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employment and unemployment. However, it can be seriously misleading to ignore the interrelated behavior of hours worked … unemployment outcomes. The hours–employment distinction is especially important in the evaluation of the performances of European ….Work hours can be altered relatively speedily and flexibly, and this strongly relates to employment, labor productivity, and …
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The aim of this paper is twofold. On the one hand, the economic insights about the employment impact of technological … employment effect appears to be entirely due to the medium-and high-tech sectors, while no effect can be detected in the low …-tech industries; 2) capital formation is found to be negatively related to employment; this outcome points to a possible labour …
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induced by time and local variations in sunset time. We find that a 1-hour increase in weekly sleep increases employment by 1 …
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What have we learned, from the most recent years of debate and analysis, of the future of work being threatened by technology? This paper presents a critical review of the empirical literature and outlines both lessons learned and challenges ahead. Far from being fully exhaustive, the review...
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The responses of working hours and employment levels to temporary negative demand shocks like those caused by the Great …' desired rises in working hours in times of recession also serve to modify the standard measure of unemployment. During Covid … useful comparison with the provision of improved unemployment insurance to unemployed workers at that time. …
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We investigate the role of education in creating employment opportunities for persons with disabilities across the … educational attainment is a major factor determining the probability of employment among persons with disabilities. In particular …, the employment effects of tertiary education are much larger among persons with disabilities than among non …
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evolved over the last 50 years. Using data from the March CPS, the Census, and the ACS, we examine several employment and … earning outcomes. Hispanics have experienced sizable gains to employment: from a negative 2% prior to 1990 to a positive 4 … 30% with some improvement after 2000. Most of the employment gain is driven by those with less than a high school degree …
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The issue of employer power is underemphasized in the development literature. The default model is usually one of competitive labor markets. This assumption matters for analysis and policy prescription. There is growing evidence that the competitive labor markets assump- tion is not valid for...
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and prime-aged women in employment and the wage bills of particular sectors, but reduced the shares of older women and …
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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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