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Bichler, Shimshon; Nitzan, Jonathan - In: Review of Capital as Power 2 (2023) 2, pp. 81-95

In a recent article, Nicolas D. Villarreal claims that our empirical analysis of the relation between business power and industrial sabotage in the United States is unpersuasive, if not deliberately misleading. Specifically, he argues that we cherry-pick specific data definitions and smoothing...

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The labor market in Canada, 2000-2021

Riddell, W. Craig - In: IZA World of Labor (2022)

unemployment and non-participation. Despite the severity of the Covid-19 shock, by December 2021 most key measures of labor market …

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The labor market in Poland, 2000-2021

Lewandowski, Piotr; Magda, Iga - In: IZA World of Labor (2023)

In the early 2000s, Poland's unemployment rate reached 20%. That is now a distant memory, as employment has increased … noticeably and the unemployment rate had dropped to 3.4% in 2021. The labor force participation of older workers increased … underemployed. During the Covid-19 pandemic the slowdown in economic growth and increase in unemployment were small. …

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The impact of stock market development on unemployment: Empirical evidence from South Africa

Nyasha, Sheilla; Odhiambo, Nicholas M.; Magombeyi, … - In: SPOUDAI - Journal of Economics and Business 71 (2021) 1/2, pp. 92-110

In this paper, the impact of stock market development on unemployment in South Africa has been empirically examined … using time-series data from 1980 to 2019. The study was motivated by the high level of structural unemployment facing the … the other hand. The study aims to add value to the finance-unemployment literature by using a range of stock market …

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The influence of exogenous factors on risk perception amongst insurance policyholders

Makalani, Yvonne; Ferreira-Schenk, Suné; … - In: Cogent Business & Management 9 (2022) 1, pp. 1-20

influencing the risk perception of insurance policyholders namely, political-legal, market fluctuations, crime and unemployment …

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Self-employment, knowledge and economic growth: An empirical study for Latin American countries

González Sánchez, Víctor M. - In: Contemporary Economics 12 (2018) 4, pp. 473-484

example, unemployment, taxes and education (as a proxy of knowledge). …

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The effect of reduced unemployment duration on the unemployment rate: A Synthetic Control Approach

Stricker, Luzius; Baruffini, Moreno - In: European Journal of Government and Economics (EJGE) 9 (2020) 1, pp. 46-73

This paper examines the impact of the fourth partial revision of the law of unemployment insurance (AVIG) on … unemployment dynamics in Switzerland at a cantonal level. The authors apply the Synthetic Control Method (SCM), a matching method … unemployment rate at a cantonal level: the reform had a discernible impact on lowering the unemployment rate in the Italian- and …

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Informal work along the business cycle: Evidence from Argentina

Albertini, Julien; Poirier, Arthur; Sopraseuth, Thepthida - In: IZA Journal of Development and Migration 11 (2020) 1, pp. 1-16

employment, informal employment, unemployment, and nonparticipation. We compute the contribution of each transition rate to … fluctuations in unemployment and informality rates. We identify five stylized facts: (i) Nearly 40% of the fluctuations in the … unemployment rate involves unemployment ins and outs from/to informal jobs. (ii) More than 40% of the fluctuations in informality …

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Labor exports from Palestine to Israel: A boon or bane for the West Bank economy?

Agbahey, Johanes; Siddig, Khalid; Grethe, Harald; … - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 10 (2020) 1, pp. 1-25

This article analyzes the effects on the West Bank economy of temporary Palestinian employment in Israel, using a new database and a computable general equilibrium model. The results show that Palestinian employment in Israel increases household incomes but distorts the operation of the West...

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Who bears the cost of the business cycle? Labor-market institutions and volatility of the youth unemployment rate

Kawaguchi, Daiji; Murao, Tetsushi - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 1 (2012), pp. 1-22

The way age-specific unemployment rates fluctuate over the business cycle differs significantly across countries. This … paper examines the effect of labor-market institutions on the fluctuations of age-specific unemployment rates based on panel …

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