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People in developing countries—particularly the agricultural poor—face a host of risks to their lives and livelihoods, including those stemming from globalization, climate change, and weather shocks. These experiences highlight the importance of social protection, which can have a...
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shared benefits for participating countries in such areas as health, education, trade, and infrastructure. …
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shared benefits for participating countries in such areas as health, education, trade, and infrastructure. …
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such disparities are increasing, partly as a consequence of the uneven impact of trade openness and globalization. While …
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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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equilibrium wage will cause unemployment. This paper makes two contributions to the basic theory of the minimum wage. First, we … analyze the effects of a higher minimum wage in terms of poverty rather than in terms of unemployment. Second, we extend the … the perspective from unemployment to poverty leads to a considerable enrichment of the theory of the minimum wage. …
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equilibrium wage will cause unemployment. This paper makes two contributions to the basic theory of the minimum wage. First, we … analyze the effects of a higher minimum wage in terms of poverty rather than in terms of unemployment. Second, we extend the … perspective from unemployment to poverty leads to a considerable enrichment of the theory of the minimum wage. …
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equilibrium wage will cause unemployment. This paper makes three contributions to the basic theory of the minimum wage. First, we … analyze the effects of a higher minimum wage in terms of poverty rather than in terms of unemployment. Second, we extend the … unemployment to poverty leads to a considerable enrichment of the theory of the minimum wage. Copyright Springer Science …
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exacerbates unemployment. Our richer setting allows for generational differences in the motivations for job search to be reflected … in two distinct inverted U‐shaped relationships between unemployment and high‐wage employment, one for youth and a … different one for adults. In turn, the relationship between overall unemployment and high‐wage employment is shown to be non …
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