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Studies find that technological change has contributed to the decline in manufacturing and to persistent unemployment in many advanced economies. While process innovation can be job-destroying, product innovation can imply the emergence of new firms, new sectors, and thus new jobs. But even for...
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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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. The labor market recovery for both groups in the US was rapid, and by Fall 2020, the employment gaps between immigrant and …
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builds on the existing literature on the effect of marriage on women's employment in MENA. Besides examining how different … in the extent to which self-employment after marriage is available to women to compensate for the reduction in wage … employment opportunities. …
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Rising obesity is not only a pressing global public health problem. There is also substantial evidence that obese people, particularly women, are less likely to be employed and, when employed, are likely to earn lower wages. There is some evidence that the lower earnings are a result of...
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Objectives: To synthesise the existing reviews conducted on the labour market outcomes of cancer survivors by focusing on (i) the convergences and divergences on the overall work-related outcomes, (ii) the moderating factors studied to date, and (iii) an identification of areas where more...
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Rising obesity is not only a pressing global public health problem. There is also substantial evidence that obese people, particularly women, are less likely to be employed and, when employed, are likely to earn lower wages. There is some evidence that the lower earnings are a result of...
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employment and unemployment. However, it can be seriously misleading to ignore the interrelated behavior of hours worked ….Work hours can be altered relatively speedily and flexibly, and this strongly relates to employment, labor productivity, and … unemployment outcomes. The hours–employment distinction is especially important in the evaluation of the performances of European …
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Following a decline in employment and participation rates during the 1980s and 1990s, Israel managed to reverse these …
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gaps in employment and earnings. We find that women have notably lower employment rates and earnings than men, even though … earnings gaps are higher in self-employment than in wage employment. Tertiary education and urban location account for a large … part of the gender earnings gap and mitigate high female propensity to self-employment. Our findings suggest that policies …
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