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Objectives. This paper analyzes the relationship between Palestinian suicide bombings and economic and political conditions from 1993 to 2001. Labor market conditions could affect the number of terror attacks because when the economy worsens, the opportunity cost of engaging in suicide terrorism...
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equities, we examine equilibrium unemployment. While a mechanism of an efficiency wage brings about nominal wage rigidity …, unemployment occurring in our model definitely has Keynesian features. For instance, a reduction in wages rather enhances … unemployment through a decrease in consumption. In addition, our paper shows a possibility of Pareto improvement through an …
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unemployment, undue instability, and excess debt. …
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unemployment. The public sector is decomposed into general government and an unfunded pension system with a tax benefit linkage … effects. They strengthen labor supply both in terms of job search intensity, leading to lower unemployment rates, and hours …
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Examines the incidence and adjustment experiences of workers who are displaced by economic change. Since the mid-1970s, the aggregate annual rate of retrenchment has fluctuated in a counter-cyclical pattern around a relatively stable long-term trend of about 5 per cent. The paper shows that the...
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Are certain groups of unemployed individuals hurt less by unemployment than others? This paper is an attempt to test … the hypothesis that non- pecuniary costs of unemployment may vary between societies with different unemployment rates … related to unemployment for South African adults as to be expected in richer countries. Reported well-being levels are shown …
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In 2001, the Government asked the Commission to undertake a nine-month independent review of the Job Network. The Commission would look at the framework for delivering labour market assistance (the purchaser- provider model) and identify areas where the model could be improved. The Commission...
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The paper examines the structure of employment defined by industry, skill, age, part-time and casual employment status and the distribution of earnings. Employment patterns, and changes in employment profiles, are examined for differences between high productivity growth industry sectors and low...
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In this paper, the effects of alternatives to finance unemployment benefits on employment and wages are examined in a … model with search generated equilibrium unemployment. It is demonstrated that employment improves if a value--added tax is …
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Since Adam Smith, economists have emphasized income distribution and unemployment as key elements to explain criminal …, unlike those papers, income distribution, unemployment and per capita GDP also played crucial roles, which has important …
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