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Population aging in advanced economies could have significant macroeconomic implications, unless more individuals choose to participate in labor markets. In this context, the steep increase in the share of older workers who remain economically active since the mid1990s is an overlooked yet...
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Belgium. This paper examines skills policies that could help improve productivity and inclusiveness. An increased focus on … labour productivity, but is disrupting the nature of employment relationships. It calls for measures that encourage …
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depend on ensuring the best use of Slovenian workers. This implies keeping older and experience workers longer in employment …
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market outcomes. There has been no progress in shrinking the gender employment gap since 2009, and women, particularly … the age of eligibility for public pensions to life expectancy would boost growth by increasing employment of older … labour market spending have the potential to increase employment. …
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education, we find a large and positive effect of tertiary education on employment. It confirms the important role of education … in reducing gender gap in employment. …
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transmission. We offer the first study that examines the effects of the COVID-19-induced lockdown on various employment outcomes … rate, the temporary layoff rate, and decreases the quality of employment. It also reduces workers' numbers of working hours …
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COVID-19 substantially decreased employment, but the effects vary among demographic and socioeconomic groups. We … document the employment losses in April 2020 across various groups using the U.S. Current Population Survey. The unemployment … rate understates employment losses. We focus on the percentage of the civilian population that is employed and at work …
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We use the panel data from the Building a New Life in Australia survey to examine the relationships between proficiency in English and labour market outcomes among humanitarian migrants. Having better general or speaking skills in English is certainly associated with a higher propensity for...
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LSDVC estimates, this study finds a significant labourfriendly impact of R&D expenditures. However, this positive employment …
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