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automation, especially in emerging markets. We find that negative perceptions about automation are prevalent among workers who … over automation are positively viewed by workers with higher levels of job satisfaction, higher educational attainment, and … from countries with stronger labor protection. Workers with positive perceptions of automation also tend to respond that re …
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productivity through diversification, upgrading technology and innovation, and increasing employment and entrepreneurship. Thailand …
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A highly skilled workforce is crucial to sustain competitiveness and contain the rise in income inequality. Recent surveys of adult skills and educational performance suggest that younger cohorts are doing less well than their predecessors. Many immigrants struggle both in school and in the...
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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 utilisation is only average due to structurally low employment rates, particularly at both … ends of the age spectrum, with some marked regional differences. The female employment rate is especially low, in part due …
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Using data from social security records and an event study approach, we estimate the child penalty in Spain, looking at disparities for women and men across different labor outcomes following the birth of the first child. Our findings show that, the year after the first child is born, mothers’...
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Using a highly stylized dynamic microsimulation model, we project the labor force of the United States up to the year 2060 and contrast these projections with projections for Germany to assess differential effects on outcomes The projections are consistent with the U S Census Bureau’s and...
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This paper utilizes a large cross-section of data sets such as the ILOSTAT, NSSO Quinquennial Employment and … Unemployment Survey, Labour Bureau Annual Employment and Unemployment Survey, National Family Health Survey and CMIE Consumer …
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Over the 1948-2013 period, many factors significantly impacted on human capital, which in turn affected economic growth in the United States. This chapter analyzes these factors within a complete national income accounting system which integrates Jorgenson-Fraumeni human capital into the...
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most countries, so that agriculture is still the dominant sector of employment for most young men and women. We model …
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