itself consists of a broad range of goods), this case study reviews the example of Ghana to illustrate this problem, although …

employment dynamics in the case of Viet Nam. The econometric analysis consists of two parts. First, data covering formal firms … are exploited to investigate the relationship between sector-level services import intensity and firm-level employment and … services firms, whereas a small negative effect on firm-level employment is observed. For manufacturing firms, there is no …

Employment and participation rates for US prime age women rose steadily during the second half of the 20th century. In … the last 30 years, however, those rates stagnated, even as employment and participation rates for women in other … barriers, such as limited investment in family policies, that may be holding back employment among American women today. The …

are generated using 2001 and 2006 Canadian Census data. Little evidence of negative, significant impacts on employment …

the rate of unemployment in society, have a negative effect on happiness. In contrast, employment protection and …

There is an ongoing debate among researchers and policy makers, whether informal sector employment is a result of … competitive market forces or labor market segmentation. More recently it has been argued that none of the two theories … sufficiently explains informal employment, but that the informal sector shows a heterogenous structure. For some workers the …

high unemployment, prevalence of skills mismatches, low labor market mobility, and lack of formal employment networks … study first introduces a conceptual framework for ALMPs and describes their overall impact on employment outcomes. The study … through existing public employment agencies. The study also presents the results of some of the few available robust …