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The labor market in Australia, 2000–2016
Barrett, Garry - In: IZA World of Labor (2018)
continuing convergence of employment and unemployment patterns for men and women. However, some recent negative trends include a … rise in unemployment, especially long-term unemployment, a deteriorating youth labor market, and a stagnant gender earnings …
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Compliance with minimum wage laws in developing countries
Bhorat, Haroon - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
The level of compliance with minimum wage laws often depends on factors specific to each labor market. In most developing countries, a substantial share of workers still earns less than the legal minimum. Enforcement has not kept up with growth in regulations to protect workers from low wages...
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Compliance with labor laws in developing countries
Bhorat, Haroon; Kanbur, Ravi; Stanwix, Benjamin - In: IZA World of Labor (2019)
Compliance with minimum wage laws and non-wage conditions of employment often depends on labor market specific factors. In developing countries, many workers still earn less than the legal minimum and lack access to mandated non-wage benefits. Enforcement has not kept up with regulation growth...
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Understanding the global decline in the labor income share
Paul, Saumik - In: IZA World of Labor (2020)
Globally, the share of income going to labor (the “labor income share”) is declining. However, this aggregate decline hides more than it reveals. While the labor income share has decreased for low-skilled workers, this has been concurrent with an increase for high-skilled workers....
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Compliance with minimum wage laws in developing countries
Bhorat, Haroon - In: IZA World of Labor (2014) August, pp. 1-10
The level of compliance with minimum wage laws often depends on factors specific to each labor market. In most developing countries, a substantial share of workers still earns less than the legal minimum. Enforcement has not kept up with growth in regulations to protect workers from low wages...
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Short-time work compensations and employment
Cahuc, Pierre - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
Government schemes that compensate workers for the loss of income while they are on short hours (known as short-time work compensation schemes) make it easier for employers to temporarily reduce hours worked so that labor is better matched to output requirements. Because the employers do not lay...
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Recruiting intensity
Faberman, R. Jason - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
To hire new workers, employers use a variety of recruiting methods in addition to posting a vacancy announcement. The intensity with which employers use these alternative methods can vary widely with a firm’s performance and with the business cycle. In fact, persistently low recruiting...
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Can hiring subsidies benefit the unemployed?
Brown, Alessio J. G. - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)
Long-term unemployment can lead to skill attrition and have detrimental effects on future employment prospects …, particularly following periods of economic crises when employment growth is slow and cannot accommodate high levels of unemployment …-effective and efficient means of reducing unemployment, during both periods of economic stability and recovery. …
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Effects of entering adulthood during a recession
Dettling, Lisa - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)
Current cohorts of young adults entered adulthood during an international labor and housing market crisis of a severity not experienced since the Great Depression. Concerns have arisen over the impacts on young adults’ employment, income, wealth, and living arrangements, and about whether...
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How can temporary work agencies provide more training?
Spermann, Alexander - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)
Temporary work agencies use training as a recruitment and retention argument when qualified labor is scarce. However, short job assignments present a major obstacle for employers and employees to increase investment in training. As temporary agency workers are mainly low-qualified and often...
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