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This paper uses household survey (Sakernas) data from the 1996 and 2004 to estimate the determinants of earnings in Indonesia. The Indonesian labour market is segmented, with a majority of workers engaged in informal-sector occupations, and earnings data are available only for formal-sector...
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Over the past decade, labour market outcomes have improved in India, with net employment rising markedly for the … subject to labour market regulation, and here employment has fallen. The role of employment protection legislation in … affecting employment outcomes is controversial both in the OECD area and in India. This paper looks at the impact of employment …
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empirically-proven to help regain employment; this will require systematic and rigorous evaluation of labour-market programmes and …
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and that a tertiary qualification improves an individual’s prospects of employment. While the premium for matric and …
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proxies for education quality. We find that the employment and earnings premiums to education level are robust to the … significant relationship is found between the school quality measures and employment.<P>This Working Paper relates to the 2013 …
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This paper analyses the age structure of employment rates across OECD countries with a focus on France. The statistical … dispersion of employment rates across age groups. The “within” component of the 15-29 age group accounts for over half of France …
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nation’s potential output. Boosting employment prospects is also critical, as the country will soon be ageing at a fast pace …. Despite long working hours, labour utilisation is only average due to structurally low employment rates, particularly at both … ends of the age spectrum, with some marked regional differences. The female employment rate is especially low, in part due …
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The shrinking number of workers due to smaller young cohorts entering the labour market and large-scale outward migration are undermining Bulgaria’s growth prospects, the sustainability of its social institutions and society more widely. Bulgaria needs to provide more support for families and...
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Over the past decade, the share of jobs not controlled by the state has increased considerably, whilst employment in … enforced remains to be seen. For the time being, de facto employment protection is far less than de jure, with an enduring … wages, nor are they effectively enforced. During the recent slowdown, average wages adjusted rapidly and employment was soon …
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While employment growth has accelerated, allowing unemployment to fall significantly since 2005, many low … workers in low-income households, subject to a minimum of hours worked, could lower barriers to higher employment which result …
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