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In the last 20 years, Vietnam has been one of the fastest growing economies in Asia. But the coverage of social insurance is still low. Only around one in five workers is covered by the public social insurance scheme. Expanding the coverage of social insurance for informal sector workers and the...
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We build an equilibrium model of a small open economy with labor market frictions and imperfectly enforced regulations. Heterogeneous firms sort into the formal or informal sector. We estimate the model using data from Brazil, and use counterfactual simulations to understand how trade affects...
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This landmark volume brings together leading scholars in the field to investigate recent conceptual shifts, research findings and policy debates on the informal economy. Researchers, practitioners and policy makers will find this book an invaluable guide to the significance of the informal economy.
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Die Anhebung der Altersgrenzen in der Gesetzlichen Rentenversicherung erfordert längere Erwerbsphasen und einen späteren Erwerbsausstieg. Die Chancen für eine derartige Verlängerung des Erwerbslebens sind in einer Reihe von Branchen ausgesprochen ungünstig. Ziel der vorliegenden Studie ist,...
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It is well known that the size of the informal (black or grey) economy causes serious fiscal problems for Hungary. This study makes an attempt to quantify the budgetary and macroeconomic effects of different ways of widening the formal sector (whitening”) with the help of a model. It turns out...
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Trotz der überaus positiven Entwicklung im 1. Quartal 2007 ist nicht zu übersehen, dass sich in der Bauwirtschaft eine …
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Die Bauwirtschaft sieht nun schon im dritten Jahr in Folge einer positiven Gesamtentwicklung entgegen. Das Bauvolumen …
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Strategic Management is a concept that concerns with making decisions and taking corrective actions to achieve long term targets and goals of an organization. The importance of strategic management in a firm can be answered by analyzing relationship between strategic management and...
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We examine the impact of hurricane strikes on the construction industry in US counties. To this end we use a measure of hurricane destruction derived from a wind field model and historical hurricane track data and employ this within a dynamic labour demand framework. Our results show that...
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Atypical employment is a term to describe the type of employment that is different in one or more or even in all aspects from regular employment. These types of employment promise the renewal of the labour markets. The paper discusses the penetration and structure of atypical employment during...
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