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China's Labour Market in Transition : Job Creation, Migration and Regulation

Herd, Richard - 2010

Over the past decade, the share of jobs not controlled by the state has increased considerably, whilst employment in agriculture has declined, against the backdrop of ongoing urbanisation. Over 200 million people have been drawn into urban areas through official or unofficial migration, despite...

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The Jobs Challenge in Poland : Policies to Raise Employment

Burns, Andrew - 2004

inactivity traps inherent in the Polish personal transfer system, while improving the efficiency and targeting of social …

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Addressing labour market challenges for sustainable and inclusive growth in Israel

Koelle, Michael - 2023

High employment growth has sustained Israel’s high GDP growth in recent decades, but demographic change and labour market duality put future growth at risk. Policy action is required to stimulate employment and raise labour productivity, especially among population groups with weaker labour...

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Migration in OECD countries : Labour Market Impact and Integration Issues

Jean, Sébastien; Causa, Orsetta; Jimenez, Miguel; … - 2007

, and a temporary impact on unemployment. However, labour market integration of immigrants (as well as integration of second …

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The Unemployment Impact of Immigration in OECD Countries

Jean, Sébastien - 2007

This paper assesses the consequences of immigration for natives' unemployment in OECD countries and investigates the … raise temporarily natives' unemployment, over a period of approximately five to ten years. Anticompetitive product market … protection legislation magnifies its persistence, and a higher average replacement rate of unemployment benefits increases its …

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Improving the Functioning of the Slovenian Labour Market

Koske, Isabell - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2009

Labour market outcomes have improved markedly in the past years as the beneficial effects of the economic upswing were reinforced by important structural reforms.With the economy on the verge of a severe economic downturn, it is important to avoid alleviating measures that adversely affect the...

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The Effects of Downturns on Labour Force Participation: Evidence and Causes

Duval, Romain; Eris, Mehmet; Furceri, Davide - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011

This paper uses an impulse-response function approach to assess the magnitude and persistence of the effects of downturns on labour force participation for a sample of 30 countries over the period 1960-2008. Past severe recessions appear to have had a significant and persistent impact on...

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Encouraging Labour Force Participation in Chile

Contreras, Dante; Mello, Luiz de; Puentes, Esteban - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2008

Chile’s labour force participation is low by comparison with most countries in the OECD area, especially among females and youths. In the case of women, labour supply has risen steadily over time for prime-age and older individuals, against a background of relative stability for men. With...

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Improving Employment Prospects in the Slovak Republic : Building on Past Reforms

Fuentes, Andrés - 2007

While employment growth has accelerated, allowing unemployment to fall significantly since 2005, many low …-skilled workers are still unemployed and the duration of unemployment spells is still long. The introduction of an in-work benefit for …. Measures to improve mobility of workers across regions, notably housing policy reform, would lower long unemployment durations …

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Labour Regulation and Employment Dynamics at the State Level in India

Dougherty, Sean - 2008

Over the past decade, labour market outcomes have improved in India, with net employment rising markedly for the economy as a whole. However, these gains have arisen primarily in the unorganized and informal sectors of the economy, where productivity and wages are generally much lower than in...

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