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To assess the effects of an oil price bust on individual labor market outcomes, we leverage the 2015 exogenous decline in international oil prices with geographical variation in oil-dependency in Ecuador. To account for propagation mechanisms, we also test the causal effect of the oil price bust...
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depicted and its effects on formal and informal labour markets. The most important challenges for employment policy as well as …
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depicted and its effects on formal and informal labour markets. The most important challenges for employment policy as well as …
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the rate of unemployment in society, have a negative effect on happiness. In contrast, employment protection and …
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We sketch a visionary strategy for Europe in which full employment is quickly regained by 2020, income inequality is … present policies continue within the European Union (EU) and its member states. In the vibrant scenario, full employment is … shortages. The road to full employment is embedded in a landscape with less income inequality and more "greening" of EU member …
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We sketch a visionary strategy for Europe in which full employment is quickly regained by 2020, where income inequality … employment is regained by more policy attention toward innovation and its underlying research and development (R&D), accompanied … market shortages. The road to full employment is embedded in a landscape with less income inequality and more “greening” of …
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high unemployment, prevalence of skills mismatches, low labor market mobility, and lack of formal employment networks … study first introduces a conceptual framework for ALMPs and describes their overall impact on employment outcomes. The study … through existing public employment agencies. The study also presents the results of some of the few available robust …
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I argue in this paper that the estimation of wage curves and NAWRUs at the country level suffers from spatial aggregation bias. Using European data for the years 2000-2017, I find steeper country level wage curves and higher NAWRUs, compared to estimating at the underlying regional level. The...
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This paper analyzes jobless growth in Bangladesh by examining the relationship between employment growth and output … growth from 2002-2017. The findings reveal a sharp decline in aggregate employment elasticity since 2010, indicating that … employment is becoming less responsive to growth, i.e., jobless growth. Although employment elasticities across different …
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Nachdem das ifo Institut im Mai des Jahres 2002 seine Studie zur Aktivierenden Sozialhilfe vorgestellt hatte, wurde in Deutschland eine Diskussion zu den Möglichkeiten einer aktivierenden Sozialpolitik zum Zwecke der Entwicklung des Niedriglohnsektors geführt. Am Beginn der Diskussion standen...
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