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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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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 …
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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 …
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Informal employment and wages in Poland
Liwiński, Jacek - 2020
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/10012592319
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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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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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Heterogeneity in labor market returns to adult education
Kauhanen, Antti; Virtanen, Hanna - 2021
We study the earnings and employment effects of enrollment in formal adult education in Finland using a combination of … earnings and employment both in secondary and higher education, but the magnitude depends on the original level of education …. The earnings and employment effects are the largest for the less educated group (those with only compulsory education …
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