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At Africa's expense? : disaggregating the social impact of Chinese mining operations
Wegenast, Tim; Strüver, Georg; Giesen, Juliane; … - 2017
Qualitative studies and media reports suggest that the presence of Chinese oil or mining companies generates … Afrobarometer surveys, this paper examines whether Chinese-controlled mining promotes anti-Chinese sentiments among the local … populations of sub-Saharan African countries. In addition, we test the effect of mining contractors' nationality on socio …
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Just coal transition in Western Macedonia, Greece : insights from the labor market
Christiaensen, Luc J.; Ferré, Céline - 2020
This report analyzes the consequences for the labor force of Western Macedonia’s (Greece) decarbonization as part of Europe’s new Green Deal. Already, the region records the highest unemployment rate of the country (27 percent in 2018). A survey of contractors suggests that about 16,000 jobs...
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Changes in unemployment and permanent sickness in England's East Midlands coalfields, 1971-2011
Sinnett, Danielle; Norman, Paul D. - In: Regional studies : official journal of the Regional … 58 (2024) 1, pp. 61-77
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Companies, mines, and factories--shutdowns, closures, and moves : a bibliography
Root, Kenneth - 1979
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Long-term effects of public policy for displaced workers in Sweden : Shipyard workers in the west and miners in the north
Ohlsson, Henry; Storrie, Donald W. - In: International journal of manpower 33 (2012) 5, pp. 514-538
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Accelerated Land Reform, Mining, Growth, Unemployment and Inequality in South Africa : A Case for Bold Supply Side Policy Interventions
Gumata, Nombulelo; Ndou, Eliphas - 2019 - 1st ed. 2019.
. Is there a case for nominal GDP growth targeting in South Africa? -- Part III: Policy uncertainty, mining sector charter …, exchange rate volatility, commodity price booms and busts, binding minimum wage increases and the mining sector -- 17. How has … the intensity of the ability of commodity specific output growth to create jobs evolved? Implications for the mining …
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At Africa's expense? : disaggregating the employment effects of Chinese mining operations in sub-Saharan Africa
Wegenast, Tim; Krauser, Mario; Strüver, Georg; Giesen, … - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 118 (2019), pp. 39-51
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Job displacement costs of phasing out coal
Rud, Juan Pablo; Simmons, Michael; Toews, Gerhard; … - In: Journal of public economics 236 (2024), pp. 1-9
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Accelerated land reform, mining, growth, unemployment and inequality in South Africa : a case for bold supply side policy interventions
Gumata, Nombulelo; Ndou, Eliphas - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012133612
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Schooling, Literacy, Numeracy and Labor Market Success
Chiswick, Barry R.; Lee, Yew Liang; Miller, Paul W. - 2002
This paper uses data from the 1996 Australian Survey of Aspects of Literacy to examine the effects on labour market outcomes of literacy, numeracy and educational attainment. The survey includes a range of literacy and numeracy variables that are highly inter-correlated. A ?general to specific?...
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