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force participation; (iii) there is strong evidence that health and disability status is a significant determinant of … employment, but the reverse depend on the labour market sector and on the health indicator used. …
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This study provides empirical evidence on the impact of a minimum wage increase on employment, wages, and expenditures … minimum wage increase reduced employment of low-wage workers in the formal sector. However, workers who lost formal sector …
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hypotheses about the relationship between the size and nature of labour market transitions and the performance of employment … connected with the notion of ‘employment regimes’ as defined by Gösta Esping-Andersen and others. Subsequently the paper aims at … conclusion might suggest: the liberal regimes also have fairly high levels of employment security and social-democratic countries …
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important factor in explaining relatively low employment rates among mothers by comparing reservation hourly wages with the … labour market, then this is likely to make it difficult to find employment. …
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Traditional official definition of ‘work’ in developing countries excludes large number of activities that are predominantly performed by women. Naturally official Female Labour Force Participation Rate is quite low in such countries. Women who are officially in the labourforce must...
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employment dividend can be reaped by productivity growth increases if the labour market starts functioning. The findings also …
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maintain high levels of employment and participation rates, especially among female and older workers, and to reduce structural …
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: United Kingdom, United States of America. For the purpose of this paper “people living with disability” represent vulnerable … population groups. A choice founded on the universal characteristics of disability, including its complexity that requires a … public investment, priorisation of employment and valuing of collectivity and solidarity are most efficient. Yet, more in …
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We evaluate the impact of a mandatory quota of workers with disabilities using a sharp regression discontinuity design. We use data from a panel of Spanish firms where there is a mandatory quota of 2 per cent for firms with 50 or more workers. Non-parametric estimations show that strictly beyond...
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result of research on disability phenomenon and people with disabilities social category. It contains information about … operations of more than 30 employment agencies specialized in helping people with disabilities into the labor market. First … chapter of expertise relates to methods for defining the prevalence of disability and in the second - it was the issue of …
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