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Industrial decline and labor reallocation in a transforming economy : Romania in early transition
Earle, John S. - In: IZA journal of labor & development 1 (2012), pp. 1-18
other industrial sectors, in agriculture, and in services, as well as unemployment and non-participation in the labor force …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009685011
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A Theory of Efficiency Wage with Multiple Unemployment Equilibria : How a Higher Minimum Wage Law Can Curb Unemployment
Basu, Kaushik - 2010
in developing countries have multiple equilibria—the same economy can be stuck at different levels of unemployment with …-sharing among the poor is prevalent. It seems reasonable to posit that in such an economy more unemployment leads to more income … increases unemployment rates. As corollaries, we show that (1) within the same society, two different racial groups that may be …
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The varying impact of COVID-19 in the Spanish labor market
Cabanillas-Jiménez, Guillermo; Galanakis, Yannis - 2022
Historically, the Spanish labor market has been quite unstable. The unexpected arrival of COVID-19 in 2020 has stressed these vulnerabilities. In this paper, we analyze the immediate impact of the pandemic on Spanish labor market outcomes. We find that, during the lockdown period, individuals...
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Gender inequality during the COVID-19 pandemic: income, expenditure, savings, and job loss
Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Cuong Viet Nguyen - 2020
unemployment rates. But scant, if any, evidence exists on gender gaps in economic outcomes such as income, expenditure, savings …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012306066
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Jobless Recovery?
Bogetic, Zeljko - 2011
Russia is likely to witness robust but jobless recovery in the short term. Reforms aimed at modernizing public sector, strengthening financial sector, improving investment climate and diversifying the economy have become all the more important as a result of the crisis. The Russian economy is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013127391
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Does Telework Reduce Unequal Impacts of the COVID-19 Disaster on Job Losses Across Genders?
Hou, Jingbo; Liang, Chen; Chen, Pei-Yu; Gu, Bin - 2022
workers’ labor market outcomes (i.e., unemployment, work absence, and lay off). Furthermore, according to the prior literature … example. Results show that: 1) The COVID-19 disaster leads to a larger increase in unemployment, work absence, and layoff for …
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Minimum wages and unemployment during economic shocks
Merfeld, Joshua D.; Sharp, Matthew - 2023
This paper studies whether a minimum wage changes how labour markets respond to economic shocks. Using data from South Africa, we show that an agricultural minimum wage leads to higher mean wages with no significant impacts on mean employment. However, these positive aggregate outcomes hide...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014388446
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A Theory of Efficiency Wage with Multiple Unemployment Equilibria : How a Higher Minimum Wage Law Can Curb Unemployment
Basu, Kaushik; Felkey, Amanda J. - 2021
in developing countries have multiple equilibria - the same economy can be stuck at different levels of unemployment with …-sharing among the poor is prevalent. It seems reasonable to posit that in such an economy more unemployment leads to more income … increases unemployment rates. As corollaries, we show that (1) within the same society, two different racial groups that may be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013325308
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Migration, trade and unemployment
Heid, Benedikt; Larch, Mario - 2011
immigration on unemployment. The transitory restrictions for worker migration after the EU enlargements of 2004 and 2007 exemplify … alongside trade on unemployment taking into account the substitutability of worker and goods flows. We use data from 24 OECD … persistence of unemployment. We find a significant negative effect of immigration on unemployment on average. -- Migration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009355535
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Migration, trade and unemployment
Heid, Benedikt; Larch, Mario - 2012
unemployment. The transitory restrictions for worker migration after the EU enlargements of 2004 and 2007 exemplify the supposed … unemployment controlling for the high correlation between immigration and goods flows in order to prevent an omitted variable bias … migration flows and the high persistence of unemployment. We find a significant effect of immigration on unemployment on average …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009506501