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present a comprehensive statistical and econometric analysis of employment, unemployment and participation in Poland in the … with some policy prescriptions. At the moment Poland exhibits the highest unemployment rate in OECD and one of the lowest … increase of unemployment in 1998- 1999 and its later persistence. We find that the supply-side characteristics and sectoral …
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Institutions can affect individual behavior both via their efficiency impact and via their risk reducing mechanisms … simultaneously extant institutions. This paper presents a simple model of institutional choice in a labor market when there is a risk …
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This paper uses panel data from 1989 to 1995 on blue-collar workers in Finnish manufacturing industries and their establishments to assess the extent to which hours of work are affected by individual or establishment characteristics - observed as well as unobserved. We argue that recent research...
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This study addresses the effects of macroeconomic conditions on the labour market outcomes of immigrants. It simultaneously identifies the separate effects of macro conditions at the time of entry to the labour market and at the time of the survey, while allowing for cohort effects. Also, for...
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This study addresses the effects of macroeconomic conditions on the labour market outcomes of immigrants. It simultaneously identifies the separate effects of macro conditions at the time of entry to the labour market and at the time of the survey, while allowing for cohort effects. Also, for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408360
Measures aimed at reducing the tax burden on labour have been advocated to alleviate the EU unemployment problem. Most … of the analyses document a relationship between the unemployment rate and the tax burden on labour. Hence, it is not … possible to discern whether the effect on unemployment derives from labour demand, labour supply or through the wage formation …
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In this paper we consider a standard policy game between the Government and a union. In such a framework, we first investigate the effects of corporatism on macroeconomic performance vis-à-vis different kinds of non-co-operative equilibria. Afterwards, we introduce in the literature the issue...
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absence or inadequacy of risk-mitigating institutions and markets, and the need to protect the world's poorest communities … convincing, that the programs are not cost-effective and do not allocate resources optimally, and that private institutions are … expensive, and that reduced intervention can promote competition, help develop alternative institutions, and release funds for …
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This paper reviews the central role of institutions for climate-smart agriculture (CSA), focusing on the role of … institutions in promoting inclusivity, providing information, enabling local level innovation, encouraging investment, and offering … role of state, collective action, and market institutions at multiple levels, with particular attention to the importance …
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land tenure security in the cycle of assets, activities, and income is explored to identify the importance of institutions …
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