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Moral costs, the informal sector and unemployment
Kolm, Ann-Sofie; Larsen, Birthe - 2001
, sector division, unemployment and welfare. …
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The macroeconomic effects of a carbon tax to meet the U.S. Paris Agreement target: the role of firm creation and technology adoption
Finkelstein Shapiro, Alan; Metcalf, Gilbert E. - 2021
externalities and equilibrium unemployment. Our model incorporates endogenous labor force participation and two margins of … consumption and output; a marginal increase in the unemployment and labor force participation rates; and an expansion in the … accompanied by gradual gains in output and consumption and a negligible expansion in unemployment. Critically, abstracting from …
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Reservation wages and the wage flexibility puzzle
Koenig, Felix; Manning, Alan; Petrongolo, Barbara - 2016
Wages are only mildly cyclical, implying that shocks to labour demand have a larger short-run impact on unemployment …
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Unemployment protection for informal workers in Latin America and the Caribbean
Finkelstein Shapiro, Alan; Sarzosa, Miguel - 2013
-employment to analyze the implications of introducing universal unemployment protection for informal workers through transfers …, which are conditional on participation in training programs. We study how changes in unemployment benefits (UB) for … increasing training UB reduces unprotected unemployment and improves labor market outcomes through higher formal salaried …
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Structural change, income distribution and unemployment related to Covid-19 : an agent-based model
Schütz, Bernhard; Reiter, Oliver; Landesmann, Michael; … - 2023
We study the distributional consequences of COVID-19 by using a stock-flow consistent agent-based model that captures some of the aspects of pandemic-related lockdowns. In particular, the model distinguishes between "essential" and "non-essential" industries, between jobs that can be done from...
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Gender gaps in employment, wages, and work hours : assessment of COVID-19 implications
Tverdostup, Maryna - 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has highly asymmetric effects on labour market outcomes of men and women. In this paper, we empirically investigate the dynamics and drivers of gender gaps in employment rates, wages and workhours during the pandemic. Relying on Estonian Labour Force Survey data, we...
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Employment cyclicality by firm size, wage, and productivity in Brazil
Cravo, Túlio; Jacinto, Paulo de Andrade; Schimanski, … - 2018 - Version: August 27th, 2018
firms are more cyclically sensitive to unemployment. Besides, the VAR impulse response analysis suggests that workers move …
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Dependence or constraints? : labor supply responses from a cash transfer program
Vera Cossío, Diego Alejandro - 2019
Decreases in labor supply among cash-transfer recipients are often cited as potential drawbacks of social-assistance programs. However, cash transfers can also increase employment. Using variation across cohorts and over time in the eligibility criteria of a nationwide conditional cash-transfer...
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A rapid road to employment? : the impacts of a bus rapid transit system in Lima
Scholl, Lynn; Martinez, Daniel; Mitnik, Oscar A.; … - 2018
Despite the growing interest in and proliferation of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems around the world, their causal impacts on labor market outcomes remain unexplored. Reduced travel times for those who live near BRT stations or near feeder lines, may increase access to a wider array of job...
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The impact of business support services for small and medium enterprises on firm performance in low- and middle-income countries : a meta-analysis
Cravo, Túlio; Piza, Caio - 2016
Interventions designed to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are popular among policy makers, given the role SMEs play in job creation around the world. Business support interventions in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are often based on the assumption that market failures and...
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