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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...
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Using international and intertemporal variations in minimum wages, employment protection laws, minimum wage regulations and female work behavior within the OECD, empirical analysis provide evidence that higher minimum wages are associated with lower female labor force participation and...
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In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the United States enacted the CARES Act, which expanded unemployment insurance … (UI) benefits by providing a $600 weekly payment in addition to state unemployment benefits. We test whether changes in UI …
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The agriculture sector is the predominant employer of the active workforce in Ghana. Among this workforce, women constitute majority which invariable imply their role cannot be overemphasized. This study therefore examines how the socioeconomic characteristics of women affects local economic...
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This study reviews a host of issues related to international migration in Sub-Saharan Africa and presents an overview of the state of the art of research and knowl-edge. Its aim is to identify policies and research areas that will improve understanding and management of migration in Sub-Sahara...
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This article is a humble attempt to cover the recent series of helter skelter actions taken by government agencies and the attitude of state executive machinery and Industrial houses towards the working population in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic. It also tries to list down possible explanations...
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instrument to capture the profile of WISEs in Flanders (Belgium). We discuss some methodological issues in using administrative …
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. Moreover, the predicted nega-tive relation between worker flows and unemployment duration does not seem to hold in the case of …
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Those advocating “government as employer of last resort schemes” (ELR) nearly always assume, first, that “ELR employers” should be specially set up to employ those out of work, i.e. that these projects or “employers” should be separate from existing public sector employers. A second...
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unemployment and the economic crisis during the 2008. The experience shows the importance of cooperation beetween the municipal … opportunities for workers, enterprises, families, in order to fight unemployment enforcing the local social welfare. …
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