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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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Helping the Austrian business sector to cope with new opportunities and challenges in Austria
Dlugosch, Dennis - 2022
The economic shock induced by the COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating structural changes and is posing new challenges. Austria faces wider growth opportunities and new adjustment challenges related notably to two major structural transformations: transition to carbonless growth and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013202490
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012444601
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Employment-Productivity Trade-off and Labour Composition
Boulhol, Hervé - 2009
This paper formalises the analysis of the employment-productivity trade-off by extending the framework developed by Gordon (1997) to account for labour heterogeneity. The extent of the trade-off is determined by the extent of the adjustment of capital to effective labour and by the changes in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012444920
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Vers une croissance plus inclusive en Tunisie
De la Maisonneuve, Christine; Larbi, Hédi; Dridi, Raja - 2018
Le niveau de vie moyen des Tunisiens a augmenté de façon continue depuis plusieurs décennies tandis que la pauvreté et les inégalités ont largement diminué grâce à la mise en oeuvre de nombreux programmes sociaux. L’accès aux infrastructures de base telles que l’eau potable ou...
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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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Enhancing Income Convergence in Central Europe after EU Accession
Lenain, Patrick - 2004
After nearly fifteen years of transition, the countries of Central Europe have entered the European Union on 1 May 2004. For the four countries that are members of the OECD (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovak Republic), accession follows multiyear efforts of economic stabilisation and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012446298
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Coping with the Job Crisis and Preparing for Ageing: The Case of Finland
Braconier, Henrik - 2010
major challenges for policy makers in Finland. The recession of the early 1990s showed that high unemployment can leave long …, greater flexibility in wage setting, ensuring earlier activation of unemployed and reforming unemployment and social benefits … to better support work incentives. Finland has an unusual combination of elevated unemployment replacement rates and late …
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Labour market transitions across OECD countries: Stylised facts
Causa, Orsetta - 2021
to facilitate hiring dynamics and to minimise long-term unemployment and scarring risks among vulnerable groups who have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012801196
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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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