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Drivers of Entrepreneurship: Linking with Economic Growth and Employment Generation (A Panel Data Analysis)
Rasool, Farhat; Gulzar, Ahmed; Naseer, Shaheen - In: The Pakistan Development Review 51 (2012) 4, pp. 587-606
The need for entrepreneurship for economic development has always been crucial in the history of successful nations and developed economies because entrepreneurs are the leaders who invent innovative ideas that give spark to economic activities. Entrepreneurship is a key determinant of...
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Does the Recent Success of some OECD Countries in Lowering their Unemployment Rates lie in the Clever Design of their Labour Market Reforms?
Belot, Michèle; Ours, Jan C van - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000
investigate how unemployment is affected by different labour market institutions (LMI) such as labour taxes, unemployment benefits …The development of the unemployment rate differs substantially between OECD countries. In recent years some countries … have experienced a mild increase, other countries have had a stable unemployment rate, while there are also ‘successful …
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How do income-support systems in the UK affect labour force participation?
Brewer, Mike - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2009
This paper reviews how income-support systems affect labour force participation in the UK. The UK’s approach to social insurance is “basic security”, with modest, typically flat-rate, benefits; insurance-based benefits are relatively unimportant. Compared with the EU, the UK has high...
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The Choice of Institutions: The Role of Risk and Risk-Aversion
Weinhold, Diana; Zak, Paul J. - EconWPA - 2005
Institutions can affect individual behavior both via their efficiency impact and via their risk reducing mechanisms … simultaneously extant institutions. This paper presents a simple model of institutional choice in a labor market when there is a risk …
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Perfile dinâmica do emprego em telecomunicações no Brasil entre 1998 e 2011
de Sousa, Rodrigo Abdalla Filgueiras; Nascimento, Paulo … - 2012
This study explores three issues related to the job market in the Brazilian information and communication technologies (ICT) industry, considering both industrial and service segments. First of all, evolution of job structure in the sector is evaluated since 1998. Second, the intensity of...
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Determinantes da expansão do emprego formal: O que explica o aumento do tamanho médio dos estabelecimentos?
Corseuil, Carlos Henrique L.; Moura, Rodrigo L.; Ramos, … - 2009
The main goal of this paper is to analyze the increase of Brazilian formal employment growth rate in the last decade. The evidence suggests that this acceleration is due to a reversal in the trend of the average number of employees per establishment. More detailed investigations show evidence...
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Determinantes da expansão do emprego formal : o que explica o aumento do tamanho médio dos estabelecimentos?
Corseuil, Carlos Henrique; Moura, Rodrigo Leandro de; … - 2009
The main goal of this paper is to analyze the increase of Brazilian formal employment growth rate in the last decade. The evidence suggests that this acceleration is due to a reversal in the trend of the average number of employees per establishment. More detailed investigations show evidence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003922386
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Perfil e dinâmica do emprego em telecomunicações no Brasil entre 1998 e 2011
Sousa, Rodrigo Abdalla Filgueiras de; Nascimento, Paulo … - 2012
This study explores three issues related to the job market in the Brazilian information and communication technologies (ICT) industry, considering both industrial and service segments. First of all, evolution of job structure in the sector is evaluated since 1998. Second, the intensity of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009615827
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Das ifo Beschäftigungsbarometer und der deutsche Arbeitsmarkt
Henzel, Steffen; Wohlrabe, Klaus - In: Ifo Schnelldienst 67 (2014) 15, pp. 35-40
Das ifo Beschäftigungsbarometer und das IAB-Arbeitsmarktbarometer, beides Indikatoren für den deutschen Arbeitsmarkt, weisen einen engen Zusammenhang zur deutschen Arbeitsmarktlage auf. Allerdings gibt es Unterschiede, wenn verschiedene Zielgrößen betrachtet werden. Das ifo...
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Das Rentenmodell der katholischen Verbände : Studie im Auftrag des Ministeriums für Arbeit, Gesundheit und Soziales des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, der Katholischen Arbeitnehmer-Be...
Werding, Martin; Hofmann, Herbert; Reinhard, Hans-Joachim - ifo Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der …
Die vorliegende Studie wurde im ifo Forschungsbereich "Sozialpolitik und Arbeitsmärkte" in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Sozialrecht, München, erstellt und im Februar 2007 abgeschlossen. Sie entstand im Auftrag des Ministeriums für Arbeit,...
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