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We study the COVID-19 pandemic’s effects on the labor supply of parents with young children. Using the monthly Current … with childcare needs to those without. The first compares parents with young children and those without young children … supply of parents with young children was not negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, some evidence suggests …
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find childcare needs did not negatively affect parents' labor supply during the pandemic, with some evidence suggesting … parents with childcare requirements were more often working. On the extensive margin, our results are not systematically … suggesting the ability to work remotely helped parents avoid labor supply decreases. …
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Defining the welfare state is not a simpleminded task. Actually, there are numerous definitions which try to reflect at least some of the basic characteristics of the welfare state or its objectives and its functions. For some, there is primarily an institutional parameter, for others there are...
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The financial collapse of 2007, the accompanying refugee crisis, the health crisis, and the coronavirus pandemic have …
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Purpose - This study examines knowledge, perceived risk, and precautionary behaviours among Malaysians during a global health crisis, which is the first health crisis experienced by most Malaysians. Method - A self-administered online survey questionnaire was sent across Malaysia, and A total of...
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Social protection is identified globally as the strategy for safeguarding the economic security of the vulnerable people including the poor. Social Safety Net Program (SSNP) is a component of social protection and a well-recognized instrument for economic wellbeing of the poor from the...
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We study how large shocks impact individuals’ skilling decisions using data from a large, government-sponsored, online learning platform in Saudi Arabia. The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic brought about a massive increase in online skilling, and demand shifted towards courses that offered...
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This study investigates the effectiveness of fiscal policy in macroeconomic stabilization during the COVID-19 health crisis through a Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium (DSGE) model, incorporating financial frictions and using Romanian empirical data from 2007-2020. We analyse the impact of...
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Revolutions do not consolidate until they blend with the establishment to create a new world. Keynes understood it, and that is why he titled his masterwork The General Theory. But he was unsuccessful in the blending. In 2020-21, it is argued in here, we all follow Keynes, but with insufficient...
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This paper discusses the establishment of the minimum wage determination process in the early twentieth century Australia, following the institutionalisation of compulsory industrial arbitration between capital and labour. This process led to the 1907 Harvester judgment whereby the Common-...
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