than it was in 1989. Last, the rate of self-employment has been falling gently in ISSP data; even so three to four times as … satisfied than are employees, one consistent interpretation of the above is that the barriers to self-employment have grown in …

recent years. -- Employment ; unemployment ; self-employment ; life satisfaction ; job quality ; job satisfaction … than it was in 1989. Last, the rate of self-employment has been falling gently in ISSP data; even so three to four times as … satisfied than are employees, one consistent interpretation of the above is that the barriers to self-employment have grown in …

In the past decades unemployment in the Netherlands has gone down substantially. The main suspects responsible for this … unemployment rate in the Netherlands has increased somewhat. However, since the huge decline in unemployment was due to structural … improvements in the functioning of the labor market there is not a lot of reason to worry about the recent rise in unemployment …

decreased the employment rate by 0.82%p and increased the unemployment rate by 0.29%p. These estimated effects are 90 …We examine the impact of COVID-19 on employment in South Korea as of June 2020. To estimate the causal effect, we use …

This paper investigates the effect of innovation on employment growth at the firm level in South Africa. Innovation is …, the link between innovation and employment is more ambiguous. R&D targeted towards product innovation has been typically … associated with employment growth. Process innovations may have a positive effect, but also have the potential to reduce the …

advantage of individual-level longitudinal data to observe the impacts of minimum wage changes on unemployment and labor force … determines unemployment and labor force participation. Specifically, the empirical strategy controls any fixed individual … increase in unemployment immediately following a minimum wage increase. In addition, it does not appear that employers are …

This paper studies the impact of research and development (R&D) and innovation on employment growth, focusing on small … and medium-sized firms. Employment effects of R&D and innovation are unclear a priori as process innovation may be labor … both R&D and innovation increased employment growth, suggesting that innovation was either capital-saving or labor had …

global recovery gathered pace between 2013 and 2014. 18% were without employment during an entire year; a further 6% had weak …. (2016) to measure and visualise employment barriers of individuals with weak labour-market attachment using household micro …-data. It first develops indicators to quantify employment obstacles under three headings: (i) work-related capabilities, (ii …

employment volatility during cyclical fluctuations, and leverage strengthens firm bargaining power in labour negotiations. Bank … markets, crowd out productive investment and fuel unemployment. Declining wage shares in OECD countries may be driven in part …