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Adjusted employment-to-population ratio as an indicator of labor market strength

Hotchkiss, Julie L. - 2014

unemployment rate) and the labor force participation rate. This paper proposes an adjustment to the calculation of the EPOP using …

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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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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 … the relevant labor market in-stitutions in the Netherlands and use recent reforms to assess the importance of the … ; labor market reforms ; participation ; unemployment ; disability …

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Nonstandard forms and measures of employment and unemployment in transition : a comparative study of Estonia, Romania, and Russia

Brown, J. David (contributor) - 2006

unemployment statistics. This paper analyzes microdata on detailed labor force survey responses in Russia, Romania, and Estonia to … employment and unemployment rates are quite sensitive to definition, particularly in the treatment of household production … alternative unemployment rates that are sharply higher in Romania and moderately higher in Estonia and Russia. -- alternative …

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Nonstandard forms and measures of employment and unemployment in transition : a comparative study of Estonia, Romania, and Russia

Brown, J. David; Earle, John S.; Gimpelʹson, Vladimir E.; … - 2006

This paper looks behind the standard, publicly available employment and unemployment statistics that studies of … estimates show that measured employment and unemployment rates are quite sensitive to definition, particularly in the treatment … much lower in Romania and slightly lower in Estonia, and alternative unemployment rates that are sharply higher in Romania …

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Nonstandard forms and measures of employment and unemployment in Transition: a comparative study of Estonia, Romania and Russia

Brown, J. David (contributor) - 2006

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What happens when Canadian aggregate rates of employment and unemployment change? : a note on the differences in response patterns across age and sex groups

Denton, Frank T.; Spencer, Byron G. - 2012

The paper considers age-sex patterns of fluctuation of employment, unemployment, labour force participation, hours … young workers. The results suggest a considerable amount of "hidden" unemployment during cyclical downturns. -- cyclical … labour force behaviour ; age-sex unemployment and employment rates ; hidden unemployment …

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"Klin"-ing up : effects of Polish tax reforms on those in and on those out

Morawski, Leszek (contributor); Myck, Michał (contributor) - 2008

In 2007 and 2008 Polish governments introduced a series of reforms which led to a substantial reduction in the tax "wedge" (in Polish: "klin") on labour. The mean ATR on total labour cost was reduced from 41.6% to 34.0%. We show that when considered together the package of introduced reforms...

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Unpacking the post-lockdown employment recovery of young women in the Global South

Scott, Douglas; Freund, Richard; Favara, Marta; Porter, … - 2021

This paper analyses the difference in short-term employment recovery between young men and women in India, Peru and Vietnam following the national lockdowns imposed in all three countries during 2020. We employ a mediation model to establish whether - and to what extent - commonly suggested...

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No activation without reconciliation? : the interplay between ALMP and ECEC in relation to women's employment, unemployment and inactivity in 30 OECD countries, 1985-2018

Nieuwenhuis, Rense - 2022

's employment rates, women's unemployment and inactivity rates in 30 OECD countries from 1985 to 2018. The article theorizes about … with low female unemployment rates, whereas ECEC also is associated with lower inactivity rates for women. There was … highest rates of women's employment, and the lowest rates of unemployment and inactivity, are found in countries with large …

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