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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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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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The paper extends the literature on the political economy of labour market institutions by developing a framework in … which owners of capital can benefit from both greater labour market flexibility and better rule of law. Their choice of … better rule of law and greater bargaining power vis-à-vis workers by way of greater labour market flexibility. It follows …
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Full employment in the European Union member states is a challenge but feasible, also in downswings of the business … supplemental employment and revamping dual education. The future of work is better ensured with coordinated European full … employment labor policies establishing fair work conditions based on long-run business strategies as well as a fair distribution …
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quantitative effects of (i) aggregate productivity shocks on unemployment and (ii) unemployment benefits on unemployment. This … model, unemployment benefits affect households' behavior directly, without having to run via the bargained wage. A … effect of benefits on unemployment. Our analysis shows the importance of investigating the effects of policies on the …
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Using data of the largest online job board in China, Zhaopin.com, we examine the impacts of the lockdown policy on the Chinese labor market demand during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The analyses reveal that the lockdown policy, which was implemented in Wuhan on January 23, 2020,...
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