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This work assesses the impact of the minimum wage on youth employment, unemployment and education enrolment in Spain …. Using a difference-in-differences approach, we take advantage of the fact that the minimum wage for people aged 16 and 17 … years old, which was approximately two thirds the level of the standard minimum wage, was raised to reach full convergence …
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This study provides circumstantial evidence for the impact of permits for employment in Israel on the Palestinian labor … that merges data from the Palestinian Labor Force Survey with Israeli administrative data on permits for employment in … Israel. The study quantifies the increase in Palestinian employment in the Israeli and Palestinian economies and the decrease …
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The desired professional insertion (placement) after training is under the influence of personal and exogenous variables. In the present paper we identify the constraints and devices that, in an interactive way, can shape and affect the professional insertion. This paper is a result of a...
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Universities have come under increasing pressure to become key drivers of economic development in the age of the knowledge economy. Yet we know very little about the impact of university quality and scientific excellence on the probability of graduates finding jobs. This paper investigates the...
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It has been well documented that employment outcomes often differ considerably across areas. This paper examines the … effects on labor force participation and employment for U.S. metropolitan area residents. We find that the local human capital …
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Universities have come under increasing pressure to become key drivers of economic development in the age of the knowledge economy. Yet we know very little about the impact of university quality and scientific excellence on the probability of graduates finding jobs. This paper investigates the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008490563
Increasing returns to skill is often attributed to the rising relative demand for skilled workers driven by advancement in skill-complementary technology. In the context of India this paper argues that fluctuations in skill-premia in different sectors are primarily because of the shift in the...
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Universities have come under increasing pressure to become key drivers of economic development in the age of the knowledge economy. Yet we know very little about the impact of university quality and scientific excellence on the probability of graduates finding jobs. This paper investigates the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258403
The paper investigates the impacts of different health indicators on Economic growth in Pakistan. The Cointegration and Error Correction techniques were applied on the time series data of Pakistan for the period of 1972-2006. We find that Per capita GDP is positively influenced by health...
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This study examines the relationship between health expenditure, education and economic growth in MENA countries using panel data estimation. Our results based on random effect estimation endorse a relationship between health expenditure, education and economic growth. Data were obtained from...
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