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women experience longer unemployment durations and comparable hourly wage losses. Displaced expectant mothers experience … female workers come through longer unemployment instead of higher losses in wages. …
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This paper uses repeated cross-section data ISSP data from 1989, 1997 and 2005 to consider movements in job quality. It is first underlined that not having a job when you want one is a major source of low well-being. Second, job values have remained fairly stable over time, although workers seem...
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This paper analyzes the relationship between time allocation decisions of the unemployed, gender, and regional … unemployment rates. Using the Spanish Time Use Survey 2002-2003 and 2009-2010, we find that higher regional unemployment rates are … channel through which others' unemployment affects time allocation decisions of the unemployed. As higher regional …
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The diffusion of Temporary Work Agency (TWA) jobs originated a harsh policy debate and ambiguous empirical evidence. Results for the US, based on quasi-experimental evidence, suggest that a TWA assignment decreases the probability of finding a stable job, while results for Europe, based on the...
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Since 1986 the United States has made considerable efforts to curb illegal immigration. This has resulted in an increase in migration costs for undocumented immigrants. More stringent border enforcement either deters potential illegal immigrants from coming to the U.S., or moves the point of...
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women and an increase in the gender employment gap. In line with the literature, we find evidence that the unequal …
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We study the labor supply impact of the COVID-19 pandemic by gender in four Latin American and Caribbean (LAC … significantly stronger for women, magnifying the already large gender gaps that characterize LAC countries. The main channel through …
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This paper uses repeated cross-section data ISSP data from 1989, 1997 and 2005 to consider movements in job quality. It is first underlined that not having a job when you want one is a major source of low well-being. Second, job values have remained fairly stable over time, although workers seem...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005015469
There is little evidence on unemployment duration and its determinants in developing countries. This study is on the … duration aspect of unemployment in a developing country, Turkey. We analyze the determinants of the probability of leaving … unemployment for employment or the hazard rate. The effects of the personal and household characteristics and the local labor …
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There are few studies on unemployment duration in developing countries. This is the first study on duration aspect of … unemployment in Turkey. We use the results of the Household Labor Force Surveys of 2000 and 2001 to construct a cross-section of … durations of unemployment spells. We analyze the determinants of probability of leaving unemployment or the hazard rate. The …
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