: Labor market outcomes can be directly or indirectly influenced by the health behavior patterns of the labor force. This study assesses the association between patterns of physical activity and smoking behavior maintenance (and their transitions) and the labor market outcomes of...
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When and for whom does growth becomes jobless?
Butkus, Mindaugas; Dargenytė-Kacilevičienė, Laura; … - In: Economies : open access journal 12 (2024) 1, pp. 1-21
almost non-existent. Using the unemployment gap as the proxy for the maturity of the business cycle phase, this paper seeks … unemployment gap is positive and increasing and lower when the gap decreases, regardless of the business cycle phase. Thus, it can …
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