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Industrial decline and labor reallocation in a transforming economy : Romania in early transition
Earle, John S. - In: IZA Journal of Labor & Development 1 (2012), pp. 1-18
other industrial sectors, in agriculture, and in services, as well as unemployment and non-participation in the labor force … present a mixed picture of social dislocation and improved reallocation. -- unemployment ; sectoral shifts ; reallocation …
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Another economic miracle? : the German labor market and the great recession
Rinne, Ulf; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 1 (2012), pp. 1-21
; unemployment ; labor market institutions ; internal flexibility …
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Subjective well-being and selected economic, demographic, and job factors in OECD countries
Marilou, Ioakimidis; Kiohos, Apostolos - In: Advances in management & applied economics 2 (2012) 3, pp. 71-81
This study compared 10 economic, demographic, and job factors between happier and less happy OECD countries based upon scores of subjective well-being (SWB), a concept commonly meaning happiness or life satisfaction. In 2009, the scores of residents in the happier OE CD countries were...
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Frauen tragen immer mehr zum gemeinsamen Verdienst in Partnerschaften bei
Holst, Elke; Kröger, Lea - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 80 (2013) 12, pp. 10-13
for this development is the increasing shift of women out of unemployment and into part-time and marginal employment …
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Wage and occupational assimilation by skill level : migration policy lessons from Spain
Rodríguez-Planas, Núria - In: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies 1 (2012), pp. 1-24
dynamic simulations that account for the swings of the unemployment rates before and after the 2007 crisis. Our results … productivity, and demographics, succeed in explaining a great part of the changes in unemployment in both countries …. -- unemployment dynamics ; structural multi-equation models ; chain reaction theory ; simulations ; PIGS …
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Labour market and labour market policies during great recession the case of Estonia
Eamets, Raul - In: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies 2 (2013), pp. 1-25
The purpose of the paper is to analyse how labour market and labour market institutions reacted during recent crises. In early 1990s Estonia introduced a set of rather unique policy options like currency board as a ground for monetary policy, low taxes, open foreign trade policy, low public...
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Business cycle and spillover effects on pre-retirement behavior in Spain
Jimenez-Martin, Sergi; Castello, Judit - In: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies 2 (2013), pp. 1-23
of the old-age pension system on transitions from employment to disability, unemployment and inactivity. We exploit the …
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Does the public sector discriminate against women? : occupational segregation prior to privatization in Egypt
Said, Mona - In: Advances in management & applied economics 1 (2011) 2, pp. 185-201
This paper utilizes a joint (ordered probit) occupational attainment and wage determination model to examine the channels through which occupational segregation and pay discrimination affect the overall gender wage gap in different sectors of ownership in Egypt. Using a large data set drawn from...
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Evaluation of behavior, skills and commitment, management
Moradi, F.; Jajarmizadeh, M.; Nikkar, M.; Abbasi, N. - In: Advances in management & applied economics 1 (2011) 2, pp. 169-183
In this study, the amount of skills, behavior and commitment of managers are investigated. For this study, which is …: there was no significant difference between components of skills. The sixth hypothesis was confirmed; that is, there were …
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El estado de salud de los uruguayos
Rossi, Ianina; Tellechea, Fernanda; Tramontin, Fiorella; … - In: Estudios de economía 34 (2007) 1, pp. 73-96
In this paper we analyze the links between health status (measured by selfreported illness occurrence) and individuals’ socioeconomic situation. Using the annual households surveys of Uruguay for the period 1991 to 2000, we compute probit models and find that men, unmarried, young people,...
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