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Pursuing the Phillips curve in an African monarchy: A Swazi case study

Phiri, Andrew - In: Contemporary Economics 16 (2022) 4, pp. 460-478

strong support for concave shaped unemployment-gap and output-gap based Phillips curve specifications. Given the specific …

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Self-employment, knowledge and economic growth: An empirical study for Latin American countries

González Sánchez, Víctor M. - In: Contemporary Economics 12 (2018) 4, pp. 473-484

example, unemployment, taxes and education (as a proxy of knowledge). …

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Learning lessons from the economic crisis in self-employment

Iyke, Bernard Njindan; Ho, Sin-yu - In: Contemporary Economics 14 (2020) 1, pp. 3-21

The main objective of this article is to test the hypothesis that the economic crisis has resulted in significant changes in the socioeconomic and labor profile of the new self-employed in Spain between 2008 and 2013. Additionally, it is intended to determine if there are homogeneous profiles of...

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The Earnings Differential between Formal and Informal Employees in Urban China

Zuo, Hong - In: Contemporary Economics 7 (2013) 3, pp. 115-124

Few studies in the field of labor economics have analyzed the earnings differential between formal and informal employees in urban China. Due to data limitations, previous studies on this subject have not yielded accurate and widely acceptable results. This study seeks to obtain more accurate...

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Age and gender effects of workforce composition on productivity and profits: Evidence from a new type of data for German enterprises

Pfeifer, Christian; Wagner, Joachim - In: Contemporary Economics 8 (2014) 1, pp. 25-46

This empirical paper documents the relationship between the composition of a firm's workforce (with a special focus on age and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from manufacturing industries in Germany using newly...

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Selected micro- and macroeconomic conditions of wages, income and labor productivity in Poland and other European Union countries

Fatula, Dariusz - In: Contemporary Economics 12 (2018) 1, pp. 17-32

The aim of the article is to identify and compare key factors affecting the level of labor productivity, wages, and income in the economies of the EU countries. Among different determinants, the following were considered: overall price level; compensation of employees; participation of the...

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Do credit supply and unemployment risk matter for household saving? Evidence from Poland

Kłopocka, Aneta Maria; Wilczyński, Ryszard - In: Contemporary Economics 15 (2021) 4, pp. 375-392

addressing saving against unemployment risk in terms of changes in credit supply and households' financial wealth. Time series … referring to the labor market with a recommendation to employ the subjective (perceived) unemployment expectation index rather … than the objective unemployment rate. These results are meaningful for policy implications. They emphasize the role of …

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Development of non-governmental organizations in Poland

Brodziński, Zbigniew; Bórawski, Piotr; Dunn, James W. - In: Contemporary Economics 11 (2017) 4, pp. 401-414

The paper presents the results based on the survey about the development of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Poland. The authors present the owner's opinions of NGOs managers. Moreover, the authors presented characteristics of the non-governmental organizations and the area of their...

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Tolerable level of corruption for foreign direct investment in Europe and Asia

Abotsi, Anselm Komla - In: Contemporary Economics 12 (2018) 3, pp. 269-284

In 2009, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows to developed countries experienced the largest decline among all regions and sub-regions. However, South, East and Southeast Asia showed the smallest decline among developing economies and remained the largest recipient of FDI inflows. Meanwhile,...

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Tolerable level of corruption for foreign direct investment in Africa

Abotsi, Anselm Komla; Iyavarakul, Tongyai - In: Contemporary Economics 9 (2015) 3, pp. 249-270

Corruption has become endemic in many African countries and is difficult to eradicate completely; therefore, reducing corruption to a tolerable level that will not deter foreign investors must be the aspiration of all political leaders and stakeholders. This study tries to identify the level of...

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