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Labor market reform options to boost employment in South Africa
Duval, Romain; Ji, Yi; Shibata, Ippei - 2021
Raising South Africa's low employment rate to levels seen in emerging market or advanced economy peers could raise GDP per capita by 50 to 60 percent and reduce income inequality dramatically in the long term. By putting further strain on an already fragile labor market, Covid-19 has raised the...
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Inequality in the Spanish labor market during the COVID-19 crisis
Lariau, Ana; Liu, Lucy Qian - 2022
We analyze the differential impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the Spanish labor market across population groups, as well as its implications for income inequality. The main finding is that young, less educated, and low skilled workers, as well as women are the most affected by the COVID-19 shock...
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Has COVID-19 induced labor market mismatch? : evidence from the US and the UK
Pizzinelli, Carlo; Shibata, Ippei - 2022
This paper studies whether labor market mismatch played an important role for labor market dynamics during the COVID-19 pandemic. We apply the framework of Sahin and others (2014) to the US and the UK to measure misallocation between job seekers and vacancies across sectors until the third...
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Tracking the economic impact of COVID-19 and mitigation policies in Europe and the United States
Chen, Sophia; Igan, Deniz; Pierri, Nicola; Presbitero, … - 2020
We use high-frequency indicators to analyze the economic impact of COVID-19 in Europe and the United States during the early phase of the pandemic. We document that European countries and U.S. states that experienced larger outbreaks also suffered larger economic losses. We also find that the...
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The macroeconomic effects of labor and product market reforms in Morocco
Sarr, Babacar; Benlamine, Mokhtar; Munkacsi, Zsuzsa - 2019
unemployment by about 2.2 pp after five years. If sequencing is required, starting with PMRs would be more effective in boosting … output, while starting with LMRs would reduce unemployment faster. Finally, increasing unemployment benefits would be more …
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Start-ups by the unemployed: characteristics, survival and direct employment effects
Caliendo, Marco; Kritikos, Alexander S. - 2007
only the end of unemployment for the new entrepreneur but also some further positive effects, e.g., direct job creation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268245
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Die reformierte Gründungsförderung für Arbeitslose: Chancen und Risiken
Caliendo, Marco; Kritikos, Alexander S. - 2007
Support schemes for unemployed aiming for self-employment have been recently reformed several times. In 2003, the start-up subsidy" was added to the existing bridging allowance". In 2006 both instruments were merged to the Gründungszuschuss". Since the bridging allowance has been evaluated as...
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The effectiveness of regional active labour market policies to fight against unemployment: an analysis for Catalonia
Ramos, Raúl; Suriñach, Jordi; Artís, Manuel - 2009
The aim of this work is to assess the effectiveness of active labour market policies carried out by the Catalan Public Employment Services (SOC) during the year 2005. The results obtained from the application of matching techniques show that the probability of finding a job for an individual who...
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Do Extended Unemployment Benefits Lengthen Unemployment Spells? Evidence from Recent Cycles in the U.S. Labor Market
Farber, Henry S.; Valletta, Robert G. - 2013
In response to the Great Recession and sustained labor market downturn, the availability of unemployment insurance (UI … extensions across states to estimate the overall impact of these extensions on unemployment duration, comparing the experience … extensions on unemployment transitions and duration. We rely on individual variation in benefit availability based on the …
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To meet or not to meet (your case worker): That is the question
van den Berg, Gerard J.; Kjaersgaard, Lene; Rosholm, Michael - 2012
unemployment to employment using detailed Danish event history data obtained from administrative registers. We find large positive …
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