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NDC Schemes and the Labor Market : Issues and Options
Holzmann, Robert - 2019
Defined contribution (DC) schemes whether unfunded or funded are often considered superior to defined benefit (DB) schemes in their ability to address labor market issues, particularly in encouraging formal employment and delayed retirement. Conceptually, the assessment is based on superior...
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Moving Forward with ALMPs : Active Labor Policy and the Changing Nature of Labor Markets
Romero, Jose Manuel - 2019
Disruptive factors related to technology, market integration, and social and demographic change imply upcoming changes in the needs of the labor force. This study reviews the current approach to active labor market policies (ALMPs) globally and, based on the evidence and accounting for these...
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Theoretical Underpinnings of Jobs Diagnostics
Lachler, Ulrich - 2020
This paper is a work-in-progress and was developed to advance our thinking on how to make Jobs Diagnostics more strategic and to explore how guidance can best bridge the link from jobs analysis through prioritization, to recommendations. It will continue to evolve as we undertake more...
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Growth and Jobs in Slavonia, Baranja, and Srijem : Rapid Diagnostics
World Bank Group - 2019
Slavonia's economy is now amongst the poorest in the European Union (EU) and has been growing more slowly than comparable regions. Some Polish and Romanian counties were less advanced until 2013 but have now overtaken Slavonia. Achieving a turnaround is difficult: only 9 percent of lagging...
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The Misallocation of Pay and Productivity in the Public Sector : Evidence from the Labor Market for Teachers
Bau, Natalie - 2017
This paper uses a unique dataset of both public and private sector primary school teachers and their students to present among the first estimates in a low-income country of (a) teacher effectiveness; (b) teacher value added (TVA) and its correlates; and (c) the link between TVA and teacher...
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Shoring up economic refugees : Venezuelan migrants in the Ecuadoran labor market
Olivieri, Sergio; Ortega, Francesc; Rivadeneira, Ana; … - 2020
Ecuador became the third largest receiver of the 4.3 million Venezuelans who left their country in the last five years, hosting around 10 percent of them. Little is known about the characteristics of these migrants and their labor market outcomes. This paper fills this gap by analyzing a new...
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Migration and jobs : issues for the 21st century
Christiaensen, Luc J.; Gonzalez, Alvaro; Robalino … - 2019
. There are also important market and regulatory failures that constrain mobility and reduce the net benefits of migration … internalize the social costs of migration in receiving regions; and (5) more flexible private sector driven schemes to regulate … the flow of migrants and minimize irregular migration …
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Tracing the local impacts of exports on poverty and inequality in Mexico
Rodríguez-Castelán, Carlos; Vazquez, Emmanuel; … - 2020
experienced an increase in labor force participation and attracted more net migration, particularly of unskilled workers …
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Globalisierung und Arbeitsmarktinstitutionen
Potrafke, Niklas - In: Ifo Schnelldienst 66 (2013) 04, pp. 32-35
Viele Kritiker gehen davon aus, dass im Zuge der Globalisierung der Kündigungsschutz und die Arbeitslosenunterstützung reduziert und gesetzliche Mindestlöhne gesenkt bzw. gar nicht erst eingeführt werden. Eine neue Studie, die den Einfluss von Globalisierung auf die Arbeitsmarktinstitutionen...
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Arbeitsmarktaustritt gleich Renteneintritt? – Warum das Renteneintrittsalter nur die halbe Wahrheit ist
Arent, Stefan; Kloß, Michael - In: Ifo Schnelldienst 65 (2012) 23, pp. 20-26
Arbeitslose erhalten mindestens 60% des letzten Nettolohns in Form des ALG I und erwerben Rentenansprüche entsprechend 80% ihres letzten Bruttolohns. Zudem steigt mit dem Alter die maximale Bezugsdauer des ALG I. Dies wirft die Frage auf, ob hier nicht Anreize entstehen, das ALG I als eine Art...
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