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Following massive take-up rates during the COVID-19 period, short-time work (STW) policies have attracted renewed interest. In this paper, we take stock of this policy instrument and provide a critical review of STW systems in Europe. We focus on the objectives of STW programs and their primary...
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, 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. Although much of the literature has focused on the quantitative effects … achieving a more inclusive and fair labour market. Our review shows that the empirical literature tends to overemphasise the …
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We examine the labour market impacts of the largest livelihoods programs in the world, India's Deendayal Antyodaya …-help groups (SHGs). We combine administrative data on SHG membership across districts in India with survey micro-data on labour … force and employment outcomes of rural women between 2011 and 2019. Using a generalized difference-in-differences approach …
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the health of the labour market. A parsimonious dashboard approach utilising the unemployment-to-population ratio and the …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 …
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lead not only to more unemployment but also to larger numbers of discouraged unemployed and thus more inactivity. It …This article discusses the evolution of key labour market indicators in the EU-27 countries between 2019 and 2020, i … policy-oriented studies have dealt with the evolution of unemployment in 2020, often country by country, this article focuses …
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transmission. We offer the first study that examines the effects of the COVID-19-induced lockdown on various employment outcomes … rich individual-level data from the quarterly Labor Force Surveys. We find that the lockdown increases the unemployment … rate, the temporary layoff rate, and decreases the quality of employment. It also reduces workers' numbers of working hours …
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document the employment losses in April 2020 across various groups using the U.S. Current Population Survey. The unemployment …COVID-19 substantially decreased employment, but the effects vary among demographic and socioeconomic groups. We … rate understates employment losses. We focus on the percentage of the civilian population that is employed and at work …
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Objectives: To synthesise the existing reviews conducted on the labour market outcomes of cancer survivors by focusing … existing reviews on labour market outcomes for cancer survivors was performed. Bibliographic search for eligible studies …
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employees who are under a dual condition of stress; namely, the pandemic and the risk of job loss. The hypothesis of employment …, to participate in training measures for: a similar job, remote working, and self-employment. Findings from a seemingly …-commitment training measures for similar jobs and remote working for employees who: i) positively value their professional social capital …
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employment variation to provide a causal estimate of winning a PPC on firms' employment. Winning a PPC has a small positive … impact on a firm's short-run employment. The study investigates mechanisms and heterogeneity that can explain the initial …
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