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The West European Employment Problem
Lindbeck, Assar - 1996
How do we explain the poor employment performance in Western Europe since about the-1970s? This question is in fact twofold : What initiated the dramatic rise in employment, and waht mechanisms have made it continue for so long? My attemps to answer these questions from the basis for a...
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Employment, unemployment, and underemployment in Africa
Golub, Stephen; Hayat, Faraz - 2014
This paper documents and analyses the predominance of informal employment in Africa and shows that lack of demand for labour rather than worker characteristics is the main reason for pervasive underemployment. Integration into the global economy and exports of labour-intensive products are vital...
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Selection into employment sectors in urban Ghana and Tanzania
Twumasi Baffour, Priscilla - 2013
probability of not-working (unemployment). In terms of selection into specific sectors, the results suggest both labour markets …
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Employment chances of immigrants and their children in Germany: Does sense of personal control matter?
Thum-Thysen, Anna - In: IZA Journal of Migration 5 (2016) 16, pp. 1-25
Labour market integration is a social process suggesting that personality traits are relevant. This paper explores whether immigrants with a higher belief in their ability to control outcomes tend to be more likely to be employed. This trait is known in psychology as the locus of control (LOC)....
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Arbeitszeitwünsche, Arbeitslosigkeit und Arbeitszeitpolitik
Grözinger, Gerd; Matiaske, Wenzel; Tobsch, Verena - 2008
Der Beitrag untersucht auf Basis des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels 2004 die Arbeitszeitwünsche der abhängig Beschäftigten in Deutschland unter Berücksichtigung von damit einhergehenden Einkommensveränderungen. Es wird gezeigt, dass die in der arbeitsmarktpolitischen Diskussion häufig...
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Labour market modelling in the light of the financial crisis
Lafourcade, Pierre; Gerali, Andrea; Brůha, Jan; … - 2016
This paper revisits the empirical relationship between unemployment and output, and its evolution following the … the European System of Central Banks (ESCB). First, the negative correlation between output and unemployment (Okun’s law …. Focusing on the euro area, the financial distress seems to have altered the dynamics of output and unemployment mainly at lower …
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A decade of labour market reforms in the EU: Insights from the LABREF database
Turrini, Alessandro; Koltay, Gabor; Pierini, Fabiana; … - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 4 (2015), pp. 1-33
This paper analyses the main features and determinants of labour market reforms in the EU over the period of 2000 - 2011 using the European Commission LABREF database. The data suggests that the timing, focus, and geographical distribution of reforms reflect the interplay between economic shocks...
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Inside the black box: Labour market institutions, wage formation and unemployment in Italy
Dell'Aringa, Carlo; Lucifora, Claudio - 2000
share of long-term unemployment. The rise in unemployment and its persistently high level have been blamed, both in Italy … of unemployment. An additional dimension of "segmentation" also characterises the Italian labour market, notably the 30 … percent's unemployment rate in the South (6 percent in the North) and the presence of a large share of the labour force …
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The Approach of An Intelligent System for Stopping the Phenomenon of Migration of Young People During the Economic Crisis
Feraru, Petronela Daniela - In: CES Working Papers 4 (2012) 3, pp. 323-339
This study identifies and proposes the approach of a new intelligent system regarding stopping the phenomenon of migration of young people during the current economic crisis. We investigate the manner in which the labour market and the educational system in Romania can contribute to the option...
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The Transition Countries in Early 2000: Improved Outlook for Growth, But Unemployment Is Still Rising
Havlik, Peter - 2000
rising efficiency has been rising unemployment. Double-digit unemployment rates have now become a rule. Apart from the truly … disastrous labour market situation in several countries of former Yugoslavia, unemployment has recently acquired dramatic … improvement. And even more than in the rest of Europe, the CEECs' unemployment patterns display distinct regional, gender, age and …
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