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Labour market transitions in Italy : job separation, re-employment and policy implications

Jin, Yosuke; Fukahori, Ryotaro; Morgavi, Hermes - 2016

Italy’s low employment rate is associated with adverse labour market dynamics characterised differently across different categories of people. Both job separation and re-employment have remained less frequent in Italy, especially among older workers, against the backdrop of rigid employment...

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Labour market resilience : the role of structural and macroeconomic policies

Hijzen, Alexander; Kappeler, Andreas; Pak, Mathilde; … - 2017

This paper provides an overview of labour market resilience in the wake of the Great Recession of 2008-09 and the role played by macroeconomic and structural policies. The OECD unemployment rate has returned to close to its pre-crisis level, but the unemployment cost of the Great Recession has...

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Labour market reform in Japan to cope with a shrinking and ageing population

Jones, Randall Sidney; Seitani, Haruki - 2019

would enable Japan to better utilise its human capital. Abolishing the right of firms to set mandatory retirement … foreign workers in Japan. Breaking down labour market dualism is crucial to expand employment opportunities for women and … Survey of Japan (http://www.oecd.org/economy/japan-economic-snapshot/) …

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The benefits and costs of highly expansionary monetary policy

Rawdanowicz, Łukasz; Bouis, Romain; Watanabe, Shingo - 2013

for assessing this balance and applies it to four OECD economic areas: the euro area, Japan, the United Kingdom and the … the euro area and Japan. In the United Kingdom, the assessment is less clear cut. …

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Job displacement in Australia : evidence from the HILDA survey

Sila, Urban - 2019

Australia has a dynamic labour market with high job turnover. According to the HILDA Survey data, about one-fifth of all employees separate from their job every year, and about one fifth of those are displaced workers - laid off for economic reasons. Using multivariate probit regression we find...

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Strengthening skill use and school-to-work transitions in the Czech Republic

Araújo, Sónia; Maleček, Petr - 2015

The education system has reacted slowly to changes in labour market needs, leading to an increasing number of school leavers without sufficient qualification. In addition, declining PISA scores and a rising share of low achievers are raising concerns about the quality of the future labour force....

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How did immigrants fare in the Irish labour market over the Great Recession?

Kelly, Elish; McGuinness, Séamus; O'Connell, Philip J.; … - 2016

This paper identifies the labour market impact of the Great Recession on immigrants compared to natives and how this relationship has evolved since the downturn. We find that the employment penalty suffered by immigrant workers, relative to native workers, increased significantly over the Irish...

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Structural reforms to boost inclusive growth in Greece

Daude, Christian - 2016

This paper takes stock of the main structural reforms that Greece has undertaken since 2010, those currently proposed and that are in the process of implementation, and quantifies the medium and long‑term effects on output. Special attention is given to three issues that are relevant to...

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Making growth more inclusive in Costa Rica

González Pandiella, Alberto - 2016

In the past 30 years Costa Rica has grown steadily and social indicators have improved markedly. Well-being indicators are comparable or even above the OECD average in several dimensions, such as health, environment or life-satisfaction. This paper reviews the social progress that Costa Rica has...

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Making economic growth more socially inclusive in Germany

Kappeler, Andreas; Fuentes Hutfilter, Andrés - 2014

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