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Demographic Transition in the Middle East : Implications for Growth, Employment, and Housing
Bhattacharya, Rina - 2000
The working age population is expected to grow faster in the Middle East than in any other region in the world between now and 2015—rising annually by 2.7 percent, or 10 million people. This demographic explosion presents the region with a major challenge in terms of providing jobs, incomes,...
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Unemployment in Greece : A Survey of the Issues
Demekas, Dimitri G. - 1996
The Greek unemployment rate rose from 2 percent in the 1960s to 9-10 percent in the 1990s. This reflected the increase in female participation rates, the slowdown in growth, the restructuring of production, and the increased mismatch between jobs and job seekers. But the most crucial factor was...
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Women workers in India : why so few among so many?
Das, Sonali; Jain Chandra, Sonali; Kochhar, Kalpana; … - 2015
This paper examines the determinants of female labor force participation in India, against the backdrop of India having one of the lowest participation rates for women among peer countries. Using extensive Indian household survey data, we model the labor force participation choices of women,...
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Individual choice or policies? : drivers of female employment in Europe
Christiansen, Lone; Lin, Huidan; Pereira, Joana; … - 2016
control for factors that influence personal choice, we re-examine the determinants of female employment in Europe. The results … employment …
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Foreign Help Wanted : Easing Japan’s Labor Shortages
Ganelli, Giovanni - 2015
Data and anecdotal evidence suggest that Japan is suffering from labor shortages, which are large in an international perspective, have a negative impact on potential growth, and reduce the effectiveness of monetary and fiscal stimulus. This paper focuses on policy options to ease Japan’s...
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Social programs and formal employment : evidence from the Brazilian Bolsa Família Program
Fruttero, Anna; Leichsenring, Alexandre Ribeiro; Paiva, … - 2020
Employment is key to combating poverty. Thus, detractors of social assistance programs argue that they create … jury is still out with respect to their impact on formal employment. This paper exploits an unannounced change in the … identify the causal impact of the program on formal employment, combining three large administrative datasets. This paper finds …
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No extension without representation? : evidence from a natural experiment in collective bargaining
Hijzen, Alexander; Martins, Pedro S. - 2016
. This paper analyses the causal impact of such extensions on employment using a natural experiment in Portugal: the … on employment growth. Moreover, the effects tend to be concentrated among non-affiliated firms. The lack of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011711799
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Still attached? : are social safety nets working? : labor force participation in European regions
Hilgenstock, Benjamin; Koczan, Zsoka - 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...
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Storm clouds ahead? : migration and labor force participation rates in Europe
Hilgenstock, Benjamin; Koczan, Zsoka - 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'...
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Reducing and redistributing unpaid work : stronger policies to support gender equality
Alonso, Cristian; Brussevich, Mariya; Dabla-Norris, Era; … - 2019
Unpaid work, such as caring for children, the elderly, and household chores represents a significant share of economic activity but is not counted as part of GDP. Women disproportionately shoulder the burden of unpaid work: on average, women do two more hours of unpaid work per day than men,...
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