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The question this paper poses relates to the role of economic theories in gaining wider support around political agendas. That is their ability to describe a problem in such a way, so that the “answer” would appear not as a political demand in favor of one class, but as a prerequisite for...
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In this paper, we assess the effects of the Italian labour market reforms which began in 2001 and which led to widespread deployment of temporary work contracts. Using a hitherto unexploited administrative dataset of work histories for the period 2003-2010, we estimate transition probabilities...
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Flexicurity is at the heart of European policy debates. Its aim is to overcome the tensions between labour market flexibility on the one hand, and the provision of social security for workers on the other hand. To date, there is little insight into whether flexicurity policies have been adopted...
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The current study analyzes the status of both the European and the Bulgarian labor markets from the standpoint of the effects of the current crisis, which has affected the supply and demand of labor as well as the employment structure. It further examines the anti-crisis policies, which have...
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One important and under-researched aspect of labour market policy is the extent to which policy interventions are effective in modifying job search behaviour. Furthermore, there is little extant research on whether certain job search behaviours lead to labour market success. Our analysis uses...
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The transition to a market economy started in Romania after 1989 and had significant repercussions on labor market outcomes, in terms of both levels and composition. Labor markets adjusted to the new economic environment by reducing employment and labor force participation, and by increasing...
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institutions in conditions of globalization and highly competitive environment. …
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This article shows some important aspects of a worldwide, historical phenomenon: the globalization of commerce and art … unprecedented interactions. The central role played by the Viceroyalty of New Spain in this globalization has perhaps not been …
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Solow’s growth model, as well as financial globalization and trade openness measures for a sample of 56 industrial and …
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globalization on female employment in 33 OECD countries, using a pseudo micro panel on 110’000 persons from the World Values Survey …, 1981 to 2008. A traditional cross-country analysis suggests that only the social dimension of globalization, the worldwide …, the social dimension of globalization appears to work at the regional level only, while economic globalization (trade …
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