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The path through : early COVID-19 job loss and labour market trajectories in Austria
Jestl, Stefan; Tverdostup, Maryna - 2024
the 2018-2021 period. The analysis focuses on the divergences in out-of-unemployment transitions and medium … detachment, prolonged periods of unemployment or a diminished success rate in reemployment. However, certain socio … disproportionate challenges during the pandemic. They were more inclined to transition into precarious employment arrangements and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014534535
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Attaining SDG 8 in Azerbaijan : the challenges of economic transformation and job creation
Valiyev, Anar - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012542327
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Attaining SDG 8 in Portugal : macroeconomic, sectoral and labour market policies for structural transformation and full and productive employment
Escária, Vítor Manuel Alvares; Pereira, Mariana - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012542329
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Labor Supply Shocks, Native Wages, and the Adjustment of Local Employment
Dustmann, Christian - 2016
By exploiting a commuting policy that led to a sharp and unexpected inflow of Czech workers to areas along the German-Czech border, we examine the impact of an exogenous immigration-induced labor supply shock on local wages and employment of natives. On average, the supply shock leads to a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012985287
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How Urbanization Affects Employment and Social Interactions
Sato, Yasuhiro - 2014
We develop a model where the unemployed workers in the city can find a job either directly or through weak or strong ties. We show that, in denser areas, individuals choose to interact with more people and meet more random encounters (weak ties) than in sparsely populated areas. We also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013059681
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Amerisclerosis? The Puzzle of Rising U.S. Unemployment Persistence
Coibion, Olivier - 2014
The persistence of U.S. unemployment has risen with each of the last three recessions, raising the specter that future … shocks do not systematically lead to more persistent unemployment than monetary policy shocks, so these cannot explain the … rising persistence of unemployment. Second, monetary and fiscal policies can account for only part of the evolving …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013061955
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Are active labour market policies effective in activating and integrating low-skilled individuals? : an international comparison
Escudero, Verónica - 2015
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Gender and education gaps in employment : new evidence for the EU
Gökten, Meryem; Heimberger, Philipp; Arsenev, Aleksandr; … - 2024
This paper analyses (age-adjusted) employment rates by gender and education. We find that malefemale gender gaps and high-low education gaps in employment vary markedly across European Union (EU) countries and regions, with larger gaps existing in Eastern and Southern Europe than in Nordic and...
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Male and Female Labour Force Participation : The Role of Dynamic Adjustments to Changes in Labour Demand, Government Policies and Autonomous Trends
Vendrik, Maarten - 2009
This study investigates the extent and speed of dynamic adjustment of labour supply to changes in labour demand, government policies and autonomous trends. We estimate error-correction models (ECMs) for male and female participation rates in the Netherlands between 1969 and 2004. The results...
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