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Can Women Save Japan?.
Steinberg, Chad - 2012
? -- IV. Women to the Rescue: Policies to Raise FLP in Japan -- A. Hurdle 1: Employment and Promotion Policies -- B. Hurdle 2 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012690168
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Fintech, Female Employment, and Gender Inequality
Loko, Boileau - 2022
female employment and reduces gender inequality, the effect being more pronounced in firms without traditional financial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015060381
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Understanding the Inflationary Process in the GCC Region : The Case of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait
Alogeel, Hesham - 2008
This paper investigates the factors that affect inflation in the GCC region by examining the inflationary processes in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. The paper utilizes a model that accounts for foreign factors affecting inflation, such as trading partners' inflation and exchange rate pass-through...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014409052
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Chronicle of a decline foretold : has China reached the Lewis Turning Point?
Das, Mitali; N'Diaye, Papa M'B. P. - 2013
China is on the eve of a demographic shift that will have profound consequences on its economic and social landscape. Within a few years the working age population will reach a historical peak, and then begin a precipitous decline. This fact, along with anecdotes of rapidly rising migrant wages...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009706770
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Crises, Labor Market Policy, and Unemployment
Furceri, Davide; Bernal-Verdugo, Lorenzo E.; Guillaume, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
Using a sample of 97 countries spanning the period 1980?2008, we estimate that financial crises have a large negative impact on unemployment in the short term, but that this effect rapidly disappears in the medium term in countries with flexible labor market institutions, whereas the impact of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009654166
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Why Are Women Working so Much More in Canada? An International Perspective
Tsounta, Evridiki - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
This paper analyzes the role of the tax and benefit system in spurring the impressive increase in Canadian female labor participation in the last decade. Using annual panel data for 10 large industrial countries over the period 1980-2001, I find that reforms in the Canadian tax and benefit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826383
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Can policies affect employment intensity of growth? : a cross-country analysis
Crivelli, Ernesto; Furceri, Davide; Toujas-Bernaté, Joël - 2012
The aim of this paper is to provide new estimates of employment-output elasticities and assess the effect of structural … and macroeocnomic policies on the employment-intensity of growth. Using an unbalanced panel of 167 countries over the … reducing government size have a significant and positive impact on employment elasticities. In addition, the results also …
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Beyond the Annual Averages: Impact of Seasonal Temperature on Employment Growth in US Counties
Nguyen, Ha - 2023
Using quarterly temperature and employment data between 1990 and 2021, this paper uncovers nuanced evidence on the … impact of seasonal temperature within US counties: higher winter temperature increases private sector employment growth while … "Financial Activities." In contrast, the positive effects of a warmer winter are less pervasive. The employment effect of a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015059377
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Digitalization and Employment Gender Gaps During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Latin America and the Caribbean
Yang, Yuanchen - 2024
gender gaps in employment and job loss related to the COVID-19 crisis. Using a sample of Latin American countries, our … findings suggest that higher levels of digitalization are associated with increased female employment and reduced job loss for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015058765
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Dissecting the Decline in Average Hours Worked in Europe
Astinova, Diva - 2024
Three years after the COVID-19 crisis, employment and total hours worked in Europe fully recovered, but average hours …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015058846