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The economic crisis in the early 1990s brought about a dramatic increase in unemployment and a similar decrease in … labor force participation. Unemployment declined afterwards, but stabilized at around 6-7% - more than twice as high as … before the crisis. Today, the unemployment rate is lower than the EU average, though Sweden no longer stands out in this …
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Switzerland is a small country with rich cultural and geographic diversity. The Swiss unemployment rate is low, at …. However, challenges do exist, particularly related to earnings and employment gaps between foreign and native workers, as well … as a narrowing but persistent gender pay gap. Additionally, regional differences in unemployment are significant. …
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Switzerland is a small country with rich cultural and geographic diversity. The Swiss unemployment rate is low, at only … resiliency. However, challenges do exist, particularly related to earnings and employment gaps among foreign and native workers …, as well as a narrowing but persistent gender pay gap. Additionally, regional differences in unemployment are significant. …
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In the US labor market the average black worker is exposed to a lower employment rate and earns a lower wage compared … the distribution of workers' skill. In particular, they argue that black-white wage and employment gaps are smaller for … prejudice is quantitatively more important than skill differences to explain wage and employment gaps. In the final section of …
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) aided the adjustment. The Covid-19 downturn resulted in an unprecedented decline in employment, and a steep rise in … unemployment and non-participation. Despite the severity of the Covid-19 shock, by December 2021 most key measures of labor market …
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world, it was not spared from the effects of the 2008 global financial crisis. The economy has not recovered and employment …
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unemployment rates. But scant, if any, evidence exists on gender gaps in economic outcomes such as income, expenditure, savings …
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crisis later that year. The labor market recovery was slow until 2013, when net immigration, employment growth, and … unemployment declines all picked up. Labor market liquidity has remained low since the 2008 downturn, with rates of job starts, job …
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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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discrimination and facilitate retention of and entry into work, disability is associated with substantial and enduring employment …
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