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Storm Clouds Ahead? Migration and Labor Force Participation Rates in Europe
Hilgenstock, Benjamin - 2018
The paper examines the potential effects of international migration on labor force participation in advanced economies in Europe. It documents that migration played a significant role in alleviating aging pressures on labor supply by affecting the age composition of receiving countries'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012913902
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Comparing the Employment-Output Elasticities of Expatriates and Nationals in the Gulf Cooperation Council
Behar, Alberto - 2015
We estimate the elasticity of private-sector employment to non-oil GDP in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) for GCC … nationals and expatriates using a Seemingly Unrelated Error Correction (SUREC) model. Our results indicate that the employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013015593
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Does Public-Sector Employment Fully Crowd Out Private-Sector Employment?
Behar, Alberto - 2013
We quantify the extent to which public-sector employment crowds out private-sector employment using specially assembled … private-sector employment rates and high proportions of government-sector employment. Regressions of either private …-sector employment rates or unemployment rates on two measures of public-sector employment point to full crowding out. This means that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013079880
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Still Attached? Are Social Safety Nets Working? Labor Force Participation in European Regions
Hilgenstock, Benjamin - 2018
The paper examines the evolution and drivers of labor force participation in European regions, focusing on the effects of trade and technology. As in the United States, rural regions within European countries saw more pronounced declines (or smaller increases) in participation than urban...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012912499
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Permanently Displaced? Increasingly Disconnected? Labor Force Participation in U.S. States and Metropolitan Areas
Hilgenstock, Benjamin - 2018
The United States stands out among advanced economies with marked declines in labor force participation. National averages furthermore conceal considerable within-country heterogeneity. This paper explores regional differences to shed light on drivers of participation rates at the state and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012913938
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Labor Market Adjustments to Shocks in Australia
Mohommad, Adil - 2017
Labor markets in Australia have adjusted smoothly to significant declines in commodity priceswith little increase in unemployment. This paper examines several aspects of the adjustment,focusing on (i) evidence of increased labor market frictions following the commodity pricedecline; (ii)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012950426
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Evaluating Unemployment Policies : What Do the Underlying Theories Tell Us?
Snower, Dennis J. - 2006
The paper surveys unemployment policies for advanced market economies and evaluates them by examining the predictions of the underlying macroeconomic theories. The basic idea is that, for the most part, different unemployment policy prescriptions rest on different macroeconomic theories, and our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012781938
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Labor Market Issues in the Caribbean : Scope to Mobilize Employment Growth
Kandil, Magda - 2014
The paper examines the determinants of employment growth, drawing on data available across a sample of Caribbean … countries. To that end, the paper analyzes estimates of the employment-output elasticity and the response of employment growth … to major sources of labor market determinants, in the long and short run. The main determinants of employment include …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013049805
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Finance and Employment in Developing Countries : The Working Capital Channel
Dao, Mai - 2017
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Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012947827
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Are Remittances Good for Labor Markets in LICs, MICs and Fragile States?
Chami, Ralph - 2018
We present cross-country evidence on the impact of remittances on labor market outcomes.Remittances appear to have a strong impact on both labor supply and labor demand inrecipient countries. These effects are highly significant and greater in size than those offoreign direct investment or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012913942