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and North Africa regions (SSA and MENA) aimed at reviewing the status of employment service provision, challenges and … opportunities for their development 4207 Given the enormous employment challenges in the Sub Saharan Africa and Middle East and … North Africa regions, particularly for youth and vulnerable groups, the study confirms the potential role employment …
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. Moreover, we find that precarious forms of employment are persistent: individuals who start their careers at the bottom of the …
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likelihood of youths moving between employment states, such as unemployment, employment and out of the labour force. Additional … transitions were calculated for groups moving between vulnerable and non-vulnerable employment and with respect to education level …
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This paper analyzes the consequences of pursuing a less activist Government employment stabilization policy strategy in … Egypt. On the basis of a fairly stylized model we find that a reduction of the Government’s involvement in the economy along … with an introduction of mild but binding firing regulations in the private sector may lead to a rise in total employment …
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The integration of active labour market policies within income support schemes - such as unemployment insurance and social assistance - has been a key component of social protection in high-income countries since the 1990s, with a rich literature reviewing its effects and implementation...
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Asian Americans faced a disproportionately larger surge in unemployment rates than other racial and ethnic groups during the Covid-19 pandemic. While existing literature typically examines labor demand channels to explain this, we instead explore a labor supply channel. Our hypothesis is that...
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This paper focuses on the determinants of the labor market situation of young people in developed countries and the developing world, with a special emphasis on the role of vocational training and education policies. We highlight the role of demographic factors, economic growth and labor market...
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This paper analyzes Bolivian exports focusing on their jobs results. We find that: i) employment created by exports is … negative and significant impact on employment, although part of this has been offset by selling more to Venezuela, as part of …
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This essay first sketches some descriptive material, setting the stage and demonstrating the highly differentiated statistical landscape of various measures for youth unemployment in Europe compared to India and in particular to Germany. Second, it provides a simple but powerful model for the...
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of young workers, policies to make vocational training systems more effective and to adjust employment protection as well …
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