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The unemployment invariance hypothesis and the implications of added and discouraged worker effects in Latin America
Maridueña-Larrea, Ángel; Martín-Román, Ángel - 2023
This research explores the long-term equilibrium relationship between unemployment and labour force participation rates … focused on the study of time series is used to validate the unemployment invariance hypothesis and explore added and … the unemployment invariance hypothesis in several countries appears to reflect some rigidities that prevent the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013546014
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Did a successful fight against the COVID-19 pandemic come at a cost? : impacts of the outbreak on employment outcomes in Vietnam
Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Cuong Viet Nguyen - 2020
rich individual-level data from the quarterly Labor Force Surveys. We find that the lockdown increases the unemployment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012391350
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The distributional consequences of social distancing on poverty and labour income inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean
Delaporte, Isaure; Escobar, Julia; Peña, Werner - 2021 - Current version: April 15, 2021
This paper estimates the potential distributional consequences of the first phase of the COVID-19 lockdowns on poverty and labour income inequality in 20 Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries. We estimate the share of individuals that are potentially able to remain active under the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012500915
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The distributional consequences of social distancing on poverty and labour income inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean
Delaporte, Isaure; Escobar, Julia; Peña, Werner - 2020
This paper evaluates the distributional consequences of social distancing due to the COVID-19 pandemic on poverty and labour income inequality in 20 Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries. We gather detailed information from national laws and decrees on the strictness and the duration of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012297318
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The impacts of COVID-19 on female labor force participation in Iran
Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Salehi-Isfahani, Djavad; Minh Do - 2024
While female labor force participation (LFP) in Iran is among the lowest in the world, there is hardly any study on the COVID-19 pandemic effects on the country's female LFP. We find that female LFP decreased during the pandemic years by around 1 percentage point in 2021 and 2022. When...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014557664
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The iceberg decomposition : a parsimonious way tomap the health of labour markets
Baert, Stijn - 2020
historically focussed on reducing unemployment (the tip of the iceberg), the group of inactive people (below the waterline) is much … larger. Therefore, we point to the clear limitations of the unemployment rate as the (single) key macro-economic indicator of … the health of the labour market. A parsimonious dashboard approach utilising the unemployment-to-population ratio and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012249694
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A Beveridge curve decomposition for Austria : what drives the unemployment rate?
Christl, Michael - 2019
the Beveridge curve in Austria. We find empirical evidence to confirm that the increase in the unemployment rate in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012163054
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Self-employment and Okun's law relationship : the Spanish case
Porras, Sylvina; Martín-Román, Ángel L. - 2017
The present research provides evidence on the determinants driving the differences in the unemployment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012129903
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The short-term effect of COVID-19 on self-employed workers in Canada
Beland, Louis-Philippe; Fakorede, Oluwatobi; Mikola, Derek - 2020
Using the Canadian Labour Force Survey, we document the short-term impact of COVID-19 on self-employed individuals in Canada, which we interpret as small business owners. We document an important decrease in business ownership between February 2020 and May 2020 (-14.8 percent for incorporated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012239333
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The impact of forced displacement on host communities : a review of the empirical literature in economics
Verme, Paolo; Schuettler, Kirsten - 2020
The paper reviews the literature that estimated the impact of forced displacement on host communities. A comparative analysis of the empirical models used in 59 studies and a meta-analysis of 972 results collected from these studies are the main contributions of the paper. Coverage extends to 19...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012239323