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Effects of minimum wage increases on teenage employment: survey versus administrative data
Westhuizen, de Wet van der - 2022
This paper empirically examines the impact of the 2001 New Zealand minimum wage reform on the employment of 16-17 and … wage reform on employment is estimated in two phases. First, existing New Zealand empirical evidence is reproduced using … effects on the employment of teenagers. However, findings must be interpreted with caution due to concerns with a key …
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The effects of minimum wages on the health of working teenagers
Averett, Susan; Smith, Julie K.; Yang Wang - 2016
This paper examines the effect of minimum wage increases on the self-reported health of teenage workers. We use a difference-in-differences estimation strategy and data from the Current Population Survey, and disaggregate the sample by race/ethnicity and gender to uncover the differential...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011531867
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Vocational education and employment outcomes in Ethiopia : displacement effects in local labor markets
Fukunishi, Takahiro; Machikita, Tomohiro - 2017
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011960583
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The Effects of Minimum Wages on the Health of Working Teenagers
Averett, Susan L. - 2016
This paper examines the effect of minimum wage increases on the self-reported health of teenage workers. We use a difference-in-differences estimation strategy and data from the Current Population Survey, and disaggregate the sample by race/ethnicity and gender to uncover the differential...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012983035
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Impact of Senegal's 2019-2023 investment strategy on growth, youth, and female employment : an analysis using a dynamic CGE model
Ngom, Anta; Diakhite, Samba; Ndoye, Edmée Marthe Yakhou; … - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014292773
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Effects of collective minimum wages on youth employment in Austria
Christl, Michael; Köppl-Turyna, Monika; Kucsera, Dénes - In: Empirica : journal of european economics 44 (2017) 4, pp. 781-805
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011783131
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Is technology widening the gender gap? : automation and the future of female employment
Brussevich, Mariya; Dabla-Norris, Era; Khalid, Salma - 2019
Using individual level data on task composition at work for 30 advanced and emerging economies, we find that women, on average, perform more routine tasks than men?tasks that are more prone to automation. To quantify the impact on jobs, we relate data on task composition at work to occupation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012021777
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National minimum wage and employment of young workers in the UK
Fidrmuc, Jan; Tena, J. D. - 2013
We analyze the impact of the UK national minimum wage (NMW) on the employment of young workers. The previous literature …, we find a significant and negative employment effect for male workers at 21, which we believe to be an anticipation … effect on employment of young workers, with this effect possibly occurring already well in advance of reaching the threshold …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009764461
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Employer characteristics and youth employment outcomes in the formal sector in South Africa : assessment using administrative tax data
Ngandu, Stewart; Chisadza, Carolyn - 2018
employment should be focused to ensure maximum impact in addressing the problem of low youth employment in South Africa. Given … employment in South Africa with a significantly large sample size. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011883413
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Characterising green employment : the impacts of "greening" on workforce composition
Bowen, Alex; Kuralbaeva, Karlygash Z.; Tipoe, Eileen L. - In: Energy economics 72 (2018), pp. 263-275
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