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A cohort-based analysis of labor force participation for advanced economies
Grigoli, Francesco; Koczan, Zsoka; Topalova, Petia - 2018
relative to the working-age population. Yet, despite the acceleration in demographic shifts in the past decade, advanced … men and women. Using a cohort-based model of labor force participation for 17 advanced economies estimated over the 1985 … upward shifts in the age participation profile, boosting aggregate participation rates. However, this process plateaued in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012129741
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Does access to free pre-kindergarten increase maternal labor supply?
Ilin, Elias; Shampine, Samantha; Terry, Ellyn - 2022
becomes age-eligible for pre-K, controlling for individual factors. We find that access to free pre-K programs increases …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012813445
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Post-crisis changes in employment and educational structure of the labor force in Bulgaria
Syarova, Elka - In: Journal of contemporary economic and business issues 2 (2015) 2, pp. 59-73
The report explores the main impact of the crisis on the Bulgarian labor market whereby the key points are focused on the relation between changes in employment and educational structure of the labor force in Bulgaria, which took place under the influence of the crisis, and the trends of their...
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Comparing the Employment-Output Elasticities of Expatriates and Nationals in the Gulf Cooperation Council
Behar, Alberto - 2015
We estimate the elasticity of private-sector employment to non-oil GDP in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) for GCC nationals and expatriates using a Seemingly Unrelated Error Correction (SUREC) model. Our results indicate that the employment response is lower for nationals, who have an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013015593
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Young adults and labor markets in Africa
Bandiera, Oriana; Elsayed, Ahmed; Smurra, Andrea; … - 2021
the size of their cohort is large. Building on existing evidence on the impacts of interventions targeting both the demand …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012803752
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Jobs and job quality between the eve of the Great Recession and the eve of COVID-19
Bourquin, Pascale; Waters, Tom - 2020
In 2019, the employment rate among 25- to 64-year-olds in the UK reached 80% - the highest on record, and considerably higher than the 76% rate recorded shortly before the Great Recession. In this paper, we investigate this growth across several dimensions. We analyse which sectors, demographic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012253173
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A rapid road to employment? : the impacts of a bus rapid transit system in Lima
Scholl, Lynn; Martinez, Daniel; Mitnik, Oscar A.; … - 2018
Despite the growing interest in and proliferation of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems around the world, their causal impacts on labor market outcomes remain unexplored. Reduced travel times for those who live near BRT stations or near feeder lines, may increase access to a wider array of job...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011955665
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A rapid road to employment? : the impacts of a bus rapid transit system in Lima
Scholl, Lynn; Martinez, Daniel; Mitnik, Oscar A.; … - 2018
Despite the growing interest in and proliferation of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems around the world, their causal impacts on labor market outcomes remain unexplored. Reduced travel times for those who live near BRT stations or near feeder lines, may increase access to a wider array of job...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011960861
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Migration, education and the gender gap in labour force participation
Abdulloev, Ilhom; Gang, Ira N.; Yun, Myeong-Su - 2014
Women who want to work often face many more hurdles than men. This is true in Tajikistan where there is a large gender gap in labour force participation. We highlight the role of two factors - international migration and education - on the labour force participation decision and its gender gap....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010360289
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Migration, education and the gender gap in labour force participation
Abdulloev, Ilhom; Gang, Ira N.; Yun, Myeong-Su - 2014
Women who want to work often face many more hurdles than men. This is true in Tajikistan where there is a large gender gap in labour force participation. We highlight the role of two factors - international migration and education - on the labour force participation decision and its gender gap....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010363409