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moving from employment to non-employment in a segmented labour market that is defined by various combinations of schooling … is generally positively associated with the probability of natives to move from employment in that segment to non-employment … natives were not facing higher probability to exit employment due to immigrants’ presence in a certain occupation. Allowing …
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’ wages and employment. The transition of immigrants into a new labour market is a gradual process: the dynamics of this …, we do not find any effect of immigration on employment, neither in the short nor in the long run. …
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We study the evolution of sectoral employment and labour cost in 11 European countries over the last two decades. Our … countries and industries in employment growth, whereas country-specific effects are more important in the analysis of labour … employment. We pay special attention to Spain, a country that has experienced a high persistent unemployment rate, and show that …
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This study examines the extent, duration and timing of employment breaks amongst a large representative sample of …, unique in Israel, which was derived from a linkage of 1995 Population Census data with monthly employment records of the …, particularly those relating to the considerable amount of intermittent employment found amongst Israeli male workers. Also, women …
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dynamics of employment and unemployment in order to identify key issues for the sources of the malfunctioning of these labour … passive labour market policies, and the structure of employment and output. …
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The paper uses BHPS waves 1–5 (1991–5) to compare paid work participation rates of men and women. Year-on-year persistence in paid work propensities is high, but greater for men than women. Non-work persistence is higher for women. Using panel data probit regression models, the paper also...
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This paper evaluates two theories of unemployment: the natural rate theory (whereby unemployment is depicted as fluctuating around a reasonably stable natural rate) and the chain reaction theory (which views movements in unemployment as the outcome of the interplay between labour market shocks...
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heterogeneity. We also take into account that there might be feedback from shocks in the employment status to future propensity of … receiving firm-provided training. We find that firm-provided training significantly increases future employment prospects. This …
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opportunities differ across workers determine simultaneously the long-run level of employment and the long-run rate of growth. We … rates but not necessarily less employment. The effects of redistributive policy measures among workers depend on the form of … redistribution. Subsidization of education increases employment and growth. Redistribution through the tax and benefit system or …
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Three main vantage points are brought together in this paper: (1) Israel’s relatively good economic performance in recent years – at least, in comparison with other Western countries that have still not emerged from the recession; (2) motivations for the wave of social protests that erupted...
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