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Trends in skill bias and greater turbulence in modern labor markets put wages and employment prospects of unskilled … workers under pressure. Weak incentives to utilize and maintain skills over the life-cycle become manifest with the ageing of …)cognitive skills ; family policy ; training policy ; active labor market policy ; tax policy ; benefit systems ; pension policy …
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We analyse the impact of industry on non industrial production, as well as its effect on wages and employment in 6 OECD … policies, for 2009-2012, have had a negative effect on wages and development. The main conclusion is that industrialized …
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regards wages and the negotiation between trade unions and employers over distribution of productivity gains and the ways to …
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Young people entering the job market are in a precarious economic position. Across Europe, and in Belgium in particular, those who wish to enter into the professional world are faced with the de facto mandate that in order to gain experience and build the connections that will enable them to...
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The EU in 2020 is in the midst of a triple crisis of unemployment, public health and environmental collapse. These aspects are deeply intertwined and should be tackled together, since they all reflect structural problems of the European labor market. Job Guarantee is the proposed fiscal tool,...
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Work is both an essential part of our daily lives and one of the major policy concerns across Europe. Yet the public debate of labour issues is all too often driven by political rhetoric and short-term concerns. In this volume, researchers from seven European countries explain, in accessible...
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Trends in skill bias and greater turbulence in modern labor markets put wages and employment prospects of unskilled … workers under pressure. Weak incentives to utilize and maintain skills over the life-cycle become manifest with the ageing of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013149275
inflation and declining real wages - governments must engage in a transformative agenda and go beyond emergency energy vouchers …, business as usual will not do. The share of wages to GDP has been declining since the late 1970s, deregulation of labor markets … the deterioration of living standards, a guarantee of minimum wages adequate to secure a decent living standard should be …
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We use data from the European Community Household Panel to investigate the impact of obesity on wages in 9 European … countries, ranging from Ireland to Spain. We find that the common impact of obesity on wages is negative and statistically … wages in the countries of the European olive belt and a positive relationship in the countries of the beer belt. We …
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) productivity. -- wages ; body mass index ; Europe …We use data from the European Community Household Panel to investigate the impact of obesity on wages in 9 European … countries, ranging from Ireland to Spain. We find that the common impact of obesity on wages is negative and statistically …
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