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relative wage and unemployment differentials for various labour market defining characteristics. A simultaneous increase in the … relative wage and the unemployment likelihood is defined as a relative wage rigidity dynamic for a labour market characteristic …
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and unemployment differentials for various labour market defining characteristics. A simultaneous increase in the relative … wage and the unemployment likelihood is defined as a relative wage rigidity dynamic for a labour market characteristic. We …
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, high long-term unemployment, stagnant or declining wages for low-to-medium skill jobs owing to adverse labor demand shifts …, and a greater rebound in low-wage than mid- or higher-wage jobs, raised concerns that the normal business cycle dynamics …
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Jobs are the number one policy concern of policymakers in many countries. The global financial crisis, rising … demographic pressures, high unemployment rates, and concerns over automation all make it seem imperative that policymakers employ …
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Artificial Intelligence is set to influence every aspect of our lives, not least the way production is organized. AI, as a technology platform, can automate tasks previously performed by labor or create new tasks and activities in which humans can be productively employed. Recent technological...
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away from existing jobs is another key determinant of equilibrium, because a worker with an existing job has a better … their employers, a sign of wage posting. We find that another third bargained over pay before accepting their current jobs …. And about 40 percent of workers could have remained on their earlier jobs at the time they accepted their current jobs. …
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to be called the Great Recession. Next we look at the labour market and how employment and unemployment have been …
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It is almost certain that the world economy is entering a recession of historic proportions; how bad things get will depend on how governments manage the Covid-19 pandemic. At the core of the problem lies a very difficult choice: whether to "flatten the curve" of the epidemic or whether to...
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, unemployment benefits, and health insurance), with non-contributory insurance programs and several types of "safety nets." All of … incentives to contribute to mandatory insurance programs and to create formal jobs; 2) they can be regressive since … a world of labor characterized by persistent low productivity jobs, more frequent labor market transitions including …
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The Jobs of the World Project is a public resource designed to enable research on jobs and poverty across and within … version covers 115 countries, observed 4 times on average. We use the data to show how the nature of jobs and their allocation …
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