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Impacts of labor market institutions and demographic factors on labor markets in Latin America
Kugler, Adriana D. - 2019
employment protection legislation (EPL), minimum wages (MW), payroll taxes, unemployment insurance (UI) and collective bargaining …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012102140
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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,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011281944
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011445354
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012418074
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012252007
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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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The direct employment impact of public investment
Moszoro, Marian - 2021
We evaluate the direct employment effect of the public investment in key infrastructure-electricity, roads, schools and … employment effect. Overall, we estimate that one percent of global GDP in public investment can create more than seven million … jobs worldwide through its direct employment effects alone …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012613477
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Armenia : an assessment of the real exchange rate and competitiveness
Weber, Anke; Yang, Chunfang - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009488614
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Spillovers from Global and Regional Shocks to Armenia
Ayvazyan, Knarik - 2015
Using a structural vector auto-regression (SVAR) model, this paper examines the size, geographical sources, and transmission channels of global and regional shocks to the Armenian economy. Results show that Armenian economic activity is strongly influenced by global demand shocks and changes in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012418027
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Modalities of Moving to Inflation Targeting in Armenia and Georgia
International Monetary Fund - 2007
This paper reviews the current monetary and exchange rate policy frameworks in Armenia and Georgia, and the challenges …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400335