It has often been argued that voter turnout in the United States is too low, particularly compared with turnout in other industrialized democracies, and that a healthy democracy should have higher turnout. One proposal that has been considered by Congress to increase voter turnout is the...

One of the major challenges which Romania faces, and also most of European countries, is high youth unemployment which became worse in the current crisis period. This phenomena appeared in the crisis context first because youngsters had and they still have difficulties entering on the labour...

It is a common observation that many individuals vote despite the fact that, in elections with even a moderate number of voters, the probability their vote will be pivotal is quite small. The theoretical solution of positing that individuals receive utility from the act of voting itself explains...

Programs to encourage labor market activity among youth, including public employment programs and wage subsidies like the Work Opportunity Tax Credit, can be supported by three broad rationales. They may: (1) provide contemporaneous income support to participants; (2) encourage work experience...

One of the major challenges which Romania faces, and also most of European countries, is high youth unemployment which became worse in the current crisis period. This phenomena appeared in the crisis context first because youngsters had and they still have difficulties entering on the labour...

A large literature has studied the context that affects women’s numerical representation, but few have moved beyond numbers to study the drivers of a gender gap in political influence among elected politicians. Using panel data for the careers of 35.000 Swedish municipal politicians over six...

Cet article décrit et analyse le déploiement territorial du Contrat d’accompagnement dans l’emploi (CAE) au cours de l’année 2009 en réponse à la crise. Dispositif emblématique de la politique nationale de l’emploi, le CAE est l’objet d’un pilotage très centralisé recherchant...

A politikai rendszerváltozást követő gazdasági átalakulás Magyarországon a nagyvállalati belső munkaerőpiacok felbomlását-visszaszorulását s a foglalkozási típusú munkaerőpiacok térnyerését eredményezte. A munkaerőpiac ugyanakkor feltűnően zárttá, rugalmatlanná...

A magyar felsőoktatásnak a kilencvenes években végbement hirtelen bővülése sokakban keltett aggodalmat: vajon az expanzió nem vezet-e tömeges "túlképzéshez", azaz növekvő munkanélküliséghez a fiatal diplomások vagy az általuk kiszorított csoportok körében és/vagy a...

It is well-established that Arab labor markets share certain common characteristics, including an oversized public sector, high unemployment for educated youth, weak private sector dependent on government welfare for their survival, rapid growth in educational attainment, but much of it focused...