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The labor market in Spain, 2002-2016
Sanz-de-Galdeano, Anna; Terskaya, Anastasia - In: IZA World of Labor (2017)
recession, but grew among youth. Most interesting have been the narrowing of the gender gap in labor force participation, the …
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The labor market in Spain, 2002-2018
Sanz-de-Galdeano, Anna; Terskaya, Anastasia - In: IZA World of Labor (2020)
grew among youth. Most interesting have been the narrowing of the gender gap in labor force participation, the decline in …
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Equal pay legislation and the gender wage gap
Polachek, Solomon W. - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
Australia it remains around 17%. Thus, the gender pay gap continues to be an important policy issue. …
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Wage compression and the gender pay gap
Kahn, Lawrence M. - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)
education and experience and commonly work in different industries and occupations, multiple factors can influence the gender …There are large international differences in the gender pay gap. In some developed countries in 2010–2012, women were … to education, experience, and occupational wage differentials. Systems of wage compression narrow the gender pay gap but …
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Equal pay legislation and the gender wage gap
Polachek, Solomon W. - In: IZA World of Labor (2019)
Australia it remains around 14%. Interestingly, the gender pay gap is relatively small for the young but increases as men and … explain these wage patterns? And what can governments do to speed up wage convergence to close the gender pay gap? Clearly …, the gender pay gap continues to be an important policy issue. …
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Equal pay legislation and the gender wage gap
Polachek, Solomon W. - In: IZA World of Labor (2014) May, pp. 1-10
Australia it remains around 17%. Thus, the gender pay gap continues to be an important policy issue. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884441
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Superdiversity, social cohesion, and economic benefits
Spoonley, Paul - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
Empirical studies have found that achieving superdiversity—a substantial increase in the scale and scope of minority ethnic and immigrant groups in a region—can provide certain economic benefits, such as higher levels of worker productivity and innovation. Other studies have found that these...
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Immigrants and entrepreneurship
Lofstrom, Magnus - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
Immigrants are widely perceived to be highly entrepreneurial, contributing to economic growth and innovation, and self-employment is often viewed as a means of enhancing labor market integration and success among immigrants. Accordingly, many countries have established special visas and entry...
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Immigrants and entrepreneurship
Lofstrom, Magnus; Wang, Chunbei - In: IZA World of Labor (2019)
Immigrants are widely perceived to be highly entrepreneurial, contributing to economic growth and innovation, and self-employment is often viewed as a means of enhancing labor market integration and success among immigrants. Accordingly, many countries have established special visas and entry...
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Language proficiency and immigrants’ economic integration
Daley, Angela; Hu, Min; Warman, Casey - In: IZA World of Labor (2019)
Over recent decades, Western countries have admitted many immigrants from non-traditional regions (e.g. Philippines, India, China), which has coincided with poor economic integration. Language proficiency is an important determinant of economic integration; in addition to being a component of...
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