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Employment and skills in Finland
Pareliussen, Jon Kristian; André, Christophe; Chalaux, … - 2016
Employment fosters equity and economic inclusiveness because those out of work face the highest risk of poverty, and it generates the tax receipts on which the social safety net depends. Further enhancing education and life-long learning would lower hurdles to employment, which are high for the...
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Breadth of university curriculum and labor market outcomes
Seah, Kelvin; Pan, Jessica; Poh Lin Tan - 2020
, as measured by earnings, full-time permanent employment, and unemployment six months after university graduation. We …We explore whether the choice of broad versus specialized university curricula affects subsequent labor market outcomes … exploit a unique episode in the history of the National University of Singapore, in which a university-wide revision in …
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Lost in recessions : youth employment and earnings in Spain
Bentolila, Samuel; Felgueroso, Florentino; Jansen, Marcel; … - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 13 (2022) 1, pp. 11-49
. Moreover, they have also experienced a deterioration in their employment and earnings over the last three decades. In this … paper, we document this evolution and adopt a longitudinal approach to show that employment and earnings losses suffered by …
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Disability and labor market outcomes : disability is associated with labor market disadvantage : recent evidence points to a causal relationship
Jones, Melanie - 2016
In Europe, about one in eight people of working age report having a disability; that is, the presence of a long-term limiting health condition. Despite the introduction of a range of legislative and policy initiatives designed to eliminate discrimination and facilitate retention of and entry...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011456243
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Inequality and specialization : the growth of low-skill service jobs in the United States
Autor, David H.; Dorn, David - 2009
-skill occupations, the shape of U.S. earnings and job growth sharply polarized in the 1990s. Employment shares and relative earnings … polarized after 1980, with growing employment and earnings in both high-skill occupations and low-skill service jobs. -- Skill …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003884083
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Task-Biased Changes of Employment and Remuneration : The Case of Occupations
Kampelmann, Stephan - 2011
Different empirical studies suggest that the structure of employment in the U.S. and Great Britain tends to polarise into "good" and "bad" jobs. We provide updated evidence that polarisation also occurred in Germany since the mid-1980s until 2008. Using representative panel data, we show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013128093
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Task-Biased Changes of Employment and Remuneration : The Case of Occupations
Kampelmann, Stephan - 2011
Different empirical studies suggest that the structure of employment in the U.S. and Great Britain tends to polarise into "good" and "bad" jobs. We provide updated evidence that polarisation also occurred in Germany since the mid-1980s until 2008. Using representative panel data, we show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013130457
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International Migration and Local Employment : Analysis of Self-Selection and Earnings in Tajikistan
Atamanov, Aziz - 2011
agricultural employment in Tajikistan and its link to earnings from these activities. Unlike most of empirical studies, we could … analyse its impact on earnings abroad and at home. We have found positive selection in migration against local non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013126119
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Informal employment and wages in Poland
Liwiński, Jacek - 2021
find that on average informal workers earn less than formal workers, both in terms of monthly earnings and hourly wage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012494414
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Rejuvenating Greece's labour market to generate more and higher-quality jobs
Bulman, Tim - 2020
Greece’s labour market entered the COVID-19 shock following several years of sustained employment growth and with wages picking up. Unemployment remained high and employment rates were low, especially among women, the young and older workers. The shock led to a sharp fall in labour force...
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