Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 75
Cover Image
Immigration and the reallocation of work health risks
Giuntella, Osea; Mazzonna, Fabrizio; Nicodemo, Catia; … - 2018
This paper studies the effects of immigration on the allocation of occupational physical burden and work injury risks. Using data for England and Wales from the Labour Force Survey (2003-2013), we find that, on average, immigration leads to a reallocation of UK-born workers towards jobs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012131226
Cover Image
Inequality of opportunities and beliefs about economic outcomes in the Western Balkans
Drishti, Elvisa; Mehmetaj, Nevila; Imami, Drini; … - 2023
An egalitarian society is one that incentivises individuals to use their resources in order to be improve their economic outcomes and achieve social integration. The objective of this paper is to analyse Inequality of Opportunity (IOp), a measure of deprivation which counts for differences in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014276025
Cover Image
R&D expenditures and employment : evidence from Europe
Piva, Mariacristina; Vivarelli, Marco - 2017
LSDVC estimates, this study finds a significant labourfriendly impact of R&D expenditures. However, this positive employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012110063
Cover Image
The changing nature of gender selection into employment : Europe over the Great Recession
Dolado, Juan J.; García-Peñalosa, Cecilia; Tarasonis, … - 2017
The aim of this paper is to evaluate the role played by selectivity issues induced by nonemployment in explaining gender wage gap patterns in the EU since the onset of the Great Recession. We show that male selection into the labour market, traditionally disregarded, has increased. This is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012110901
Cover Image
Fiscal policy instruments for inclusive labour markets : a review
Ernst, Ekkehard; Merola, Rossana; Reljic, Jelena - 2024
This study provides a critical assessment of various fiscal policy instruments - including direct public job creation, active labour market and care policies, social protection measures and tax reforms - and their effectiveness in supporting the most vulnerable groups in the labour market....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014496436
Cover Image
Towards a European full employment policy
Ritzen, Jo; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2018
Full employment in the European Union member states is a challenge but feasible, also in downswings of the business … supplemental employment and revamping dual education. The future of work is better ensured with coordinated European full … employment labor policies establishing fair work conditions based on long-run business strategies as well as a fair distribution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012131243
Cover Image
The long-term effect of FIFA World Cup on gender gap in education and employment : evidence from Vietnam
Cuong Viet Nguyen; Tran, Anh Ngoc - 2021
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. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012590767
Cover Image
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.; Cuong Viet Nguyen - 2020
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012391350
Cover Image
The distributional impacts of early employment losses from COVID-19 : [running head: employment losses from COVID-19]
Cho, Seung Jin; Winters, John V. - 2020
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012221840
Cover Image
English skills and early labour market integration : evidence from humanitarian migrants in Australia
Cheng, Zhiming; Wang, Ben Zhe; Jiang, Zhou; Taksa, Lucy; … - 2020
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012286371