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The urban employment problem
Ojo, F. - In: Urbanization and Nigerian economic development, (pp. 125-141). 19XX
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Predictors of Employment Growth and Unemployment in U.S. Central Cities, 1990-2010
Wolf-Powers, Laura - 2013
This paper considers employment growth and unemployment from 1990-2010 in a cross-section of cities in light of … and improve social welfare. Despite some evidence that public capital outlays led to employment growth and reduced … — employment growth and unemployment rates — underscores the mitigating roles of migration and labor force participation in …
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Selection into employment sectors in urban Ghana and Tanzania
Twumasi Baffour, Priscilla - 2013
The paper analyses labour market participation and selection into specific employment sectors in urban areas of Ghana … is found to increase the probability of employment but the reverse is the case in Ghana as education increases the … are characteristic of a preference for formal sector employment by the highly educated as all levels of education are …
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How urbanization affect employment and social interactions
Satō, Yasuhiro; Zenou, Yves - In: European economic review : EER 75 (2015), pp. 131-155
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One-company towns : scale and consequences : one-company towns concentrate employment but their ability to adapt to adverse events is often very limited
Commander, Simon - 2018
-company towns typically have high concentrations of employment that normally provide much of the funding for local services. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011808793
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How urbanization affects employment and social interactions
Satō, Yasuhiro; Zenou, Yves - 2014
We develop a model where the unemployed workers in the city can find a job either directly or through weak or strong ties. We show that, in denser areas, individuals choose to interact with more people and meet more random encounters (weak ties) than in sparsely populated areas. We also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010238209
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Pro-market institutions and labor market outcomes : a panel-data analysis of U.S. metropolitan areas
Arif, Imran; Dawson, John W. - In: Contemporary economic policy : a journal of Western … 41 (2023) 4, pp. 629-652
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Indian urban workers' labour market transitions
Bhattacharya, Jyotirmoy - In: The Indian journal of labour economics : a quarterly … 66 (2023) 2, pp. 471-494
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Venture capital availability and labour market performance around the world
Feldmann, Horst - In: Applied economics 46 (2014) 1/3, pp. 14-29
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