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Measuring employment and unemployment : should statistical criteria for measuring employment and unemployment be re-examined?
Brandolini, Andrea; Viviano, Eliana - 2018
Measuring employment and unemployment is essential for economic policy. Internationally agreed measures (e.g. headcount … employment and unemployment rates based on standard definitions) enhance comparability across time and space, but changes in real …
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Short-time work compensation schemes and employment : temporary government schemes can have a positive economic effect
Cahuc, Pierre - 2019
employment levels during recessions. However, they can create inefficiency in the labor market, and might limit labor market …
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The impact of monitoring and sanctioning on unemployment exit and job-finding rates : job search monitoring and benefit sanctions generally reduce unemployment duration and boost e...
McVicar, Duncan - 2020
Unemployment benefits often reduce incentives to search for a job. Policymakers have responded to this behaviour by … setting minimum job search requirements, by monitoring to check that unemployment benefit recipients are engaged in the … search monitoring and benefit sanctions reduce unemployment duration and increase job entry in the short term. There is some …
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Efficiency wages : variants and implications wages affect productivity and non-wage costs ; this carries important labor market and policy implications
Schlicht, Ekkehart - 2016
Higher wages increase labor costs but also improve the productivity of the labor force in several ways. If firms take this into account and set their wages accordingly, the resulting wages could fail to adjust demand and supply but may induce phenomena like over-education, discrimination,...
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Gender wage discrimination : does the extent of competition in labor markets explain why female workers are paid less than men?
Hirsch, Boris - 2016
There are pronounced and persistent wage differences between men and women in all parts of the world. A significant element of these wage disparities can be attributed to differences in worker and workplace characteristics, which are likely to mirror differences in worker productivity. However,...
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Measuring flows of international migration : consistent measures of migration are needed to understand patterns and impacts on labor market outcomes
Raymer, James - 2017
International migration alters the socio-economic conditions of the individuals and families migrating as well as the host and sending countries. The data to study and to track these movements, however, are largely inadequate or missing. Understanding the reasons for these data limitations and...
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Impacts of regulation on eco-innovation and job creation : do regulation-induced environmental innovations affect employment?
Horbach, Jens - 2016
positive growth and employment effects. Recent empirical analyses show that the introduction of cleaner process innovations …, rather than product-based ones, may also lead to higher employment. The rationale is that cleaner technologies lead to cost …
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Do product market reforms stimulate employment, investment, and innovation? : reducing entry barriers and increasing competition can be beneficial for the economy, under certain co...
Schiantarelli, Fabio - 2016
Most OECD countries have recently introduced product market reforms with the objective of lowering barriers to entry and increasing competition in many sectors, such as telecommunications, utilities, and transport. The timing and extent of regulatory reform have varied significantly, starting in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011514596
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Impacts of regulation on eco-innovation and job creation : do regulation-induced environmental innovations affect employment?
Horbach, Jens - 2020
positive growth and employment effects. Recent empirical analyses show that the introduction of cleaner process innovations …, rather than product-based ones, may also lead to higher employment. The rationale is that cleaner technologies lead to cost …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013252938