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Place of work and place of residence : informal hiring networks and labor market outcomes
Bayer, Patrick J.; Ross, Stephen L.; Topa, Giorgio - 2005
labor market outcomes. Specifically, using Census data that characterize residential and employment locations down to the …) and when at least one individual is well attached to the labor market. These findings are robust across various … availability of neighborhood referrals has a significant impact on a wide range of labor market outcomes including employment and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003809184
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The UK labour market and the 2008 - 2009 recession
Gregg, Paul; Wadsworth, Jonathan - 2010
The recession of 2008-2009 inflicted a larger cumulative loss of UK output than any of the other post-war recessions. Nevertheless, employment rates remained higher than might have been expected given the experience of previous recessions. The main reasons for this appear to be a combination of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003973882
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Grenzen der Bildungsexpansion? : Ausbildungsinadäquate Beschäftigung von Ausbildungs- und Hochschulabsolventen in Deutschland
Rukwid, Ralf - 2012
Der Begriff der Ausbildungsadäquanz zielt auf den Grad der Übereinstimmung zwischen den im Bildungssystem erworbenen Qualifikationen und dem Anforderungsprofil der am Arbeitsmarkt ausgeübten Tätigkeit. Im Falle einer ausbildungsinadäquaten Beschäftigung oder auch Fehlqualifikation bleibt...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009569476
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Employment, inequality and the UK national minimum wage over the medium-term
Dolton, Peter J.; Rosazza-Bondibene, Chiara; Wadsworth, … - 2010
This paper assesses the impact of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) on employment and inequality in the UK over the decade since its introduction in 1999. Identification is facilitated by using variation in the bite of the NMW across local labour markets and the different sized year on year up...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009155048
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Seeing the world with different eyes
Koellinger, Philipp; Minniti, Maria; Schade, Christian D. - 2008 - Revised version (v2.0)
Across countries, women own significantly fewer businesses than do men. We show that this is due, in large part, to the fact that the propensity to start businesses of women is significantly lower than that of men. The lower propensity of women, in turn, appears to be highly correlated to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011374407
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Preferences, gender segregation and affirmative action
Sloane, Peter J. (contributor); Grazier, Suzanne (contributor) - 2005
In the UK concern has been expressed over the degree of gender occupational segregation. Though there are no general provisions for affirmative action, it does apply in limited areas and pro-active measures have been suggested. In this paper we focus on gender differences in work preferences in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003222509
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Employment, Inequality and the UK National Minimum Wage Over the Medium-Term
Dolton, Peter - 2010
This paper assesses the impact of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) on employment and inequality in the UK over the decade since its introduction in 1999. Identification is facilitated by using variation in the bite of the NMW across local labour markets and the different sized year on year up...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013136496
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Seeing the World with Different Eyes : Gender Differences in Perceptions and the Propensity to Start a Business
Koellinger, Philipp - 2008
Across countries, women own significantly fewer businesses than do men. We show that this is due, in large part, to the fact that the propensity to start businesses of women is significantly lower than that of men. The lower propensity of women, in turn, appears to be highly correlated to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012724716
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Preferences, Gender Segregation and Affirmative Action
Sloane, Peter J. - 2005
In the UK concern has been expressed over the degree of gender occupational segregation. Though there are no general provisions for affirmative action, it does apply in limited areas and pro-active measures have been suggested. In this paper we focus on gender differences in work preferences in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012784043
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Comparative Analysis of Young People’s Access to the Labor Market in Benin and Togo : An Application of the Inequality of Opportunity Index
Sanoussi, Yacobou - 2019
In low- and middle-income countries such as West African countries, access to youth labour market is characterized by significant inequalities. But it is rare to find in the context of the West African countries, empirical studies which have focused on inequalities of opportunity on the issue of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012893408