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How does grandparent childcare affect labor supply?
Zanella, Giulio - In: IZA World of Labor (2017)
participation, it can sometimes conflict with the objective of providing additional income through employment for older workers …
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Firms, sorting, and the immigrant–native earnings gap
Dostie, Benoit - In: IZA World of Labor (2022)
Recent research has tried to quantify how firms contribute to the immigrant–native earnings gap. Findings from several countries show that around 20% of the gap is due to firm policies that lead to a systematic underrepresentation of immigrants at higher-paying firms. Results also show that...
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Structural or cyclic? Labor markets in recessions
Lazear, Edward P. - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
Persistent unemployment after recessions and the policies required to bring it down are the subject of an ongoing debate. One view suggests there are fundamental changes in the labor market that imply a long-term higher rate of unemployment, requiring the implementation of structural policy...
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Do migrants take the jobs of native workers?
Constant, Amelie F. - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
take the jobs of native-born workers. Public opinion polls in six migrant-destination countries after the 2008 …–2009 recession show that most people believe that immigrants fill job vacancies and many believe that they create jobs and do not … take jobs from native workers. This view is corroborated by evidence-based research showing that immigrants—of all skill …
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Do migrants take the jobs of native workers?
Constant, Amelie F. - In: IZA World of Labor (2014) May, pp. 1-10
take the jobs of native-born workers. Public opinion polls in six migrant-destination countries after the 2008 …–2009 recession show that most people believe that immigrants fill job vacancies and many believe that they create jobs and do not … take jobs from native workers. This view is corroborated by evidence-based research showing that immigrants—of all skill …
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Structural or cyclic? Labor markets in recessions
Lazear, Edward P. - In: IZA World of Labor (2014) August, pp. 1-10
Persistent unemployment after recessions and the policies required to bring it down are the subject of an ongoing debate. One view suggests there are fundamental changes in the labor market that imply a long-term higher rate of unemployment, requiring the implementation of structural policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010814478
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Can lab experiments help design personnel policies?
Villeval, Marie Claire - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)
Can a company attract a different type of employee by changing its compensation scheme? Is it sufficient to pay more to increase employees’ motivation? Should a firm provide evaluation feedback to employees based on their absolute or their relative performance? Laboratory experiments can help...
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The labor market in Sweden since the 1990s
Gottfries, Nils - In: IZA World of Labor (2018)
The economic crisis in the early 1990s brought about a dramatic increase in unemployment and a similar decrease in labor force participation. Unemployment declined afterwards, but stabilized at around 6–7%—more than twice as high as before the crisis. Today, the unemployment rate is lower...
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The labor market in Norway, 2000-2016
Nilsen, Øivind A. - In: IZA World of Labor (2018)
Norway has a high labor force participation rate and a very low unemployment rate. Part of the reason for this fortunate situation is so-called “tripartism”: a broad agreement among unions, employers, and government to maintain a high level of coordination in wage bargaining. This has led to...
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The labor market in Norway, 2000-2018
Nilsen, Øivind A. - In: IZA World of Labor (2020)
Norway has a rather high labor force participation rate and a very low unemployment rate. Part of the reason for this fortunate situation is the so-called “tripartism”: a broad agreement among unions, employers, and government to maintain a high level of coordination in wage bargaining. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012510501