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The labor market in Japan, 2000–2018 : despite a plummeting working-age population, Japan has sustained its labor force size, thanks mostly to surging employment among women
Kawaguchi, Daiji; Mori, Hiroaki - 2019
As the third largest economy in the world and a precursor of global trends in population aging, Japan’s recent experiences provide important lessons regarding how demographic shifts affect the labor market and individuals’ economic well-being. On the whole, the labor market has shown a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012034070
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The labor market in Japan, 2000–2016 : despite a plummeting working-age population, Japan has sustained its labor force size, thanks mostly to surging employment among women
Kawaguchi, Daiji; Mori, Hiroaki - 2017
As the third largest economy in the world and a precursor of global trends in population aging, Japan’s recent experiences provide important lessons regarding how demographic shifts affect the labor market and individuals’ economic well-being. On the whole, the labor market has shown a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011730579
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Employment Verification Mandates and the Labor Market Outcomes of Likely Unauthorized and Native Workers
Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina - 2013
impact that the enactment of various types of E-verify mandates may have on the employment and wages of these two populations …. We find that the enactment of both universal and public-sector only mandates reduce employment of likely unauthorized … workers. Meanwhile, employment verification does not affect naturalized Hispanic workers but increases the employment …
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Divergence in Labour Force Growth : Should Wages and Prices Grow Faster in Germany?
Beissinger, Thomas - 2020
We develop a model which shows that wages, prices and real income should grow faster in countries with low increase in their labour force. If not, other countries experience growing unemployment and/or trade deficit. This result is applied to the case of Germany, which has displayed a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012826760
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Innovation and employment : technological unemployment is not inevitable - some innovation creates jobs, and some job destruction can be avoided
Vivarelli, Marco - 2015
Studies find that technological change has contributed to the decline in manufacturing and to persistent unemployment in many advanced economies. While process innovation can be job-destroying, product innovation can imply the emergence of new firms, new sectors, and thus new jobs. But even for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011431678
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Effects of psychiatric disorders on labor market outcomes : a latent variable approach using multiple clinical indicators
Banerjee, Souvik; Chatterji, Pinka; Lahiri, Kajal - 2013
generalized anxiety disorder detract from the employment and labor force participation of males and females; however, we do not … addressing the potential endogeneity of mental illness, we continue to find that mental illness adversely affects employment and … gains in employment for 3.2 million individuals and reduction in workplace cost of absenteeism of $18.9 billion due to …
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Disability and labor market outcomes : disability is associated with labor market disadvantage : recent evidence points to a causal relationship
Jones, Melanie - 2016
discrimination and facilitate retention of and entry into work, disability is associated with substantial and enduring employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011456243
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Friday the 13th : the empirics of bad luck
Fidrmuc, Jan; Tena, J. D. - 2014
by behavioral adjustments yet which are of considerable importance to one’s quality of life: employment, earnings and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010418005
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The labor market impact of Covid-19 on immigrants : job loss from Covid-19 was greater among immigrants than the native-born in most developed countries
Cassidy, Hugh - 2022
. The labor market recovery for both groups in the US was rapid, and by Fall 2020, the employment gaps between immigrant and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013254475
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The labor market impact of undocumented immigrants : job creation vs. job competition
Albert, Christoph - 2017
, resulting in gains in terms of both employment and wages for natives, which does not hold for documented immigration. Stricter …
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