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Raising South Africa's low employment rate to levels seen in emerging market or advanced economy peers could raise GDP per capita by 50 to 60 percent and reduce income inequality dramatically in the long term. By putting further strain on an already fragile labor market, Covid-19 has raised the...
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We analyze the differential impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the Spanish labor market across population groups, as well as its implications for income inequality. The main finding is that young, less educated, and low skilled workers, as well as women are the most affected by the COVID-19 shock...
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Having the high unemployment in Germany in mind, this book discusses how macroeconomic theory has evolved over the past …
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lead to unemployment surges, as firms are forced to cut costs when financing becomes expensive or is no longer available …. As a result, all countries with risk premium shocks saw unemployment surge, even as euro area core countries managed to … contain unemployment as firms hoarded labor during the downturn. Most striking, wage bills in euro area crisis countries and …
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