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Following massive take-up rates during the COVID-19 period, short-time work (STW) policies have attracted renewed interest. In this paper, we take stock of this policy instrument and provide a critical review of STW systems in Europe. We focus on the objectives of STW programs and their primary...
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EWE is a consequence of one of the most important labor institutions: the unemployment benefit (UB). We develop a model …
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, active labour market and care policies, social protection measures and tax reforms - and their effectiveness in supporting … the most vulnerable groups in the labour market. Although much of the literature has focused on the quantitative effects … achieving a more inclusive and fair labour market. Our review shows that the empirical literature tends to overemphasise the …
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We examine the labour market impacts of the largest livelihoods programs in the world, India's Deendayal Antyodaya …-help groups (SHGs). We combine administrative data on SHG membership across districts in India with survey micro-data on labour … force and employment outcomes of rural women between 2011 and 2019. Using a generalized difference-in-differences approach …
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the health of the labour market. A parsimonious dashboard approach utilising the unemployment-to-population ratio and the …This article introduces the metaphor of the iceberg in the labour market. While policy in most OECD countries has … historically focussed on reducing unemployment (the tip of the iceberg), the group of inactive people (below the waterline) is much …
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unemployed workers find jobs, mitigated the negative effects for most of the population, although not youth. In contrast … labor market policies. More generous unemployment support, which provided income replacement or programs to assist …, stricter employment protection legislation exacerbated the negative effects. We present further evidence that suggests the …
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taxes. Our interest is to understand to what extent these reforms helped reduce Chile's rate of unemployment from European … decentralization of bargaining increased labor market flexibility and contributed to the reduction of unemployment. Our analysis … suggests that the reform on job security had no significant effect on the aggregate rate of unemployment …
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lead not only to more unemployment but also to larger numbers of discouraged unemployed and thus more inactivity. It …This article discusses the evolution of key labour market indicators in the EU-27 countries between 2019 and 2020, i … policy-oriented studies have dealt with the evolution of unemployment in 2020, often country by country, this article focuses …
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This paper summarizes the main lessons learned from Law and Employment: Lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean, a … microdata data. The evidence shows that regulation reduces labor market flexibility, reduces the employment of marginal workers …
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