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Structural or cyclic? : labor markets in recessions : how should policy respond to higher unemployment?

Lazear, Edward P. - 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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Foreign direct investment and employment in transition economies

Estrin, Saul - 2017

Foreign direct investment (FDI) has been argued to improve company performance and stimulate growth and employment … significant benefits (e.g. employment) for the former. FDI arrived much later to other transition countries (e.g. the former …

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Short-time work compensations and employment : temporary government schemes can have a positive economic effect

Cahuc, Pierre - 2014

employment levels during recessions. However, they can create inefficiency in the labor market, and might limit labor market …

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Measuring employment and unemployment : should statistical criteria for measuring employment and unemployment be re-examined?

Brandolini, Andrea; Viviano, Eliana - 2018

Measuring employment and unemployment is essential for economic policy. Internationally agreed measures (e.g. headcount … employment and unemployment rates based on standard definitions) enhance comparability across time and space, but changes in real …

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The labor market in Sweden since the 1990s : the Swedish economy continues to have high employment and rapidly rising real wages

Gottfries, Nils - 2018

respect. The 2008 financial crisis had small effects on the Swedish labor market. Employment in industry declined sharply and … then remained stagnant, but employment in the service sectors has continued to grow steadily. …

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Can hiring subsidies benefit the unemployed? : hiring subsidies can be a very cost-effective way of helping the unemployed, but only when they are carefully targeted

Brown, Alessio J. G. - 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 …

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Short-time work compensation schemes and employment : temporary government schemes can have a positive economic effect

Cahuc, Pierre - 2019

employment levels during recessions. However, they can create inefficiency in the labor market, and might limit labor market …

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One-company towns : scale and consequences : one-company towns concentrate employment but their ability to adapt to adverse events is often very limited

Commander, Simon - 2018

-company towns typically have high concentrations of employment that normally provide much of the funding for local services. This …

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The labor market in India since the 1990s : productivity growth and low unemployment have not been matched by comparable rises in wages

Dasgupta, Indraneel; Kar, Saibal - 2018

The Indian economy entered an ongoing process of trade liberalization, domestic deregulation, and privatization of public sector units in 1991. Since then, per capita output has increased significantly, while the overall unemployment rate has remained low. However, labor force participation...

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The labor market in New Zealand, 2000-2017 : employment has grown steadily and the gender gap and skill premiums have fallen

Maré, David Christopher - 2018

crisis later that year. The labor market recovery was slow until 2013, when net immigration, employment growth, and … slightly faster for women, leading to a narrowing of the gender wage gap; however, the gap remains significant for women aged …

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