Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to estimate the impact of minimum wages on employment and wages in China. Design …/methodology/approach – The paper uses the difference-in-difference methodology to estimate the employment and wage impacts of the minimum wage … minimum wages. Findings – The study finds that overall, minimum wages in China do have an adverse employment effect but the …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the relative employment levels of return migrants in Finland with … employment levels, using logistic regression models that account for sex, age, education, mother tongue and place of residence …. Findings – Both male and female return migrants have odds of employment that are only about half those of their non …

This working paper presents a comparison of the employment structure and development among different types of districts … that in Western Germany the rural districts of minor density could not keep up with the employment growth in the remaining … contributions to research in the field of regional employment disparities clarifies that the differences are driven by a large …

various countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. While Japan had been a fairly closed country to foreigners for many … American of Japanese origin (Nikkei) because these people are now allowed to do whatever activities in Japan, including an … migration from Latin America and Asia in Japan. …

towards non-regular employment despite women’s high education levels. This paper empirically examines what helps Japan and … tend to reduce the proportion of regular female employment in Japan and Korea, (ii) the persistent gender wage gap …Both Japan and Korea are trying to boost female labor force participation (FLFP) as they face the challenges of a …