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The labor market in South Africa, 2000-2017
Mosomi, Jacqueline; Wittenberg, Martin - In: IZA World of Labor (2020)
made, gender imbalances persist. …
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Gender gaps in employment, wages, and work hours : assessment of COVID-19 implications
Tverdostup, Maryna - 2021
. The higher propensity to work from home and better educational attainments of women deterred gender wage gap expansion, as … empirically investigate the dynamics and drivers of gender gaps in employment rates, wages and workhours during the pandemic …. Relying on Estonian Labour Force Survey data, we document that the pandemic has, if anything, reduced gender inequality in all …
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Creative India : tapping the full potential
Kukreja, Prateek; Puri, Havishaye; Rahut, Dil Bahadur - 2022
India's creative economy is large, but its untapped potential is even larger. This study provides the first reliable measure on the size of India's creative economy, explores the many challenges faced by the creative industries, and provides recommendations to make India one of the most creative...
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Crime and immigration
Bell, Brian - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
Immigration is one of the most important policy debates in Western countries. However, one aspect of the debate is often mischaracterized by accusations that higher levels of immigration lead to higher levels of crime. The evidence, based on empirical studies of many countries, indicates that...
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Crime and immigration
Bell, Brian - In: IZA World of Labor (2019)
Immigration is one of the most important policy debates in Western countries. However, one aspect of the debate is often mischaracterized by accusations that higher levels of immigration lead to higher levels of crime. The evidence, based on empirical studies of many countries, indicates that...
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The labor market impact of Covid-19 on immigrants
Cassidy, Hugh - In: IZA World of Labor (2022)
The labor market disruptions due to the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns impacted immigrant workers more severely than native-born workers in the US, Canada, Australia, and most EU countries. Immigrant workers in most of these countries were more vulnerable to the pandemic since they were more...
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Crime and immigration
Bell, Brian - In: IZA World of Labor (2014) May, pp. 1-10
Immigration is one of the most important policy debates in Western countries. However, one aspect of the debate is often mischaracterized by accusations that higher levels of immigration lead to higher levels of crime. The evidence, based on empirical studies of many countries, indicates that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884433
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Flat-rate tax systems and their effect on labor markets
Peichl, Andreas - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
’s economy, having a positive influence on the labor market and the gross domestic product by enhancing incentives to work, save …
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Low-wage jobs, foreign-born workers, and firm performance
Amuedo Dorantes, Catalina; Arenas-Arroyo, Esther; … - 2023
We examine how migrant workers impact firm performance using administrative data from the United States. Exploiting an unexpected change in firms' likelihood of securing low-wage workers through the H-2B visa program, we find limited crowd-out of other forms of employment and no impact on...
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Heterogeneous labor impacts of migration across skill groups : the case of Costa Rica
Blyde, Juan S. - 2020
Popular empirical strategies that examine the labor impacts of migrants, like the skill-cell approach, are frequently used to measure the effects of immigrants from a particular skill group on native-born workers with similar skills. I use an augmented version of the skill-cell approach to...
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