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Fighting employment informality with schooling
Soares, Rodrigo R.; Haanwinckel, Daniel - In: IZA World of Labor (2017)
Developing countries have long been struggling to fight informality, focusing on instruments such as labor legislation enforcement, temporary contracts, and changes in taxes imposed on small firms. However, improvements in the labor force’s schooling and skill level may be more effective in...
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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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Who benefits from the minimum wage--natives or migrants?
Zavodny, Madeline - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
According to economic theory, a minimum wage reduces the number of low-wage jobs and increases the number of available workers, allowing greater hiring selectivity. More competition for a smaller number of low-wage jobs will disadvantage immigrants if employers perceive them as less skilled than...
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Who benefits from the minimum wage--natives or migrants?
Zavodny, Madeline - In: IZA World of Labor (2014) December, pp. 1-10
According to economic theory, a minimum wage reduces the number of low-wage jobs and increases the number of available workers, allowing greater hiring selectivity. More competition for a smaller number of low-wage jobs will disadvantage immigrants if employers perceive them as less skilled than...
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Labor market policies, unemployment, and identity
Schöb, Ronnie - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)
Unemployment not only causes material hardship but can also affect an individual’s sense of identity (i.e. their …
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Labor market policies, unemployment, and identity
Schöb, Ronnie - In: IZA World of Labor (2021)
Unemployment not only causes material hardship but can also affect an individual's sense of identity (i.e. their …
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What effect do vocational training vouchers have on the unemployed?
Strittmatter, Anthony - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)
prolong the unemployment duration of training participants. But, after an initial period of deterioration, better long …
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Unemployment and the role of supranational policies
Jimeno, Juan F. - In: IZA World of Labor (2017)
Unemployment in Europe is excessively high on average, and is divergent across countries and population groups within … policies is needed to fight unemployment more effectively. …
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The labor market in Russia, 2000-2017
Gimpelson, Vladimir - In: IZA World of Labor (2019)
and unemployment showed little sensitivity. Workers have paid the price for this rather stable employment situation in the …
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The changing of the French labor market, 2000-2017
Askenazy, Philippe - In: IZA World of Labor (2018)
have been the massive improvement in the education of the labor force (especially of women), the resilience of employment …
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