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constraints have been essentially detrimental for employment among SMEs experiencing a negative demand shock or facing strong …This paper takes advantage of access to detailed matched bank-firm data to investigate whether and how employment … decisions of SMEs have been affected by credit constraints in the wake of the Great Recession. Variability in banks’ financial …
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employment and wages in the United States. Guided by a pre-analysis plan, we document that COVID-19 increased the unemployment …
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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 … and their monthly incomes and wages. Our estimation results remain robust to different model specifications and estimation …
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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 …
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find significant effects from minimum wages on employment and monthly wages. However, we find a considerable negative …In this study, we examine the impact of minimum wages in Vietnam using individual-level data from the 2012-2020 annual …. Since total wages remain unchanged, a reduction in working hours results in an increase in hourly income. A 1% increase in …
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Survey (CPHS) database, this paper investigates the first effects of Covid-19 induced lockdown on employment and the gendered … pattern of time allocation inside the home. Examining the employment status during the last 12 months of over 40 …,000 individuals surveyed in April 2020 (i.e. during the strict nationwide lockdown), the paper finds that overall employment, which …
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. This paper investigates how the access to finance affects employment in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Sub … the firm's size in terms of employment depends on the access to credit. Under the financial market imperfections, access … to credit can be a binding constraint on firm entry and employment even when the banks have sufficient liquidity. Using …
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research confirms increasing employment, hours worked, and small business ownership as provinces began reopening their …
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LSDVC estimates, this study finds a significant labourfriendly impact of R&D expenditures. However, this positive employment …
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, we estimate the causal effects of a firm's bilateral trade on employment and wages of immigrants from that country. We … find a positive, yet heterogeneous, effect of trade on immigrant employment but no effect on immigrant wages. …
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