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poverty and inequality in many developing countries. However, the Arab Republic of Egypt was not one of these countries … two possibilities. First, it is possible that trade agreements did not produce the same increase in trade for Egypt as for … hypotheses. Using a gravity model approach, the results suggest that the changes in Egypt's exports following trade agreements …
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on basic indicators related to labor markets and their dynamics from retrospective and panel survey data in Egypt, in …
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Egypt's industries heavily rely on imported goods for production. Thus, an increase in imports could have a potentially … outcomes in Egypt. …
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Unlike many countries, Egypt did not experience significant labor market improvements following trade liberalization …, Egypt requires deeper business environment reforms to incentivize large export, labor-intensive sector growth and integrate …
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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 larger. Therefore, we point to the clear...
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The Roma are both the largest 'minority' ethnic group in Central and South Eastern Europe and the one which suffered most from transition to the market. Still today, nearly forty years after the introduction of the EU's 1975 Discrimination Directive and with the end of the 'Roma Decade'...
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This paper uses a social experiment in labour market policy - providing early and intensive monitoring and programme participation in unemployment spells - to assess the nature of labour market policy effectiveness. The experiment was conducted in two counties in Denmark during the winter of...
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Policy advice can help political actors design and implement institutional reforms through the generation of political and substantial legitimacy. This article clarifies the institutional pre-conditions of effective supply and transfer of policy advice with particular respect to the field of...
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Having faced high unemployment rates for more than a decade, the German government implemented a comprehensive set of labour market reforms during the period 2003-2005. This paper describes the economic and institutional context of the German labour market before and after these so-called Hartz...
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