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Job Accessibility, Employment and Job-Education Mismatch in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona
Di Paolo, Antonio - 2014
This paper analyses the effect of job accessibility by public and private transport on labour market outcomes in the metropolitan area of Barcelona. Beyond employment, we consider the effect of job accessibility on job-education mismatch, which represents a relevant aspect of job quality. We...
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Discouraged worker effect and labor market behavior of urban married women
Tayal, Deeksha; Paul, Sourabh Bikas - In: Asian development review : studies of Asian and pacific … 38 (2021) 2, pp. 93-122
The study investigates the importance of poor local labor market conditions in explaining the labor market behavior of married women in urban India. Using nationally representative employment data, we empirically test for the existence of a discouraged worker effect arising from either of two...
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Cohort size and youth labour-market outcomes : the role of measurement error
Moffat, John D.; Roth, Duncan - 2016
employment and unemployment outcomes is very sensitive to the age range of the sample. We argue that this is because the … size increases employment and reduces unemployment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011554005
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Getting to Work : Unemployment and Economic Recovery in Los Angeles
Flaming, Daniel - 2016
Unemployment and under-employment represented $25.8 billion in annual wages not earned in Los Angeles County, $28 … where one or more breadwinners are under-employed. Unemployment and under-employment rates in LA peaked at the end of 2010 …
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The Dynamics of Local Employment in France
Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Magnac, Thierry; Robin, Jean-Marc - 2021
We study the impact of local economic structure on employment dynamics. Local employment is decomposed into the product of the average plant size and the number of plants in the area and industry. We estimate the dynamics of both components simultaneously using French yearly data on 36...
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Regional convergence analysis for skill-specific employment groups : conference paper
Werner, Daniel - 2013 - This version: 1st March 2013, Preliminary
In most of the developed countries the number of low-skilled workers decreased and the number of high-skilled workers increased. However, it is far from clear whether and how this change in the skill composition of the employees affects the evolution of regional employment disparities....
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The path through : early COVID-19 job loss and labour market trajectories in Austria
Jestl, Stefan; Tverdostup, Maryna - 2024
the 2018-2021 period. The analysis focuses on the divergences in out-of-unemployment transitions and medium … detachment, prolonged periods of unemployment or a diminished success rate in reemployment. However, certain socio … disproportionate challenges during the pandemic. They were more inclined to transition into precarious employment arrangements and …
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Job creation in tight and slack labor markets
Buchheim, Lukas; Watzinger, Martin; Wilhelm, Matthias - 2019
large, long-term photovoltaic invest scheme in Germany. Comparing counties with high and low unemployment both over time and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012033285
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Institutions and labor market outcomes in the Netherlands
Gautier, Pieter; Klaauw, Bas van der - 2009
force participation is high and the unemployment rate is low (also for young workers). Among the unemployed there are … ; labor market reforms ; participation ; unemployment ; disability …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003912104
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Making the labour market work better in Poland
Boulhol, Hervé - 2014
Poor labour-market outcomes remain one of Poland’s major structural weaknesses, impeding firms’ competitiveness and the nation’s potential output. Boosting employment prospects is also critical, as the country will soon be ageing at a fast pace. Despite long working hours, labour...
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