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Labor market reform options to boost employment in South Africa

Duval, Romain; Ji, Yi; Shibata, Ippei - 2021

find much scope for improving the design of key labor market institutions-including collective bargaining and employment …

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Inclusivity in the labor market

ElGanainy, Asmaa Adel; Ernst, Ekkehard; Merola, Rossana; … - 2021

Labor earnings are the dominant income source for most individuals. Thus, an inclusive labor market is key for ensuring inclusive growth. In this paper we propose four principles that an inclusive labor market will embody: access, fairness, protection and voice. While measuring inclusivity...

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Inequality in the Spanish labor market during the COVID-19 crisis

Lariau, Ana; Liu, Lucy Qian - 2022

We analyze the differential impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the Spanish labor market across population groups, as well as its implications for income inequality. The main finding is that young, less educated, and low skilled workers, as well as women are the most affected by the COVID-19 shock...

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The effectiveness of job-retention schemes : COVID-19 evidence from the German states

Aiyar, Shekhar; Dao, Mai - 2021

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Inflation and Activity – Two Explorations and their Monetary Policy Implications

Blanchard, Olivier - 2015

unemployment on inflation, for given expected inflation, decreased until the early 1990s, but has remained roughly stable since …

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Macroeconomic impact of product and labor market reforms on informality and unemployment in India

Anand, Rahul; Khera, Purva - 2016

This paper investigates the implications of lowering formal regulations in labor and product markets on informality and macroeconomic outcomes in India. We estimate a DSGE model with an informal sector, and rigidities in the formal labor and product markets. Along with increasing GDP and...

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South Africa : labor market dynamics and inequality

Anand, Rahul; Kothari, Siddharth; Kumar, Naresh - 2016

This paper analyzes the determinants of high unemployment in South Africa by studying labor market dynamics using … on unemployment. The paper also explores the contribution of unemployment towards inequality. Reducing unemployment is … found to be important for reducing inequality - estimates suggest that a 10 percentage point reduction in unemployment …

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Why Has Unemployment in Algeria Been Higher Than in Mena and Transition Countries

Kpodar, Kangni - 2007

productivity in Algeria is associated with higher unemployment than the sample average, though recent positive terms of trade … unemployment is higher in Algeria than in other countries. The results are robust to various panel econometric methods and …

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Deconstructing Job Creation

Garibaldi, Pietro - 1999

This paper studies net employment growth across 21 OECD economies in 1980-97, focusing on experiences within the European Union. It finds that sectoral effects can only partially account for differences in job creation. By contrast, it shows that a policy package including low taxation and...

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Social Security Tax Reform and Unemployment : A General Equilibrium Analysis for France

International Monetary Fund - 1997

various tax rates lead to lower budget deficits in the long run, as a result of an expanding tax base and lower unemployment …

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