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standard hourly wage of some workers and encourage work sharing that increases employment, with particular advantages for … female workers. However, regulation of overtime raises employment costs, setting in motion economic forces that can limit …, neutralize, or even reduce employment. And increasing the coverage of overtime pay regulations has little effect on the share of …
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In Europe, about one in eight people of working age report having a disability; that is, a long-term limiting health condition. Despite the introduction of a range of legislative and policy initiatives designed to eliminate discrimination and facilitate retention of and entry into work,...
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positive growth and employment effects. Recent empirical analyses show that the introduction of cleaner process innovations …, rather than product-based ones, may also lead to higher employment. The rationale is that cleaner technologies lead to cost …
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. The labor market recovery for both groups in the US was rapid, and by Fall 2020, the employment gaps between immigrant and …
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) aided the adjustment. The Covid-19 downturn resulted in an unprecedented decline in employment, and a steep rise in …
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years old) have, on average, accounted for all of US employment growth over the past few decades. New businesses are … especially important for youth employment. However, these businesses tend to borrow a lot, and the credit constraints they face …
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Spending time sleeping not only improves individuals' well-being, but it can influence employment outcomes and … sleep on employee fatigue and cognitive performance, and the associated effects on employment disruption and productivity … loss. Sleep can be influenced by "sleep friendly" employment regulations, technology nudges, monetary incentives, and …
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The responses of working hours and employment levels to temporary negative demand shocks like those caused by the Great …
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The majority of individuals released from prison face limited employment opportunities and do not successfully … randomized evaluations of employment-focused programs find increases in employment but little impact on recidivism. Recent …
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Following a decline in employment and participation rates during the 1980s and 1990s, Israel managed to reverse these …
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