Este estudio se centra en la relación entre el ciclo económico y la brecha salarial por sexo en Colombia. Se encuentra que la brecha salarial por hora es procíclica para los hombres y mujeres entre 25 y 55 años que trabajan. Se emplea un pseudopanel con datos anuales de las Encuestas de...

To assess the influence of nonstandard employment for the labor market participation of different demographic groups, we provide detailed descriptions of the development of atypical employment in comparison to standard employment, unemployment, and economic inactivity between 1996 and 2011. In...

One of the most important consequences of the economic and financial crisis is the record of negative growth rates and high rates of unemployment. FDI are widely recognized for their contribution on host country economic growth, therefore foreign capital inflows are considered a viable solution...

(english) Over the last two decades the Egyptian labor market has undergone major changes that the social claims of the January 2011 revolution brought to light. Among them, lack of job security and associated weak social protection have been particularly criticized. Therefore the aim of this...

Over the last two decades the Egyptian labor market has undergone major changes that the social claims of the January 2011 revolution brought to light. Among them, lack of job security and associated weak social protection have been particularly criticized. Therefore the aim of this article is...

In diesem Beitrag werden Besonderheiten des Staates als Arbeitgeber von Personen mit Migrationshintergrund untersucht. Ziel ist es zu analysieren, inwieweit ausgewaehlte Personalpraktiken und Argumentationsmuster das politische Ziel OEsterreichs, die Integration von Personen mit...

The paper analyzes the units of full-time employment (ULA) as estimated by Istat National Accounts. The cyclical analysis can highlight the role that irregular employment (dependent and independent) play on the dynamics of the Italian economy, emphasizing the relationship of substitution between...

This article studies the potential measurement errors when coding occupational data. The quality of occupational data is important but often neglected. We recoded open-ended questions on occupation for last and current job in the Dutch SHARE data, using the CASCOT ex-post coding software. The...

In the light of the present debate on the problem of child labour in developing countries, it is the need of the hour to look into the experiences of those developed/industrialised nations. The high incidence of child labour in the industrialised nations during the last two centuries, especially...

This paper reviews the existing literature to bring out the broad understanding with respect to determinant of child labour and educational deprivation of children.