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Violent conflict exposure in Nigeria and labor supply of farm households
Odozi, John Chiwuzulum; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - 2020
Nigeria has experienced bouts of violent conflict in different regions over the last few decades leading to significant loss of life. In this paper, we explore the potential short and accumulated long term effects of such conflict on labor supply of agricultural households. Using a nationally...
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The unemployment invariance hypothesis and the implications of added and discouraged worker effects in Latin America
Maridueña-Larrea, Ángel; Martín-Román, Ángel - 2023
This research explores the long-term equilibrium relationship between unemployment and labour force participation rates … focused on the study of time series is used to validate the unemployment invariance hypothesis and explore added and … the unemployment invariance hypothesis in several countries appears to reflect some rigidities that prevent the …
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On the economic consequences of mass shootings
Brodeur, Abel; Yousaf, Hasin - 2022
In this paper, we investigate the economic consequences of mass shootings. We find that shootings have negative effects on targeted counties' economies. Estimates using three different comparison groups yield similar results. Examining the mechanisms, we find that residents of targeted areas:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013285503
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Refugee migration, labor demand,and local employment
Auer, Daniel; Götz, Lilia - 2021
the local unemployment rate when more refugees arrive. The dynamic panel data estimates are robust to various sensitivity …
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China's labor market demand in the shadow of COVID-19 : evidence from an online job board
Zeng, Xiangquan; Chu, Shuai; Chen, Xuan - 2022
Using data of the largest online job board in China, Zhaopin.com, we examine the impacts of the lockdown policy on the Chinese labor market demand during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The analyses reveal that the lockdown policy, which was implemented in Wuhan on January 23, 2020,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013169764
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Duration dependence as an unemployment stigma : evidence from a field experiment in Germany
Nüß, Patrick - 2017
individual has been unemployed for 10 months, pointing to the existence of an unemployment stigma for Germany. The results are … evidence for an unemployment stigma determined by the contract type. …
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The impact of alternative childcare policies on mothers' employment in selected EU countries
Narazani, Edlira; Agúndez García, Ana; Christl, Michael; … - 2023
labour demand, the expected final employment effects will be less pronounced, but still positive. …
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The impacts of COVID-19 on female labor force participation in Iran
Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Salehi-Isfahani, Djavad; Minh Do - 2024
While female labor force participation (LFP) in Iran is among the lowest in the world, there is hardly any study on the COVID-19 pandemic effects on the country's female LFP. We find that female LFP decreased during the pandemic years by around 1 percentage point in 2021 and 2022. When...
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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 …
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Technological unemployment revisited : automation in a search and matching framework
Cords, Dario; Prettner, Klaus - 2019
increases the labor market tightness in the high-skilled labor market. This leads to a rising unemployment rate and falling … wages of low-skilled workers and a falling unemployment rate and rising wages of high-skilled workers. In a cali- bration to … additional robot creates 3.42 high-skilled manufacturing jobs. Thus, overall employment even rises with automation. …
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