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Activation versus Other Employment Policies – Lessons for Germany

Calmfors, Lars - In: CESifo Forum 5 (2004) 2, pp. 35-42

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Explaining Differentials in Employment and Wages Between Young Adults with and Without Disabilities

Mann, David R.; Wittenburg, David C. - Mathematica Policy Research - 2014

This working paper estimated employment and offered wages of young adults with and without disabilities and found new evidence that employment and wage offer gaps between adults with and without disabilities emerge early and are especially large for those with severe or mental limitations. The...

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Demographic Transition in the Middle East; Implications for Growth, Employment, and Housing

Bhattacharya, Rina; Yousef, Tarik; Dhonte, Pierre - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000

The working age population is expected to grow faster in the Middle East than in any other region in the world between now and 2015—rising annually by 2.7 percent, or 10 million people. This demographic explosion presents the region with a major challenge in terms of providing jobs, incomes,...

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Explaining Differentials in Employment and Wages Between Young Adults with and Without Disabilities.

Mann, David R.; Wittenburg, David C. - Mathematica Policy Research - 2014

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Equivalent harm? The relative roles of maltreatment and exposure to intimate partner violence in antisocial outcomes for young adults

Park, Aely; Smith, Carolyn; Ireland, Timothy - In: Children and Youth Services Review 34 (2012) 5, pp. 962-972

This study investigates whether child maltreatment and exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV) have an equivalent effect on young adult violence and criminality, including adult relationship violence, and whether experiencing both types of family violence enhances the risk of adverse...

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Is There a Link Between Casual Employment and Export-Orientation of Firms? The Case of Kenya’s Manufacturing Sector

Were, Maureen - In: The Review of Black Political Economy 38 (2011) 3, pp. 227-242

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Haki Yetu (It’s Our Right): Determinants of Post-Election Violence in Kenya

Yamano, Takashi; Tanaka, Yuki; Gitau, Raphael - National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) - 2010

During the violence following the 2007 presidential election in Kenya, it has been reported that around 1,000 people …

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Erasing Class/(Re)Creating Ethnicity: Jobs, Politics, Accumulation and Identity in Kenya

Gĩthĩnji, Mwangi - In: The Review of Black Political Economy 42 (2015) 1, pp. 87-110

This paper empirically examines the relationship between employment, wages and ethnicity via a case study of Kenya. I … challenge the pervasive view that ethnicity in Kenya specifically and Africa more generally is related to a primordial instinct …

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Kenya after the 2007 "post-election violence" : constitutional reform and the National Accord and Reconciliation Act

Tsuda, Miwa - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2013

Immediately after the announcement of the re-election of President Kibaki on the evening of 30 December 2007, Kenya was … relatively short period. The present-day politics of Kenya are being conducted within the framework of a provisional Constitution … that took shape through peaceful mediation. How did Kenya manage to put a lid on a period of turmoil that placed the …

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Arbeitsmarktwirkungen der Mindestlohneinführung im Bauhauptgewerbe

Apel, Helmut; Bachmann, Ronald; Bender, Stefan; Berge, … - In: Journal of Labour Market Research 45 (2012) 3, pp. 257-277

On January 1st, 1997, minimum wages were introduced in the German main construction sector. We examine the effects of this wage regulation on various aspects of the labour market of this sector, particularly the effects on wages and employment. In East Germany, at the time of its introduction,...

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