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The impact of public transportation and commuting on urban labor markets : evidence from the New Survey of London Life and Labour, 1929-1932
Seltzer, Andrew; Wadsworth, Jonathan - In: Explorations in economic history : EEH 91 (2024), pp. 1-39
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015064705
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Spatial commuting patterns of German regional labour markets : a sustainability perspective
Tedeschi, Federico; Reggiani, Aura; Nijkamp, Peter - 2012
This paper aims to investigate the relationship between commuting and spatial labour market developments in the framework of sustainability issues. To do so, we propose, first, an exploratory investigation of the effects of inbound commuter flows on employment in regional labour markets in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011734276
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The accessibility to employment offices in the Spanish labor market: Implications in terms of registered unemployment
Suárez, Patricia; Mayor, Matías; Cueto, Begoña - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010429428
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The accessibility to Employment Offices in the Spainish labour market
Suárez, Patricia; Mayor, Matías; Cueto, Begoña - 2010
The paper uses the theoretical framework of the Spatial Economics to analyze (1) the regional unemployment disparities in Spain for males and females in three different age categories and for economic sector. We use administrative regional aggregate data to explore the distribution of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011575167
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The impact of Syrian refugees on natives' labor market outcomes in Turkey: Evidence from a quasi-experimental design
Ceritoglu, Evren; Yunculer, H. Burcu Gurcihan; Torun, … - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 6 (2017) 5, pp. 1-28
Civil conflict in Syria, started in March 2011, led to a massive wave of forced immigration from Northern Syria to the Southeastern regions of Turkey, which later had serious economic/political repercussions on the MENA region and most of Europe. This paper exploits this natural experiment to...
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Informality and macroeconomic fluctuations
Fiess, Norbert M.; Fugazza, Marco; Maloney, William F. - 2008
This paper examines the adjustment of developing country labor markets to macroeconomic shocks. It models as having two sectors: a formal salaried (tradable) sector that may or may not be affected by union or legislation induced wage rigidities, and an informal (nontradable) self-employment...
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A note on informality in the labor market
Khamis, Melanie - 2009
This paper provides a detailed analysis of various dimensions of informality in the Mexican labor market. To understand … the nature of informality in terms of regulations and compliance, the legalistic view, and in terms of productivity view … informality. Questions related to these various concepts, social security and benefits coverage, contractual information, legal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269422
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Comparative analysis of labor market dynamics using Markov processes: an application to informality
Bosch, Mariano; Maloney, William F. - 2007
This paper discusses a set of statistics for examining and comparing labor market dynamics based on the estimation of continuous time Markov transition processes. It then uses these to establish stylized facts about dynamic patterns of movement using panel data from Argentina, Brazil and Mexico....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275820
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Labour markets in low-income countries: Challenges and opportunities
Lam, David; Elsayed, Ahmed - 2022
Employment and job creation are key components in achieving economic growth and sustainable development, particularly in low-income countries. The growing size of the working-age population in many developing regions underscores the need to further strengthen labour market structures in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014279356
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Labor market institutions and informality in transition and Latin American countries
Lehmann, Hartmut; Muravyev, Alexander - 2012
size of the informal economy. There is also evidence that a larger tax wedge increases informality. The tax wedge … with the literature, which identifies labor market regulation and the tax wedge as important drivers of informality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291406