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terms of overtime labor; the resulting coefficient estimates are in accordance with theory and statistically significant for … in the microdata with the degree of sluggishness in inflation adjustment to output changes at the macro level. © 2014 …
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The material within these pages shows that Barbados, a Caribbean country with just over a quarter of a million people, embodies many of the classic vulnerabilities of an island with a small open economy, yet aspires to developed-country status, and is already well advanced on the road to...
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, the resulting estimates, labor productivity, and the characteristics of informal sector production units. …
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In this paper, we use 1991-2005 panel data on the unemployed, vacancies, inflow into unemployment, and outflow from … unemployment in five former communist economies and in the western part of Germany (a benchmark western economy) to examine the … evolution of unemployment together with that of inflows into unemployment and vacancies. The comparison of the transition …
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This paper examines whether a greater concentration of foreigners increases the likelihood of unemployment in local … labor markets among citizens of the European Community. It provides the results of probit equations estimating the … labor markets. The estimates show a statistically significant, but weak, negative connection between the concentration of …
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,500 follow-up interviews were conducted in early 1997 by employees of local labor offices with persons in self …, program impacts in both countries on unemployment compensation savings were large, and impacts on employment outcomes were …. Among subgroups, self- employment appeared to be more effective in high unemployment areas in Hungary, among females in …
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markets, the governments of Hungary and Poland provide labor force members with unemployment compensation and a variety of … active labor programs (ALPs). Follow-up surveys of participants in retraining, public works, wage subsidies, self …
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This paper examines whether a greater concentration of foreigners increases the likelihood of unemployment in local … labor markets among citizens of the European Community. It provides the results of probit equations estimating the … labor markets. The estimates show a statistically significant, but weak, negative connection between the concentration of …
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This paper presents the author’s view on some analysis methods applicable to the labor market of Romania, focusing on … problems such as structure and occupation. The first part is dedicated to a synopsis on the population and labor force …
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