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Are asylum seekers more likely to work with more inclusive labor market access regulations?
Slotwinski, Michaela; Stutzer, Alois; Uhlig, Roman - 2019
which asylum seekers are as good as randomly allocated. During our study period from 2011 to 2014, the employment rate among …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012149227
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The impact of early marriage on women's employment in the Middle East and North Africa
Asʿad, Rāǧī; Krafft, Caroline; Selwaness, Irene - 2017
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. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012113827
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Labour market outcomes for cancer survivors : a review of the reviews
Sharipova, Adelina; Baert, Stijn - 2019
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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Assessing gender gaps in employment and earnings in Africa : the case of Eswatini
Brixiova, Zuzana; Imai, Susumu; Kangoye, Thierry; … - 2021
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012507715
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Life satisfaction, pro-activity, and employment
Akay, Alpaslan; Karabulut, Gökhan; Yilmaz, Levent - 2021
Using longitudinal data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), this paper investigates how pro-active time-use (e.g., in sports/arts/socializing) relates to subjective well-being of the unemployed and their probability of finding a new job. Allowing for a variety of socio-demographic and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012432460
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The evolution of labor market disparities between Hispanic and non-Hispanic men : 1970-2019
Kospentaris, Ioannis; Stratton, Leslie S. - 2023
evolved over the last 50 years. Using data from the March CPS, the Census, and the ACS, we examine several employment and … earning outcomes. Hispanics have experienced sizable gains to employment: from a negative 2% prior to 1990 to a positive 4 … 30% with some improvement after 2000. Most of the employment gain is driven by those with less than a high school degree …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013479664
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The evolution of labor market disparities between Hispanic and non-Hispanic men : 1970-2019
Kospentaris, Ioannis; Stratton, Leslie S. - 2023
evolved over the last 50 years. Using data from the March CPS, the Census, and the ACS, we examine several employment and … earning outcomes. Hispanics have experienced sizable gains to employment: from a negative 2% prior to 1990 to a positive 4 … 30% with some improvement after 2000. Most of the employment gain is driven by those with less than a high school degree …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014287104
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012249694
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R&D, embodied technological change and employment : evidence from Spain
Pellegrino, Gabriele; Piva, Mariacristina; Vivarelli, Marco - 2018
In this work, we test the employment impact of distinct types of innovative investments using a representative sample … significant employment effect. However, the job-creation impact of R&D expenditures becomes highly significant when the focus is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012131229
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An Indian enigma? : labour market impacts of the world's largest livelihoods program
Deshpande, Ashwini; Khanna, Shantanu; Walia, Daksh - 2023
force and employment outcomes of rural women between 2011 and 2019. Using a generalized difference-in-differences approach …, we find that SHG membership is positively associated with labor force participation and employment of rural women. We … also find evidence that SHG membership is associated with a shift towards self-employment and a crowd-out of casual work …
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