In this paper, we provide a summary of key indicators of the labour market and use statistical techniques to summarise their information and assess their implications for the labour market conditions and policies in Ghana. The analysis shows that there is significant distress in the labour...

In emerging economies, policymakers should care not only about the informality level but also about its persistence, which also has key welfare implications. Considering worker flows that drive people into informality is important for developing effective public policies. Using a Markov...

In labor markets with substantial informality, distinct working arrangements offer different prospects for workers. Formal employment provides insurance programs requiring social security contributions and taxes. Informal and self-employment lack public insurance to mitigate risk but offer...

Резюме: Предмет на научен анализ са въпросите относно правното понятие и същността на осигурителното правоотношение между осигурителния орган и безработното...

This study assesses the sustainability of reintegration programs for repatriated Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in Zamboanga City, focusing on the effectiveness of current initiatives and identifying key areas for improvement. Employing a mixed-methods approach, the research combines...

How costly are the imperfections of conditional welfare programs? Should we replace these programs with a Universal Basic Income (UBI)? We answer these questions using a general equilibrium model with incomplete markets, accounting for three overlooked imperfections of real-life conditional...

Successfully transitioning to a low-carbon economy by 2050 necessitates not only technological advancements but also the swift reallocation of the workforce. Existing policies, such as the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), focus on firm subsidies while overlooking critical labor market coordination...

Unemployment in the big continental European economies like France and Germany has been substantially increasing since the mid 1970s. So far it has been difficult to empirically explain the increase in unemployment in these countries via changes in supposedly employment unfriendly institutions...

Since 2003 the German Public Employment Service has been experimenting with the contracting out of various services. One of the new labour market programmes is Personnel Service Agencies, which provide client firms with jobseekers on a temporary assignment basis and are responsible for...