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unemployment in Japan. The question is to what extent business ownership, i.e., entrepreneurship, can reduce the level of … unemployment. It will be concluded that Japan is hardly an outlier when using a simple model of the relationship between … unemployment and the rate of business ownership. The model is calibrated using recent data of 23 OECD countries. It shows a minor …
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Are certain groups of unemployed individuals hurt less by unemployment than others? This paper is an attempt to test … the hypothesis that non- pecuniary costs of unemployment may vary between societies with different unemployment rates … related to unemployment for South African adults as to be expected in richer countries. Reported well-being levels are shown …
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unemployment in Japan. The question is to what extent business ownership, i.e., entrepreneurship, can reduce the level of … unemployment. It will be concluded that Japan is hardly an outlier when using a simple model of the relationship between … unemployment and the rate of business ownership. The model is calibrated using recent data of 23 OECD countries. It shows a minor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005137269
This paper provides a detailed characterisation of the structure and behaviour of African factor markets and the institutions that impact on their operations. It shows that the African factor markets are imperfect and inefficient, thus constraining economic growth. The paper posits that for the...
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As the 20th anniversary of the transition to democracy approaches in 2014, the economic policy debates in South Africa are in full flow. The forthcoming Oxford Companion to the Economics of South Africa contributes to the policy and analytical debate by drawing together perspectives on a range...
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long run but, it increases unemployment in short run. Moreover, urbanization is increasing unemployment.This study opens up … unemployment in Pakistan for the period of 1973-2010. The Johansen cointegration approach is applied for long run relationship …. Empirical findings reveal that financial development does reduce unemployment. Foreign direct investment reduces unemployment in …
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, in many African countries, unemployment rates are low and growth is seldom jobless. Regrettably, most of the poor work … long hours and cannot make ends meet while the violation of basic human rights is not uncommon. Again, youth unemployment …
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The paper analyzes the problems of low growth, unemployment, especially youth unemployment, and high public debt …
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faster economic growth and higher (lower) levels of employment (unemployment). Using the prefecture level data for each of … growth varies positively with external scale variable(s) and unemployment rate tends to fall with respect to growth and …
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economic, institutional, and cultural environment. If investment opportunities are scarce, inequality is high, property rights …
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