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Worker displacement in transition economies and in China : knowing which workers are displaced in restructuring episodes helps governments devise the right equity- and efficiency-e...

Lehmann, Hartmut - 2014

Continuous enterprise restructuring is needed for the transition and emerging market economies to become and remain … competitive. However, the beneficial effects of restructuring in the medium run are accompanied by large worker displacement. The …

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How should job displacement wage losses be insured? : wage losses upon re-employment can seriously harm long-tenured displaced workers if they are not properly insured

Parsons, Donald O. - 2018

Job displacement represents a serious earnings risk to long-tenured workers through lower re-employment wages, and these losses may persist for many years. Moreover, this risk is often poorly insured, although not for a lack of policy interest. To reduce this risk, most countries mandate...

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Compensating displaced workers : uncoordinated unemployment insurance and severance pay do a poor job of insuring against losses resulting from job displacement

Parsons, Donald O. - 2018

Job displacement poses a serious earnings threat to long-tenured workers through unemployment spells and lower re …-employment wages. The prevailing method of insuring job displacement losses involves an uncoordinated combination of unemployment … to the administrative complexity of unemployment insurance systems. If both options are operational, systematic …

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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

combination has proven problematic when faced with shocks that force restructuring or even closure. Specific policies for the …

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The decline in job-to-job flows : an aging workface and declining entrepreneurship explain the decline in job-to-job flows only partially

Hyatt, Henry R. - 2015

As part of a more general process of employment reallocation from less to more productive employers, jobto- job flows tend to be beneficial for productivity and for workers. Thus, when this rate slows, it is important to understand why. In the US, for example, the job-to-job flow rate is now at...

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Employment protection : policymakers need to find the right balance between protecting workers and promoting efficient resource allocation and productivity growth

Scarpetta, Stefano - 2014

Laws on hiring and firing are intended to protect workers from unfair behavior by employers, to counter imperfections in financial markets that limit workers' ability to insure themselves against job loss, and to preserve firm-specific human capital. But by imposing costs on firms' adaptation to...

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Enviromental regulations and labor markets : balancing the benefits of enviromental regulations for everyone and the costs to workers and firms

Deschênes, Olivier - 2014

Environmental regulations such as air quality standards can lead to notable improvements in ambient air quality and to related health benefits. But they impose additional production costs on firms and may reduce productivity, earnings, and employment, especially in sectors exposed to trade and...

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Enviromental regulations and labor markets : balancing the benefits of enviromental regulations for everyone and the costs to workers and firms

Deschênes, Olivier - 2018 - Version 2

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Youth sports and the accumulation of human capital : positive contributions to cognitive and non-cognitive skills justify public support of youth sports

Leeds, Michael A. - 2015

In response to declining budgets, many school districts in the US have reduced funding for sports. In Europe, parents may respond to difficult economic times by spending less on sports clubs for their children. Such cuts are unwise if participating in sports is an investment good as well as a...

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Childcare choices and child development : generous parental leave and affordable, high-quality childcare can foster childrens's abilities

Del Boca, Daniela - 2015

The economic and psychological literatures have demonstrated that early investments (private and public) in children can significantly increase cognitive outcomes in the short and long term and contribute to success later in life. One of the most important of these inputs is maternal time....

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