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The iceberg decomposition : a parsimonious way tomap the health of labour markets
Baert, Stijn - 2020
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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Estimating the effects of the minimum wage in a developing country : a density discontinuity design approach
Jales, Hugo - 2017
This paper proposes a framework to identify the effects of the mini- mum wage on the joint distribution of sector and wage in a developing country. I show how the discontinuity of the wage distribution around the minimum wage identifies the extent of non-compliance with the minimum wage policy,...
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Innovation and self-employment
Ciarli, Tommaso; Di Ubaldo, Mattia; Savona, Maria - 2020
The paper adds to the literature on innovation and employment by looking at the relationship between R&D investments … of the emergence of non-standard work, alternative work arrangements and self-employment if offered first. The … individual shifts from paid employment to either unemployment or self-employment over the period 2001-13, as linked to changes in …
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What shifts did Covid-19 year 2020 bring to the labour market in Europe?
Baert, Stijn - 2021
This article discusses the evolution of key labour market indicators in the EU-27 countries between 2019 and 2020, i.e. between the year before the covid-19 crisis broke out and the year in which it impacted the economy heavily. Whereas earlier policy-oriented studies have dealt with the...
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