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This paper uses a health labor market lens to examine the impact of COVID-19 on health workers, as well as relevant … COVID-19 on health workers. It examines the relevant issues under the lens of a health labor market. In particular, the … paper interprets this information and knowledge by focusing on the supply, demand, and mismatches in a health labor market …
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This paper evaluates the impact on employment probabilities of two training programs funded by the European Social Fund in the province of Bolzano, Italy. The programs were addressed to particularly vulnerable groups which were much less skilled and educated than the control group from the...
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sector downsizing in the 1990s -during the Economic Reform and Structural Adjustment Policies - and the new labor law in 2003 … the 1990s reforms and the new labor law in 2003. Employment, formality and hours-of-work are simultaneously estimated by … their peers in middle age (30-49), to be employed in 1998 than in 1988 (before the first reform). While informality has …
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This paper investigates the role of exposure to technological risk in shaping social policy preferences, specifically on support for universal basic income and means-tested generalised minimum income. Evidence is provided for Italy, to exploit the availability of high-quality data, allowing...
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responses to domestic and global health shocks are heterogeneous; however, they almost always exhibit delays and sluggish … adjustments. Unemployment responses vary widely across countries. Unemployment is particularly responsive to health shocks in the …
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The word "scapegoat" is defined as "a person made to bear the blame for others," and similarly, "scapegoatism" refers to "the act or practice of assigning blame or failure to another, as to deflect attention or responsibility away from oneself" (Collins English Dictionary and Dictionary.com,...
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several early-life health indicators. Robust evidence shows that such nutrition supplements effectively increase boys' weight … and reduce their probability of being underweight. No effect is observed on girls of similar age. These health indicators …
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labor market among wage and non-wage workers. The paper explores two issues: the worker- and enterprise- level determinants …. Using data from the Egyptian Labor Market Panel Survey for 1998 and 2006, the likelihood of having access to social …
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a public health crisis. Using the Flint Water Crisis as a natural experiment, we estimate the effect of in utero … exposure to polluted water on health at birth. Matching vital statistics birth records with various sources of data, we use a ….S. aging, lead-laced water systems in promoting racial and ethnic health equity. …
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In Greece, given the precarious nature of the sex work industry, sex workers health and wellbeing is of concern …. However, relevant research remains limited. This study examined whether sex workers' self-reported physical and mental health … recession began) and in 2013 and 2019 (i.e. at time points during the recession). Self-reported physical and mental health …
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