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Improving the Labour Market Integration of Immigrants in Belgium
Pina, Álvaro; Corluy, Vincent; Verbist, Gerlinde - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2015
Immigrants make up one fifth of the Belgian working age population, but their labour market integration is poor …. Employment rates of non-EU immigrants, in particular, are very low, and the problem extends to their native-born offspring …. Further, with more precarious jobs and lower wages, immigrants are heavily exposed to poverty. This is explained by low …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276826
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The German Labour Market: Preparing for the Future
Hüfner, Felix; Klein, Caroline - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2012
The strength of the German labour market response to the financial crisis of 2008-09 demonstrated the benefits of past labour market reforms, which raised work incentives, improved job matching and increased working hour flexibility. Going forward, the government should build on this success and...
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Migration, housing and regional disparities: A gravity model of inter-regional migration with an application to selected OECD countries
Cavalleri, Maria Chiara - 2021
Inter-regional migration – the movements of the population from one region to another within the same country – can be an important mechanism of spatial economic adjustment, affecting regional demographic and growth patterns. This paper examines the economic and housing-related factors that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012801178
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Reducing regional disparities for inclusive growth in Bulgaria
Hermansen, Mikkel - 2021
Regions with large cities are driving growth in Bulgaria, while many rural regions suffer from depopulation and rapid ageing. Improving living standards across all regions will require better coverage and access to public services, notably in health and long-term care. Policy action to integrate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012630105
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The firm-level link between productivity dispersion and wage inequality: A symptom of low job mobility?
Criscuolo, Chiara - 2021
Differences in average wages across firms – which account for around one-half of overall wage inequality – are mainly explained by differences in firm wage premia (the part of wages that depends exclusively on characteristics of firms) rather than workforce composition. Using a new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012630368
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The laws of attraction: Economic drivers of inter-regional migration, housing costs and the role of policies
Causa, Orsetta - 2021
This paper sheds light on inter-regional migration, housing and the role of policies, drawing on a new comparative cross-country approach. The results show that OECD countries exhibit stark variation in both levels and trends in inter-regional migration, which is found to be highly responsive to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012630515
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When and how do business shutdowns work? Evidence from Italy’s first COVID-19 wave
Ciminelli, Gabriele - 2021
Governments around the world have adopted unprecedented policies to deal with COVID-19. This paper zooms in on business shutdowns and investigates their effectiveness in reducing mortality. We leverage highly granular death registry data for almost 5,000 Italian municipalities in a diff-in-diff...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012630530
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Migration in OECD countries : Labour Market Impact and Integration Issues
Jean, Sébastien; Causa, Orsetta; Jimenez, Miguel; … - 2007
immigration for natives' labour market outcomes, as well as issues linked to immigrants' integration in the host … country labour market. Changes in the share of immigrants in the labour force may have a distributive impact on natives' wages …, and a temporary impact on unemployment. However, labour market integration of immigrants (as well as integration of second …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012442985
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Policy Options for Reducing Poverty and Raising Employment Rates in Israel
Hemmings, Philip - 2010
Welfare-to-work measures are a central theme of Israel’s labour and social policies to tackle relative poverty, which is concentrated among the Arab-Israeli and Ultra-orthodox (Haredi) communities. Policies include pilot programmes involving private-sector job placement (the “Wisconsin”...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012444015
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Adjusting Housing Policies in Slovakia in Light of Euro Adoption
Hüfner, Felix - 2009
House prices have risen strongly in past years, helped by rising incomes and declining interest rates. At the same time, construction of new dwellings has remained fairly muted and has only recently shown signs of picking up. A characteristic feature of the Slovak housing market, and a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012444108