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This paper examines the impact of trade on employment, wages, and other outcomes across countries and explores the … firm-level dataset to examine the impact of import competition on employment, wages, and firm performance, as well as the … industries, import competition actually strengthens employment growth. In addition, import competition tends to improve average …
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average, perform more routine tasks than men?tasks that are more prone to automation. To quantify the impact on jobs, we …
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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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unemployment and debt. The paper illustrates in a downside scenario, how low potential growth and crisis legacies leave the euro …
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larger for others. The gap declines gradually over time. Less success in obtaining jobs with higher occupational autonomy …
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In this paper, we provide compelling evidence that cyclical factors account for the bulk of the post-2007 decline in the U.S. labor force participation rate. We then proceed to formulate a stylized New Keynesian model in which labor force participation is essentially acyclical during “normal...
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employment, unemployment, and economic growth in OECD countries. The paper examines a number of facets of tax and welfare policy …
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that if annual GDP growth averages 7 percent and the employment elasticity is one-half, urban unemployment could double to … absorb the surplus labor into quality jobs while adjusting to World Trade Organization (WTO) accession. This paper estimates … in the private sector and more labor-intensive service industries which have generated the most jobs in recent years …
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decline given population aging. This paper’s measure of the “employment gap” also suggests that labor market slack remains and … employment. In addition, given the continued downward pressure on the LFPR, labor supply measures will be an essential component …
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