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Nguyen, Cuong Viet; Tarp, Finn - 2023

We study the impact of a national cash transfer program in Vietnam on labor supply using large household surveys and a regression-discontinuity design based on discontinuity in age eligibility. We do not find evidence of a disincentive effect of the cash transfer on labor supply for adults aged...

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The World’s Oldest Profession? Employment-Age Profiles from the Transactional Sex Market

Wilson, Nicholas - 2017

Standard labor market models predict that the likelihood of employment increases, hours worked increase, and individuals transition from less-skilled and temporary jobs to more skilled and more stable employment as they age. I examine the association between age and transactional sex work using...

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The impacts of COVID-19 on female labor force participation in Iran

Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Salehi-Isfahani, Djavad; Do, Minh N. N. - 2024

While female labor force participation (LFP) in Iran is among the lowest in the world, there is hardly any study on the COVID-19 pandemic effects on the country's female LFP. We find that female LFP decreased during the pandemic years by around 1 percentage point in 2021 and 2022. When...

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Did a Successful Fight against the COVID-19 Pandemic Come at a Cost? Impacts of the Outbreak on Employment Outcomes in Vietnam

Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Nguyen, Cuong Viet - 2020

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Theory and Empirics of Short-Time Work: A Review

Bermudez, Natalia; Dejemeppe, Muriel; Tarullo, Giulia - 2023

Following massive take-up rates during the COVID-19 period, short-time work (STW) policies have attracted renewed interest. In this paper, we take stock of this policy instrument and provide a critical review of STW systems in Europe. We focus on the objectives of STW programs and their primary...

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In-kind transfer and work incentives

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Introduction: labor markets and public policies in the United States and Canada

Card, David E.; Oreopoulos, Philip - In: Journal of labor economics 37 (2019), pp. 243-252

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How do the US and Canadian social safety nets compare for women and children?

Hoynes, Hilary W.; Stabile, Mark - In: Journal of labor economics 37 (2019), pp. 253-288

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Economic impact of STEM immigrant workers

Baum, Christopher F.; Lööf, Hans; Stephan, Andreas - 2018

immigrants already employed, while the marginal effect on average firm wages is positively associated with the share of immigrant …

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Will robot replace workers? Assessing the impact of robots on employment and wages with meta-analysis

Guarascio, Dario; Piccirillo, Alessandro; Reljic, Jelena - 2024

This study conducts a meta-analysis to assess the effects of robotization on employment and wages, compiling data from … 33 studies with 644 estimates on employment and a subset of 19 studies with 195 estimates on wages. We identify a … publication bias towards negative outcomes, especially concerning wages. After correcting for this bias, the actual impact appears …

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