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Using an event-study framework, this paper examines the impact of four minimum wage hikes between 2008 and 2015 on the Cambodian labor market. The analysis finds that, except for immediate adjustments around the time of the hikes, the minimum wage hikes did not affect participation rates in the...
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protecting workers and ensuring that employment effects are not too large …
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low and the economy is in a negative output gap. Evidence shows that employment has increased, mainly at the minimum wage …
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-term positive impacts on self-employment and skills match, while positive but uncertain effects emerge for employment and earnings … training days attended). These positive impacts, however, do not lead to higher employment or greater earnings …
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other secondary measures, namely, employability and employment outcomes. The results should be interpreted with caution …
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implementation of the New Industrial Policy. The findings show that there was a significant and abrupt increase in employment at the … for certain industries. The paper finds that the increase in cross-border employment is higher for sectors receiving … experience an increase in employment. Finally, the growth in the number of firms in Uttar Pradesh close to the border remained …
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The economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has sharply reduced mobility and economic activity, disrupting the lives of people around the globe. This paper presents estimates on the early impact of the crisis on labor markets in 39 countries based on high-frequency phone survey data...
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employment adjustment has operated mostly along the intensive margin (that is leave of absence and reduction in hours), with a …
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-third of the total formal employment destruction that occurred between 2015 and 2016. The minimum wage effect on exit rates is …
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