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Drivers of labor force participation in advanced economies : macro and micro evidence
Grigoli, Francesco; Koczan, Zsoka; Topalova, Petia - 2018
Despite significant headwinds from population aging in most advanced economies (AEs), labor force participation rates show remarkably divergent trajectories both across countries and across different groups of workers. Participation increased sharply among prime-age women and, more recently,...
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Globalization, technological change and skills : evidence from Ethiopia
Haile, Getinet Astatike; Srour, Ilina; Vivarelli, Marco - 2017
There is a dearth of research on the impact of technological change over employment in least developed countries (LDCs … affecting employment and skills. The results obtained lend support to a labour-augmenting effect. Moreover, the implemented two …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012109320
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Calling older workers back to work
Grigoli, Francesco; Koczan, Zsoka; Topalova, Petia - 2021
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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Stop worrying and love the robot : an activity-based approach to assess the impact of robotization on employment dynamics
Caselli, Mauro; Fracasso, Andrea; Scicchitano, Sergio; … - 2021
This work investigates the impact that the change in the exposure to robots had on the Italian local employment … robots' activities, rather than on their industries of employment, the analysis reveals for the first time reinstatement …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012494334
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Will robot replace workers? : assessing the impact of robots on employment and wages with meta-analysis
Guarascio, Dario; Piccirillo, Alessandro; Reljic, Jelena - 2024
This study conducts a meta-analysis to assess the effects of robotization on employment and wages, compiling data from … 33 studies with 644 estimates on employment and a subset of 19 studies with 195 estimates on wages. We identify a … minimal. Thus, concerns about the disruptive effects of robots on employment and the risk of widespread technological …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014470275
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Beyond technological explanations of employment polarisation in Spain
Sebastian, Raquel; Harrison, Scott - 2017
This paper presents new evidence on the evolution of job polarisation over time and across skill groups in Spain between 1994 and 2008. Spain has experienced job polarisation over the whole period, with growth at the upper part of the wage distribution always exceeding that in the lower part....
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Ageing, the socioeconomic burden, labour market and migration : the Chinese case in an international perspective
Michele, Bruni - 2018
China still lags behind Europe along the path of the demographic transition and therefore is still much younger. However, due to the speed with which the fertility rate dropped and life expectancy increased, China ageing process will proceed at a very fast space and around the middle of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012131217
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Artificial intelligence and employment : a look into the crystal ball
Guarascio, Dario; Reljic, Jelena; Stöllinger, Roman - 2023
This study provides evidence of the employment impact of AI exposure in European regions, addressing one of the many … gaps in the emerging literature on AI's effects on employment in Europe. Building upon the occupation-based AI …), following Albanesi et al. (2023), we analyse the regional employment dynamics between 2011 and 2018. After controlling for a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014429370
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Navigating the precarious path : understanding the dualisation of the Italian labour market through the lens of involuntary part-time employment
Cuccu, Liliana; Royuela, Vicente; Scicchitano, Sergio - 2024
This paper investigates the surge in Involuntary Part-Time (IPT) employment in Italy from 2004 to 2019, exploring its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014464637
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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. …
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