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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 …

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The labor market worsening effects of a resource bust : evidence from the crude oil price shock in Ecuador

Parra-Cely, Sergio; Zanoni López, Wladimir - 2022

To assess the effects of an oil price bust on individual labor market outcomes, we leverage the 2015 exogenous decline in international oil prices with geographical variation in oil-dependency in Ecuador. To account for propagation mechanisms, we also test the causal effect of the oil price bust...

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The macroeconomic effects of a carbon tax to meet the U.S. Paris Agreement target: the role of firm creation and technology adoption

Finkelstein Shapiro, Alan; Metcalf, Gilbert E. - 2021

externalities and equilibrium unemployment. Our model incorporates endogenous labor force participation and two margins of … consumption and output; a marginal increase in the unemployment and labor force participation rates; and an expansion in the … accompanied by gradual gains in output and consumption and a negligible expansion in unemployment. Critically, abstracting from …

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Structural change, income distribution and unemployment related to Covid-19 : an agent-based model

Schütz, Bernhard; Reiter, Oliver; Landesmann, Michael; … - 2023

We study the distributional consequences of COVID-19 by using a stock-flow consistent agent-based model that captures some of the aspects of pandemic-related lockdowns. In particular, the model distinguishes between "essential" and "non-essential" industries, between jobs that can be done from...

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Does the recent success of some OECD countries in lowering their unemployment rates lie in the clever design of their labour market reforms?

Belot, Michèle; Ours, Jan C. van - 2000

unemployment is affected by different labour market institutions (LMI) such as labour taxes, unemployment benefits, employment …The development of the unemployment rate differs substantially between OECD countries. In recent years some countries … experienced a mild increase, other countries had a stable unemployment rate, while there are also 'successful' countries in which …

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The impact of business support services for small and medium enterprises on firm performance in low- and middle-income countries : a meta-analysis

Cravo, Túlio; Piza, Caio - 2016

Interventions designed to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are popular among policy makers, given the role SMEs play in job creation around the world. Business support interventions in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are often based on the assumption that market failures and...

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Gender gaps in employment, wages, and work hours : assessment of COVID-19 implications

Tverdostup, Maryna - 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has highly asymmetric effects on labour market outcomes of men and women. In this paper, we empirically investigate the dynamics and drivers of gender gaps in employment rates, wages and workhours during the pandemic. Relying on Estonian Labour Force Survey data, we...

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A rapid road to employment? : the impacts of a bus rapid transit system in Lima

Scholl, Lynn; Martinez, Daniel; Mitnik, Oscar A.; … - 2018

Despite the growing interest in and proliferation of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems around the world, their causal impacts on labor market outcomes remain unexplored. Reduced travel times for those who live near BRT stations or near feeder lines, may increase access to a wider array of job...

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Tourism policy, a big push to employment? : evidence from a multiple synthetic control approach

Castillo, Victoria; Garone, Lucas Figal; Maffioli, … - 2015

This paper investigates the impact of tourism policy on employment, using the Tourism Development Policy (TDP) implemented in the Argentinean province of Salta during the years of 2003 to 2010 as a case study. Following the Synthetic Control Method for comparative case studies, we use a...

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Firm entry and exit during recessions

Ayres, Joao; Raveendranathan, Gajendran - 2021

We analyze shocks to productivity, collateral constraint (credit shock), firm operation, and labor disutility in a model of firm dynamics with entry and exit. Shocks to firm operation and labor disutility capture COVID-19 lockdowns. Compared to the productivity shock, the credit and the lockdown...

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